She’ll launch her novel, Chance for Rain, on August 21 at Fiction Beer Company.

The lineup this week includes many ways to just plain better yourself through books.

Get your bookmarks ready.

Josiah Hesse talks about the launch of Carnality: Sebastian Phoenix and the Dark Star, his literary venture Suspect Press, cruiser bikes, artistic Jedi, and how his devotion to the Mile High City fits into it all.

The literary scene this week is sort of like a Westword homecoming.

Chelsea Harris is a local author with a national mission.

Gina Wohlsdorf talks criticism, the value of place, the nature of writing, and how it all comes together in powerful—and yes, thrilling—story.

There’s something on the books for everyone this last full week of July.

Book some time for these readings and signings.

Denver’s literary scene marches into mid-July with lines from Lyons, some noir-esque vehicular violence, a Boulder writer coming home again, a book about bookshops hosted by a bookstore, and the 2018 Youth One Book One Denver author entertaining and inspiring, middle-grade style.

The literary events of the week are wisely concentrated on the weekend following the 4th of July.

Joanna Luloff talks about her new novel, Remind Me Again What Happened.

Literature can change the world. Here are five ways to help, writ both world-wide and personal.

Joe Donnelly might be the titular L.A. Man of his new book, but his roots are buried deep in the mountains of Colorado.