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The Montana Center for the Book
In August, the Montana Center for the Book attended the National Book Festival hosted by the Library of Congress at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. As part of the Great Reads from Great Places, Roadmap to Reading program, Humanities Montana’s program manager, John Knight, represented the state with Elk Morning: At the Battle of Arrow Creek by A.J. Otjen and Sabrena Half, and Holding Fire: A Reckoning with the American West by Bryce Andrews. With 20,000 attendees at the festival, Knight and volunteers from the DC Junior League spoke to many interested festival-goers, promoting both Montana and literature from the state.
Montana Conversations and Speakers in the Schools
Humanities Montana welcomes Winona Bateman and Mark Johnson to the Montana Conversations and Speakers in the Schools programs! Please check out Winona’s program, Climate Conversations Across Differences and Mark’s program, Montana’s Historic Chinese Communities.
As a reminder, Humanities Montana is now accepting program applications for presentations starting November 1, 2023 – October 1, 2024.
2023–2025 Montana Poet Laureate
Humanities Montana enthusiastically congratulates Montana Conversations and Speakers in the Schools presenter Chris La Tray, who has been named the 2023–2025 Montana Poet Laureate! Selected by Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, La Tray follows Missoula-based poet and Humanities Montana speaker Mark Gibbons to serve a two-year term in the position.
We invite you to get involved with La Tray by booking his current Montana Conversations and Speaker’s in the Schools programs, The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians: Métis Buffalo Hunters of the Northern Plains and Montana’s Poet Laureate.
The Democracy Project
Year three program locations
The Democracy Project is thrilled to announce 11 sites for the 2023–2024 program year, which include: Columbia Falls High School, Gallatin County High School, Plenty Coups High School in Pryor, Wibaux School Library, Lewis and Clark Public Library in Helena, George McCone County Library, Billings Public Library, Conrad Public Library, Miles City Library, and the James E Shanley Tribal College Library in Poplar.
