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  • Borrowed Time2026-10-04
    Volume One in “The Terminus Saga” series, this new book by R. C. Danner introduces readers to new worlds to explore in… Read more: Borrowed Time
  • Summer’s End2026-09-27
    Daniel L. Copeland is back with another Brian Jesseman mystery. For three years, Agent Brian Jesseman has hunted a covert entity operating… Read more: Summer’s End
  • Fall Idaho Author Book Fair 2026
    Fall Book Fair2026-09-23
    The IDAHO AUTHORS BOOK FAIR in Boise will be at a different venue–the Hillcrest Library! branch–on Saturday 17 October from 10 to… Read more: Fall Book Fair
  • Tea and Talk in Star2026-09-11
    Friends of the Star Branch Library in Ada county present an event for all ages. Visit with prolific author Mary Ann Fraser… Read more: Tea and Talk in Star
  • Meet Shannon Hale2026-09-04
    Shannon Hale is the New York Times best-selling author of over fifty books for preschoolers, kids, teens, and adults, selling more than… Read more: Meet Shannon Hale
  • 15-Tango to Covid-192026-09-03
    15-TANGO to COVID-19 is a vivid, deeply personal memoir of resilience and perseverance across civilian life, military service, and nursing. Kristin L.… Read more: 15-Tango to Covid-19
  • Until Fall2026-09-02
    In Margaret Koger’s collection Until Fall,we are transported to a world of nature that is both cruel and beautiful. With deft language, Koger… Read more: Until Fall
  • Add to prizes: the WILLA2026-09-01
    Linda Sandifer’s novel, Lost and Broken Things, has been named the Women Writing the West 2026 WILLA Literary Award Winner in Historical Fiction.… Read more: Add to prizes: the WILLA
  • Writing about crime?2026-08-24
    The role of the Public Defender and how to portray them accurately in fiction, presented by Mystery Writers of America (NW) 19… Read more: Writing about crime?
  • Submissions (list of 50)2026-08-17
    50 magazines and anthologies publishing speculative fiction (sciFi, fantasy, horror, etc.) from Authors Publish. Many offer payment. Submission dates vary. As always:… Read more: Submissions (list of 50)
  • A (not so) Small Wrinkle2026-08-16
    …IN YOUR COPYRIGHT RIGHTS. Last April, about twenty-five authors were fortunate enough to attend one of the last in-person meetings of MMMWriters—the… Read more: A (not so) Small Wrinkle
  • Dreamcatcher2026-08-11
    When a string of brutal murders terrorizes a small town, crime reporter Tazia Drake is drawn into an investigation. Guided by chilling… Read more: Dreamcatcher
  • Boise Comic Arts Fest2026-08-07
    As announced on the Boise Public Library’s page: Boise Comic Arts Festival returns for its 14th year … It will include all… Read more: Boise Comic Arts Fest
  • Revenant Writer is Keynote2026-08-06
    We’ve just updated our 2026 Writer’s Conferences page as we were informed of the longstanding conference, held this year in Kalispell, Montana… Read more: Revenant Writer is Keynote
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    Bear Lake Conference2026-07-21
    THE TOOLS OF WRITING The Bear Lake Writers Workshop invites you to participate in our 8th annual conference being held Saturday 10… Read more: Bear Lake Conference
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    News Bits 20 July 262026-07-20
    (Nationally published short story) (How write picture books) (playwright’s play produced) Idaho writer James Patrick Focarile has been published by the Saturday… Read more: News Bits 20 July 26
  • A call for poetry
    Poetry + Polar Science2026-07-17
    A national open call for poetry in dialogue with polar science. PRAx, Spring Creek Project and Terrain.org invite poets to create one… Read more: Poetry + Polar Science
  • More Romance in Boise2026-07-13
    Keep your eyes open! You never know when a new independent bookstore might open in your area of Idaho. Case in point:… Read more: More Romance in Boise
  • Troy Rohn, Ph.D2026-07-12
    Joining our cadre of Idaho Author Interviews is Dr. Troy Rohn who has just published his nonfiction book, Brain Medicine: Breakthroughs in… Read more: Troy Rohn, Ph.D
  • Boise Public Library! Creative Writing Group
    Creative Writing Group2026-07-10
    The Library! in Boise, Cole and Ustick branch, has initiated a monthly meeting. The listing page for this month’s event says: Do… Read more: Creative Writing Group
  • Brain Medicine2026-07-02
    Dr. Troy Rohn, neuroscientist and professor at Boise State University, has recently launched his first book, Brain Medicine: Breakthroughs in Gene Therapy… Read more: Brain Medicine
  • Middle-Grade Book Lands Well2026-07-02
    Boise author Jan M. Flynn, whose debut novel Griffin Speaker — first in a middle-grade fantasy series from Disney-Hyperion Books — released… Read more: Middle-Grade Book Lands Well
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