Foundation Events

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]