Festivities

Join Us for the 2024 High Plains Book Awards

October 5th, 2024
Billings Public Library & MSU Billings Glacier Room

Celebrate the best in literature from and about the High Plains region. Don’t miss a full day of author panels, book sales, and our evening awards ceremony.

Author Panels: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM @ Billings Public Library
Awards Presentation: 7:00 PM @ MSU Billings Glacier Room
(Open to the public, free admission)

HPBA Panel Discussions: October 5th, 2024@ Billings Public Library

11:00am - Adapting Hard Subjects for Young Readers

Scott Bischke & Katie Lindberg (Critter Chronicles: Bat Cave)
Jessica Vitalis (Coyote Queen)
Janet Muirhead Hill (A Twist in Time)

12:00pm - Writing the Natural World

Sneed B. Collard III (Border Crossings)
Christopher J. Preston (Tenacious Beasts)
Brad Orsted (Through the Wilderness)
Casey Rislov & Ron Hayes (Let Me Tell You about My Mom)

1:00pm - Using Trauma to Inform Narrative

Charlotte Bellows (The Definition of Beautiful)
Mark Hummel (Man, Underground)
Roy Beckemeyer (The Currency of His Light)
Leah Angstman (Shoot the Horses First)

2:00pm - Thought-Provoking Approaches to Nonfiction

Bryce Andrews (Holding Fire)
Danell Jones (The Girl Prince)
Michele Hardy/Timothy Long/Julia Krueger (Prairie Interlace)

3:00pm - How Does Genre Affect Storytelling?

Tim O'Leary (Men Behaving Badly)
Tim Keane (On the Way to Somewhere Else)
Allen Morris Jones (Mumblecusser)
Audrey O'Connell (representing Jack Horner) (Lily and Maia)