Over 75 authors will appear in at least 60 different events—panel discussions, readings, workshops, exhibits, receptions, demonstrations, literary contests and quiz shows, signings, staged readings, and much more.

Events planned include a Gala Reading in the historic Wilma Theatre featuring Thomas McGuane; the second annual Celebrity Define-a-thon with teams comprised of local politicians, media personalities, writers, artists, and athletes; author tours and events in area schools; a 20th anniversary celebration of the publication of The Last Best Place; events celebrating the 2008 One Book Montana selection and Newberry Honor Book Hattie Big Sky with the author Kirby Larson; panels focusing on the work of Norman Maclean (with his son John Maclean), the literature of the great plains, the ways that crime pays, memoir, and much more.