October 2026
Silent Read-In for Banned Books Week
Country Bookshelf is teaming up with Libro.fm and Silent Book Club to protest ongoing censorship this Banned Books Week. Join us on Saturday, October 10 at 11am for a silent read-in to join the national protest against book bans. The plan is simple: Spend an hour on a Saturday among fellow book lovers quietly reading or listening to a book of your choice as an act of protest against book bans. You can bring a book from home or shop…
Find out more »“Snow Day” Launch with Local Author Bryan Schaeffer
Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome local author Bryan Schaeffer, author and illustrator of the new children's picture book The Snow Day: A Yellowstone Adventure, a story inspired by family adventures in Montana’s Yellowstone Country. Born in Bozeman, Bryan Schaeffer was always curious about what may be lurking around the next switchback, mountain pass, or pitch. He owns the creative studio SINTR, and lives with his wife, three daughters, and an-eager-to-adventure goldendoodle. In his spare time, he enjoys recreating on…
Find out more »An Evening with Authors Joe Wilkins & Taylor Brorby
Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome Montana authors Joe Wilkins and Taylor Brorby on Wednesday, October 14 at 5pm! This evening of conversation is co-sponsored by the The Ivan Doig Center at Montana State University. Joe Wilkins is the author of two novels, The Entire Sky and Fall Back Down When I Die; a memoir, The Mountain and the Fathers; and five collections of poetry, including Pastoral, 1994 and When We Were Birds. His latest book is Every Sky at…
Find out more »Katherine Reay in Conversation with Country Bookshelf Bookseller China Reevers
Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome bestselling Bozeman author Katherine Reay, author of the new novel The Undercover Bookshop, about an amateur sleuth opening a bookstore in 1950s rural England and a local baker who might be a Soviet spy. Because a bookstore features prominently in this new mystery, we're delighted that Katherine will be in conversation with Country Bookshelf bookseller and store manager China Reevers! ABOUT THE UNDERCOVER BOOKSHOP Recently moved to the English Cotswolds, Gemma Brown desperately wants…
Find out more »Mindy Misener in Conversation with Amy Leach
Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome Mindy Misener, author of the debut novel Good Guys, in conversation with award-winning Bozeman author Amy Leach! Praised by Karen Russell as "a brilliantly paced and plotted novel," Good Guys follows two estranged sisters in a small New England town who become embroiled in a war crime involving a local hero. Tickets are not required but RSVPs are always appreciated! Please RSVP by reserving a free general admission ticket at Eventbrite. ABOUT GOOD GUYS…
Find out more »Country Bookshelf Book Club: The Immortal Irishman
Join us for our monthly book club led by bookseller extraordinaire Kat! Our monthly book club meetings are held from 5:30 to 6:30pm on the day of the event in the first-floor seating section at Country Bookshelf. Free and no RSVP required! Our October selection is The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero by Timothy Egan. Pick up your copy in the store or order a copy online today! **Please note that our original October pick,…
Find out more »Author Talk with Cara Chamberlain
Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome Montana author Cara Chamberlain, author of the new book From Peaks to Prairie: The Gifts of Walking in an Anxious Life, on Thursday, October 22 at 6pm. Tickets are not required but RSVPs are always appreciated! Please RSVP by reserving a free general admission ticket at Eventbrite. ABOUT FROM PEAKS TO PRAIRIE: THE GIFTS OF WALKING IN AN ANXIOUS LIFE Along twenty-nine trails near Yellowstone National Park, Cara Chamberlain leads readers on a journey…
Find out more »Will Wright in Conversation with Liz Fairbank and Joseph O’Connor
Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome environmental historian Will Wright, author of the new book Borders of Biodiversity: How Gray Wolves, Monarch Butterflies, and Giant Sequoias Transformed Large Landscape Conservation. Will will be joined in conversation by Liz Fairbank, road ecologist with the Center for Large Landscape Conservation, and Joseph T. O'Connor, managing editor of Mountain Journal. Tickets are not required for this event, but RSVPs are appreciated! Please RSVP by reserving a free general admission ticket at Eventbrite. ABOUT…
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