Havre, MT —

Sean Hill at Havre Literary Night

Join Sean Hill at Havre Literary Night for an evening of words, music, and community.

This free, all-ages event features guest speakers Sean Hill and Montana Poet Laureate Allen Morris Jones. Sean Hill will share insights from his forthcoming multi-genre collection “The Negroes Send Their Love: Poems, Perspectives, and Possible Futures”, while Allen Morris Jones will read from his award-winning poetry collection “Mumblecusser”, recipient of the High Plains Book Award. Come help us celebrate literature together.

Events

In Celebration of Horses: A Conversation with Jake Skeets and Mary Austin Speaker

Brianna Reed — 04/15/2026

On Friday, April 3rd, Jake Skeets joined Milkweed in celebration of his latest poetry collection, Horses, at the Minnesota Museum of American Art’s Queering Indigeneity exhibit, curated by Penny Kagigebi and Bethany Whitehead. Along the way, his Minnesota book launch included exploring Minneapolis’ Indigenous offerings from Gatherings Cafe, Owamni by The Sioux Chef, and Birchbark Books. He was joined by Mary Austin Speaker, Dr. Kate Bean, Hope Flanagan, Diane Wilson, Heid E. Erdrich, and Odia Wood-Krueger, among others.

Jake Skeets’ first reading of the night, “Just Before the Silence,”…

Interviews

The Evolution of Fire: A Conversation with Angela Pelster

Kamra Heldman — 04/13/2026

In celebration of The Evolution of Fire: Essays on Crisis and Becoming, we sat down with Angela Pelster to discuss meaning in suffering, whether the world is a safe place, and to honor community building as the most sacred part of creating a rich life.

Kamra Heldman: The dream that our perception of our story’s narrative arch will perfectly align with how the people who are a part of it would depict the same events is a true impossibility. How do we reckon with the truth that our understanding of any relationship or experience is singular?

Angela Pelster…

South Pomfret, VT —

Helen Whybrow at Bookstock Lit Fest

Bookstock 2026 opens with a conversation with the winners and finalists of the Vermont Book Awards, moderated by Vermont Book Awards director Miciah Bay Gault. Appetizers, drinks, and mingling to follow.

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