2026 Free Events
The Mountain Words Festival features free community events, including panel discussions, receptions, and readings!
To see the full festival schedule, click here!
Thursday, May 21
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Join the writers of the Crested Butte Magazine to kick off the summer issue and Mountain Words Festival.
Friday, May 22
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Join readers from all over Gunnison County in celebrating David Baron's American Eclipse. American Eclipse by is a narrative history about the 1878 total solar eclipse that crossed the American West, focusing on the race between scientists like Thomas Edison, Maria Mitchell, and James Craig Watson to study it, revealing America's rise as a scientific power during the Gilded Age. The book blends scientific history with adventure, covering the challenges of the era, including train robberies and the frontier setting, to tell the story of this significant astronomical event.
Saturday, May 23
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Megan Kate-Nelson discusses her newest book Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier with Ryan Warner.
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David Baron discusses his new book, Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America with Laura Krantz.
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Megha Majumdar discusses her newest praiseworthy novel, A Guardian and a Theif with debut novelist Nina McConigley.
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Acclaimed writer, Terry Tempest Williams discusses her new book, Glorians with Mountain Words author, Ben Goldfarb.
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Science journalist and editor Hillary Rosner discusses her new book, ROAM with Mountain Words regular Ben Goldfarb.
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Join a festive and lively gathering of book signing with this year's authors!
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More information coming soon!
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Join a festive and lively gathering of book signing with this year's authors!
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More information coming soon!
Sunday, May 24
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More information coming soon!
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Description coming soon!
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Author of Hotshots: A Life on Fire, River Selby will talk about the art of the essay.
