Books

Give thanks for Denver’s booming book scene.

How exactly did Stan Lee change the world? In remembrance of “The Man” and his work, let us count the ways.

Denver’s literary scene is celebrating all week long.

The author will be reading from his book at the Tattered Cover LoDo November 13, 2018.

This weekend marks the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I, and several programs will commemorate that.

Can you write a mystery in six words?

You, too, can make a zine!

The literary lineup is stellar, and includes the 50th anniversary of MileHiCon

Bart Schaneman is a Denver writer with a novel set in Nebraska, which is being published out of Boulder. So, yes: local cred. But his new book “The Silence Is the Noise” is talking about a more universal theme: coming home again.

Poet Linda Gregerson spoke with Westword about her work, her past, her books, and the world in which they all come together.

Tom Clavin’s most recent collaboration with Bob Drury, Valley Forge is a deep-dive into George Washington’s wartime winter.

If you’re a history buff, a pal of poetry, an agent for environmentalism, a sentimentalist for civil discourse and/or a small-press supporter, then this week in Denver’s literary scene is made for you.

Manitou Springs is the haunted hot spot of Colorado, she says.

Events explore everything from honest and patient self-evaluation for both teens and adults, to a feminism both serious and comedic.

As Fall officially begins here in Denver, the literary offerings begin to pick up. The weather is cooler, daylight wanes, and falling leaves somehow make people want to turn the pages of a book. The various bookstores in and around town are here to oblige, offering up everything from graphic novels to psychological treatise to political philosophy to new novels and Neil Patrick Harris. Okay, so Neil Patrick Harris isn’t in an of himself literary, but like Jell-o, there’s always room for some Neil Patrick Harris.

John Shors is a Boulder novelist, but he—and his fiction—sure get around.

It’s a big week for the Colorado literary scene, anchored with the ZEE JLF Jaipur Literary Festival in Boulder.

Franklin Cruz refuses to choose between art and science.

The author is dermined to remain uncorralled by state lines.

Denver’s literary scene is full of inspiration.

What is it about September that makes us all start to turn inward, both literally and figuratively?

Poet Megan Falley’s forthcoming book of poetry, “Drive Here and Devastate Me,” is full of love poems, something she doesn’t usually find herself writing about.