By Reader Staff
For 21 years, Blue Creek Press has published books of fiction, poetry, political commentary, travelogues, short stories and more — all steeped in a sense of the …
By Jim Payne
Reader Contributor
“I’m sorry, sir, we’re fully booked,” said the smiling, white-haired woman busily tending luxuriant purple flowers in front of Wheatleys Farm B&B in Ashton Keynes, …
By Reader Staff
The newest book by regional writer Dick Sonnichsen is coming out from publisher Blue Creek Press, with Tumbleweed: Angela’s Sometimes Messy and Complex Odyssey To Find Her …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Reader fans might recognize the name Daniel Cape as a talented illustrator who helped this newspaper find its voice during the first few years after …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
It was genealogical research that led local author Kathleen Huntley to the story of Flora MacDonald.
A first-generation American by way of Scotland on her …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Ammi Midstokke isn’t shy about her love for both the outdoors and for learning by doing. Where those two loves collide, a childhood pastime comes …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The old literary adage, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story,” is often attributed to Mark Twain. It’s hard to …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
To say Liam FitzGerald spent his career battling avalanches is putting it lightly. His long career began in 1968, when he got a ski patrol …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Greg Flint wants to ask you a question. Better yet, he wants you to ask a question — not only of others but, perhaps most …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Local author Sharon Kreider is ready to share her story — at least a portion of it — from years of her life that formed …
TIMBER WARS: Six-part series, February-November 2022.
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WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?: Five-part series, September-October 2021.
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THE AMERICAN REDOUBT: Seven-part series, November-December 2017.
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STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE: 25 Years Later. Five-part series, August-September 2017.
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