Author Talk to tackle rural gentrification
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Just over a year since the release of her book, Pushed Out: Contested development and rural gentrification in the U.S. West, Montana-born, North Idaho-raised …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Just over a year since the release of her book, Pushed Out: Contested development and rural gentrification in the U.S. West, Montana-born, North Idaho-raised …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If it involves a helicopter, Bill Collier has probably done it.
In his first book, The Adventures of a Helicopter Pilot: Flying the H-34 Helicopter …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The novels of Hope writer Bill Percy center on the kinds of issues you’d find in the news: school shootings, tax evasion conspiracies, sex trafficking …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Looking to buy some property in Hope in 2002, Jackie Henrion and her husband spent a night at Hotel Hope. The building, which was constructed …
By Cody Lyman
Reader Contributor
From Nov. 5-8, Everybody Reads will be hosting ten separate open discussions on “Idaho,” the debut novel of Emily Ruskovich, which became a bestseller after …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
To know Captain Bill Collier is to read his words. The author of two nonfiction books highlighting his experiences as a combat helicopter pilot in …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Far too many people know what it’s like to become estranged from a family member.
It’s a subject local author Deborah Elster plumbs in her …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Like Jessica James, the protagonist of her mystery series, Kelly Oliver is a woman of many talents.
A professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University, Oliver …
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