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The Meagher County Book Festival

July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for some great insight into becoming a published author in a Montana based magazine this is a “must attend” event; there will be publishers and/or editors from nine Montana themed publications hosting a discussion panel on their role in the state’s literature and how to become published in their magazines.

If you have family members who might not be interested in the book festival or it’s subject matter they can always spend time at the Bair Museum, fishing at Deadman’s Basin or relaxing at the Spa Hotsprings Motel. There are links on the festival website for places to stay and if you do a little Googling you can find quite a few family fun events also.

From the Billings Gazette

The fourth annual Meagher County Book Festival in White Sulphur Springs has a regional theme again this year, with much of the attention given to the increasingly popular genre of Montana magazines.

The festival will begin at 5 p.m. Aug. 7 with a reception and presentation at “The Castle” Museum in White Sulphur Springs. The morning of Aug. 8 features a panel discussion with 10 editors from bestselling magazines that focus on Montana and its happenings.

Molly Holz, Butch Larcombe, Seabring Davis, Valerie Harms, David Reese, Courtney Lowry, Nick Ehli, Rick Newby and Hayley Lennington-Leray will talk about what it takes to publish and sell in magazines in the Big Sky.

From 8:30 a.m. to noon Aug 9, Sue Hart, a Montana State University Billings professor and Montana author, and Valerie Harms, editor of Distinctly Montana magazine will present a workshop for anyone interested in writing for one of the many Montana magazines.

The workshop and the scheduled events of the Meagher County Book Festival are free and include a free tour of the Charles M. Bair Family Museum on the afternoon of Aug. 9

There is a charge for lunch on Aug. 8 and the annual Steak Fry at the Jock and Jamie Doggett Ranch. Entertainment at the Steak Fry on the evening of Aug. 9 will be provided by “Mark Twain in Montana,” performed by Michael Delaney.


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