Larry Watson

MONTANA 1948 was chosen by Preface, a shared reading program between Cal Poly and San Luis Obispo County Reads. Incoming freshmen are required to read the book during the summer and then participate in discussions starting September 17th, 2008. Larry Watson will visit the Cal Poly campus on September 24th to discuss MONTANA 1948 with students and community members.


SUNDOWN, YELLOW MOON named one of NPR's Independent Booksellers' Picks of 2007

LARRY WATSON received the High Plains Emeritus Book Award for 2007 in an October ceremony in Billings, Montana.


2008 APPEARANCES:

March 6, 2008
Fresno Art Museum
Fresno CA

June 8, 2008
Printers Row Book Fair
Dearborn & Polk
Chicago, IL

September 24, 2008
Cal Poly
2008 SLO County Reads
San Luis Obispo CA

October 16, 2008
Augustana Library Associates
Reading
Augustana College
Sioux Falls SD

October 27, 2008
Community Reads II
Reading
Weyenberg Library
Mequon WI




CITY/COMMUNITY
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE
READS:

SLO County Reads
MONTANA 1948
San Luis Obispo County/
Cal Poly
--California, 2008

Community Reads II
MONTANA 1948
Mequon
--Wisconsin, 2008

One Book/One Town
MONTANA 1948
Zionsville
--Indiana, 2007

Livingston Reads:
MONTANA 1948
Livingston County
--Michigan, 2007

Capital Reads:
MONTANA 1948
Jefferson City
--Missouri, 2006

One County, One Book,
Ionia County:
MONTANA 1948
--Michigan, 2006

Jefferson County Reads:
MONTANA 1948
--Wisconsin, 2006

Dane County Libraries Celebrate:
LARRY WATSON
--Wisconsin, 2006

Oceana: On The Same Page:
MONTANA 1948
Oceana County
--Michigan, 2006

Traverse City Reads:
MONTANA 1948
--Michigan, 2005

Campus Read
MONTANA 1948
Bismarck State College
--North Dakota, 2004

Missoula Reads:
MONTANA 1948
--Montana, 2004

A Tale for Two Cities:
MONTANA 1948
--Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, 2004

Reading Together
MONTANA 1948
Lane Community College
--Eugene, OR, 2003-2004

Twin Towns, One Book:
WHITE CROSSES
--Wahpeton, ND/Breckenridge, MN, 2003

Read One book:
MONTANA 1948
--LaCrosse, WI, 2003

South Whidbey Reads:
MONTANA 1948
--South Whidbey Island, WA, 2002

Distinguished Speakers Series
MONTANA 1948
The University of Dayton
--Dayton, OH, 1997

Core Book
MONTANA 1948
Spokane Falls Community College
--Spokane, WA, 1996