October 15 @ 6 pm at Back of Beyond Books. Betsy Gaines Quammen and David Quammen for an evening of readings and discussion.

October 20 @ 6pm at Back of Beyond Books: An Evening with Karin Anderson and Amber Caron. This Event is in Conjunction with the Utah Humanities Book Festival.

October 24 @ 7 pm at the Grand County Public Library: Conservation photographer and author Dave Showalter takes us on a stunning multimedia journey through the vast Colorado River Watershed

September 23 @ 6 pm at Grand County Public Library: An Evening with Author John Fayhee

June 26, 7PM at Back of Beyond Books: David Gessner in conversation about his new book, A TRAVELER’S GUIDE TO THE END OF THE WORLD: TALES OF FIRE, WIND, AND WATER

 

June 1, 7PM at Grand County Public Library: A Reading and Conversation with Melissa L. Sevigny and her new book, BRAVE THE WILD RIVER

We’re always blown away by the colors and textures of local artist Serena Suplee 😍 Excited to say we have her 2024 calendars available on our website for sale, and in store as always with Serena’s cards, postcards, and prints! 

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Staff Pick this week contributed by Megan. If you’re looking for your next read, this one definitely should be a contender!

All of Us Together in the End
By Matthew Vollmer

“When I first picked this book up from the “Staff Picks” shelf of a Portland bookstore (you’ll never catch me turning down the opportunity to roam the shelves of an indie bookseller no matter how much time I spend in one on the clock) I wasn’t quite sure what genre to file it into in my brain. The synopsis starts with the death of the author’s mother, then the introduction of inexplicable flashing lights in the woods behind his grieving father’s home – suddenly I’m coercing mystery, religiosity, paranormalcy, even perhaps extraterrestrial contact into my expectations of what I might find in this book alongside grief, loss, and familial connection.

Entrancing from the start, Vollmer’s memoir brings all these ideas together in a compassionate exploration of things that we believe – or might believe, or stop believing – when faced with loss, tough questions, and unexplainable mysteries. The prose is lyrical yet unpretentious, allowing empathy and curiosity to guide father and son’s process of grieving, rebuilding, and truth finding.

“All of Us Together in the End” is a beautiful read and well-deserving of its spot on that Portland Staff Picks shelf, as well as, now, on my own here at Back of Beyond.”

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