Books

For the week of February 12 through February 16, five far better choices for your Valentine’s week than the latest soul-killing iteration of Fifty Shades of Grey.

Denver has a flurry of fun for book lovers of all stripes this week.

Denver is showing that it has the write stuff at numerous events this week.

Warm your soul with these five literary events January 22 through January 28, 2017.

These readings and nights have all the write stuff in Denver January 15 through January 22, 2018.

January has the write stuff, with a calendar full of events focusing on everything from the historic to the poetic, from great genre work to the great American novel

You know what will help the January blues? Resolve to read more books. Crack one open, and let’s get started on a literary 2018.

Need to do some last-minute shopping? Buy books!

Is any present greater than a book? Perhaps one written here in Colorado.

Mile High culture lovers are spoiled for choice in the days ahead as bookstores, concert venues, and even a cannabis church open their doors to the public for free events.

Grab an eggnog latte and enjoy flipping a few pages, listening to some readings, or just plain toasting Colorado’s literary culture at this five literary events December 11 through December 16, 2017.

Best gift idea? Books. Here are five literary events in Denver December 4-10, 2017, that will be edifying on their own, but also give you a chance to buy some great gifts.

With Thanksgiving behind us, we’re heading fast into gift-giving season. Knock a few names off your shopping list while treating yourself to some thought-provoking talk — and beer! — at the best literary events of the week ending December 2, 2017.

While some voices are dividing us, “Americans are looking for someone who would boldly put in our face the realities of society,” Mayor Michael Hancock said at the culmination of Denver Talks, with poet Claudia Rankine.

This is a week to celebrate both local authors and independent bookstores, with Indies First on November 25, 2017, kicking off Small Business Saturday.

Helen Thorpe answers questions about her new book, The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom.

From Hillary Clinton to Michael Hancock hosting Claudia Rankine, here are the best literary events in Denver November 13 through November 19.

As everyone in Denver tries to re-set their internal clocks (thanks, Daylight Savings Time!), the calendar includes plenty to lit events to illuminate these darker evenings and keep those bleary eyes open for just a few more pages. Here are six of the best.

For the past ten years, Curtis Craddock has been living in a fantasy world. During the day, he works at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, teaching incarcerated felons how to use computers. At night he dreams of a place called Caelum, celebrated in his book An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors.

Mayor Michael Hancock celebrated the reopening of the renovated Shoemaker Plaza at Confluence Park on October 14. And as promised, the plaque embossed with the poem “Two Rivers” by Thomas Hornsby Ferril, Colorado’s first poet laureate, is back on display.

In this op-ed, Tershia d’Elgin, author of The Man Who Thought He Owned Water, discusses “the naked truth” about the Colorado Water Plan.

The writing haunts recommended by some of Colorado’s best wordsmiths.