Editor's note: "A Misplacement of Black Poetry on the Prairies" is a finalist in the First Book and Poetry categories of the 2021 High Plains Book Awards. Bertrand Bickersteth’s “The Response of Weeds ...

Editor's note: “In the Shadow of Dora” by Patrick Hicks is a finalist in the Fiction category of the 2021 High Plains Book Awards. Previous High Plains Book Award finalist Patrick Hicks has an ...

Editor's note: “If Sylvie Had Nine Lives” is a finalist in the Short Story category of the 2021 High Plains Book Awards. About every tenth book I read discourages me from even trying to write, simply ...

A variety of authors will appear at free public events in Billings for the 2021 High Plains BookFest. COVID-19 prevented the book festival from taking place in 2020, however, this year the 19th annual ...

Editor's note: “Winter Counts” is a finalist in the First Book category of the 2021 High Plains Book Awards. David Heska Wanbl Weiden’s debut novel “Winter Counts” is a high-spirited and haunting ...

LAUREL — Back in 2007, retired Billings journalism and English teacher Lloyd Mickelson put together a proposal. As president of the Billings Public Library Board, he had a like-minded audience who ...

The Parmly Billings Library in affiliation with the High Plains Book Award Committee, is accepting nominations for the second annual High Plains Book Awards. Four prizes will be awarded: Best Book in ...