Schedule Of Events

May 22, 2025

5:00pm : Crested Butte Magazine Release Party - 4 Grace Atrium

6:00pm :

Community Read THE BULLET SWALLOWER with Elizabeth Gonzalez James - 6 Gunnison County Public Library

George Sibley Documentary and Award Presentation - 1 Steddy Theater

May 23, 2025

9:00am : Uncovering the Unspoken: A Generative Memoir Writing Workshop - 2 King Room

10:15am : Story Map Workshop Part 1 - 2 King Room

12:30pm : Story Map Workshop Part 2 - 2 King Room

1:45pm : Drafting the Novel with David Wroblewski and Shelley Read - 2 King Room

3:00pm : A Play in Two Hours Part 1 - 2 King Room

4:15pm : A Play in Two Hours Part 2 - 2 King Room

5:30pm : Wild Dark: A Multimedia Presentation with Craig Childs - 1 Steddy Theater

6:00pm : Grizzly Confidential: An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator - 6 Gunnison County Public Library

May 24, 2025

9:00am :

Colorado Public Radio Presents- Craig Childs in Conversation with Ryan Warner - 5 Kinder-Padon Gallery

Where Will the Green Future Come From? 1 Steddy Theater

Agent Advice Workshop - 2 King Room

Environmental Poetry Workshop with Rajiv Mohabir - 3 Hawk Room

10:15am :

Building Better Roads to Wildlife Restoration - 1 Steddy Theater

Historical Fiction Panel - 2 King Room

Love Has Won: America and the New Age Movement - 5 Kinder-Padon Gallery

11:30am:

The Apocalypse Roadshow: An alternative book tour for A Field Guide to the Apocalypse: A Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times - 1 Steddy Theater

The Obstacle is the Path: Lunch Conversation for Writers - 5 Kinder-Padon Gallery

1:00pm :

Return to the Dustbowl with Karen Russell and Ramona Ausubel - 1 Steddy Theater

The Power of Poetry with Teow Lim Goh and Erica Reid - 2 King Room

The State of Wildlife in the West - 5 Kinder-Padon Gallery

2:15pm :

Tequila Wars: José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico with Ted Genoways and Manuel Aragon - 4 Grace Atrium

Creating Narrative Around the Personal with Deaborah Jackson Taffa, Chris La Tray, and Hillary Leftwich

Return of the Wolves with Journalists Eli Francovich and Nick Bowlin - 2 King Room

Godfather Meets Game of Thrones with Paolo Bacigalupi and Olivia Chadha - 1 Steddy Theater

3:30pm :

Publishing Panel-From No to Yes with Shelley Read and Olivia Chadha - 2 King Room

Nonfiction Discussion-Journalism Journeys-From Article to Book - 3 Hawk Room

The Business of Everest-Everest, INC. with author Will Cockrell and Jonathan Ellsworth - 1 Steddy Theater

Festival Book Sales and Signing - 4 Grace Atrium

4:45pm :

Fiction Workshop-Writing Strong Voice with Elizabeth James Gonzales - 2 King Room

Poetry Workshop-Elemental Landscapes-Writing with the Language of Snow with CMarie Fuhrman - 3 Hawk Room

The Crazies: The Cattleman, the Wind Prospector, and a War Out West with Amy Gamerman and Justin Farrell - 1 Steddy Theater

6:00pm :

OUR MOON: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are - 6 Gunnison County Public Library

Native Writers Read - 1 Steddy Theater

May 25, 2025

9:00am :

How Water Shapes Us-Fountain Creek, a look at environment and community values - 1 Steddy Theater

Poetry (YA) Workshop-Possibility of Poetry: Considering Verse in MG&YA Novels - 3 Hawk Room

Memoir Workshop with Deborah Jackson Taffa-The Act of Self Confrontation - 2 King Room

10:15am :

Blue Plate: Food Lovers Guide to Climate Chaos - 1 Steddy Theater

Mining Your Life for Fiction with Olivia Chadha - 2 King Room

Orchids, Orchids, Orchids: Repetition as Revolution, Poetry w/Erica Reid - 3 Hawk Room

11:30am :

The Rise of Recreation Exurbs with Roger Kahn and Justin Farrell - 5 Kinder-Padon Gallery

Fiction Workshop with Shelley Read - 2 King Room

1:00pm :

The Arctic Traverse - 6 Gunnison County Public Library

Date : May 22-25, 2025

Location : Various Venues in Crested Butte, CO

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