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July 2026
Alaska Author Night – Judy Warwick
Fairbanks Author Shares Family Story With refreshing candor, author Judy Warwick writes about her father’s mind-numbing years in Japanese POW camps during World War II, as well as her mother’s struggle and heartache on the home front. “First Command 1941: Our Family’s Survival Story” (2022) is an absorbing, extensively illustrated family memoir about unlucky timing, […]
August 2026
Alaska Author Night – Jamie Smith
Jamie Smith says that his long standing comic strip, “Nuggets,” which has run in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner since 1988, has made for deep connections across the state of Alaska. “I’m grateful how much making art habitually becomes an everyday activity like eating, drinking, breathing, sleeping, exercise, etcetera, so there’s no waiting for any muse or inspiration,” […]
September 2026
Alaska Author Night – Bonnie Sue Hitchcock
Born and raised in Alaska, I now live and write in a yurt on a dome near Fairbanks. Before writing fiction, I spent many years working as a journalist for Alaska public radio stations all around the state. I also spent time commercial fishing with my family in Southeast Alaska. In addition to young adult […]
October 2026
Alaska Author Night – Erica Watson
Denali Park author Erica Watson and her first essay collection, Ghosts of Distant Trees (2025), are the focus of October’s Alaska Author Night, 6 p.m., TOTE Auditorium, Noel Wien Library. Erica’s writing explores community, self, political action, and climate change, drawing from experience living in lifelong intimacy with designated public lands. Erica will do a […]
November 2026
Alaska Author Night – Gerri Brightwell
Gerri Brightwell is a British writer who lives in Alaska with her husband, fantasy writer Ian C. Esslemont, and their sons. Her latest novel, Turnback Ridge, was published by Torrey House Press in 2022. She is the author of the novels Dead of Winter (Salt, 2016), The Dark Lantern (Crown, 2008), and Cold Country (Duckworth, 2003). Her short work has appeared in […]
December 2026
Alaska Author Night – Rick Hoeberg
Though “Born in the USA,” I grew up in England, leaving me with a mixed notion of nationality that’s driven me to see myself as a citizen of Earth. A beautiful planet indeed, with one of its loveliest places, Alaska, my chosen home. Have I done all the things Alaskans are expected to do? Guilty […]
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