The joy, and the lessons
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 to mind: sledding. Midstokke...
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The past in present tense
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 confirm that, but it...
Writing the book about snow safety
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 job at Squaw Valley...
How the World Got Better imagines a brighter future
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 importantly, yourself: “How would...
The lessons of a journey
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 the foundation for how...
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 author and University of Idaho...
Collier releases third book about experiences flying helicopters
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 in Vietnam for the...
New local lit hits the stands
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 in rural America and...
At the Root of it all
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 circa 1897, houses an...
A novel that gives face to the landscape
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 its release last year....
