All events are free except workshops and the Sunday evening opera performance.
To register for workshops please call the Holter Museum, 442-6400.

Montanans are lovers of the word, devourers of books. We read and tell stories to ground ourselves, to remember who we are, to deepen our understanding of the Montana experience—to share the pleasure of being alive.

Writers thrive in Montana, a place where even cows need extra feed.  We love a well-told story, we want to hear it told by the person who wrote it, we respect the work it took to put it all down right, and we all want to stock up on some good books in the fall before winter sets in.

We hope you’ll show up to this year’s Helena Festival of the Book. And if you enjoy it, we hope you will add your name to the folks on our Sponsors page, who have given of their time and resources to make it all happen.

Don't miss another great Helena event:
Saturday Oct. 13 - 10:00 am
The Big Read Under the Big Sky

The Lewis & Clark Library will launch the Big Read Under the  Big Sky, a month-long series of events focused on the great American novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Opening events at Lewis & Clark Library and Pioneer Park, 120 S. Last Chance Gulch. The library will give away copies of the novel, Reader's Guides, and a schedule of upcoming events. You can visit with characters from the book, enjoy Boo Radley's Treats in Trees, and the Jem Finch Football Toss. Storytelling, painting pumpkins bookmark and sticker giveaways--and more.

For more information click here.

Holter Museum of Art: 12 E. Lawrence St. 442-6400
Myrna Loy Center: 15 N Ewing, 443-0287
Lewis & Clark Library: 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, 447-1690
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church: Corner of Lawrence and Cruse, 443-4218

The Helena Festival of the Book thanks our major sponsors:

Myrna Loy Center for Performing and Media Arts
Holter Museum of Art
Drumlummon Institute
Montana Historical Society
Carroll College
University of Montana Helena College of Technology
Farcountry Press 

And acknowledges major support from:

Montana Committee for the Humanities/Montana Center for the Book
Downtown Helena BID
Bedrock Books
Montana Book & Toy Company
Montana Artists Refuge

And many other donors listed on our “Sponsors” page