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Country Bookshelf

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28 W Main St.
Bozeman, MT 59715 United States

406 -587-0166 http://www.countrybookshelf.com/

We are a local, independent bookstore located in historic downtown Bozeman. We are the place where people go to feel part of their community, of something bigger than themselves, a place to experience the power of literature and conversation, a place to feel safe, not judged, and encouraged to explore ideas and identities. We are the bookstore everyone dreams of — two floors of hand-selected volumes, knowledgeable, caring staff, and events to expand horizons.

The Country Bookshelf was first founded in 1957 by Polly Renne in a small shop just off Tracy Avenue, and after several years, Marguerite Kirk relocated the store to the White Chapel on West Main Street. Mary Jane DiSanti, owner of the bookstore for 36 years, then purchased the store and later moved it back downtown in 1986 to its current location, renovating and expanding the space which would eventually become a landmark. In 2010, Mary Jane transferred ownership to Ariana Paliobagis, who has continued to make the bookstore one of the most knowledgeable, people-friendly bookstores around.

Ariana is on the board of our local Downtown Bozeman Association, a member of the Advisory Council for the Dean of the College of Letters and Sciences at Montana State University, on planning committees for One Book One Bozeman, Children’s Festival of the Book, the Ivan Doig Symposium, and most recently on the awards committee for the Pacific Northwest Bookseller’s Association.

July 2026

Author Talk with Miriam Horn

July 7 @ 6:00pm

Country Bookshelf, 28 W Main St.
Bozeman, MT 59715 United States

Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome bestselling author, environmental advocate, journalist, and filmmaker Miriam Horn on July 7 at 6pm. Horn will discuss her new book Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller. In this riveting portrait of the world’s leading field biologist, Horn captures the seventy years he spent living among wild animals in the world’s remotest regions, forever altering how we see—and save—the natural world. This event is free and tickets are not required,…

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Hannah Thurman in Conversation with Katherine Reay

July 8 @ 6:00pm

Country Bookshelf, 28 W Main St.
Bozeman, MT 59715 United States

Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome debut novelist Hannah Thurman in conversation with local author Katherine Reay. They will discuss Thurman's new book MERCY HILL, a richly moving story of four sisters growing up on the campus of the underfunded state mental hospital where their strong-willed mother serves as head of psychiatry. This event is free and tickets are not required, but RSVPs are always appreciated! Learn more at countrybookshelf.com.

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Country Bookshelf Book Club

July 15 @ 5:30pm

Country Bookshelf, 28 W Main St.
Bozeman, MT 59715 United States

Join Country Bookshelf for our monthly book club led by bookseller extraordinaire Kat! Our monthly book club meetings are held from 5:30 to 6:30pm in the first-floor seating section at Country Bookshelf. Our July pick is the graphic novel Paying the Land by Joe Sacco, a masterful work of comics journalism about indigenous North America, resource extraction, and our debt to the natural world. This event is free and RSVPs are not required! Learn more at countrybookshelf.com.

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Country Bookshelf 18+ Open Mic

July 17 @ 5:00pm

Country Bookshelf, 28 W Main St.
Bozeman, MT 59715 United States

Join The Bozeman Poetry Collective at The Country Bookshelf for our 18+ open mic. Bring your poems, songs, tight five, or a cool rock you found. See you there!

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Betsy Gaines Quammen in Conversation with Tiya Miles

July 20 @ 6:00pm

Country Bookshelf, 28 W Main St.
Bozeman, MT 59715 United States

Country Bookshelf is thrilled to welcome Betsy Gaines Quammen in conversation with acclaimed historian and National Book Award-winning author Tiya Miles. Quammen and Miles will discuss Quammen’s forthcoming book THIS HAUNTED LAND: RECKONING WITH GHOSTS AND THE STORIES THAT SHAPE AMERICA (releasing September 2026), which investigates some of America’s most enduring ghost stories and uncovers how these stories can help us come to terms with our unsettled past. This event is free and tickets are not required, but RSVPs are…

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Author Talk with Christine Carbo

July 23 @ 6:00pm

Country Bookshelf, 28 W Main St.
Bozeman, MT 59715 United States

Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome Montana author Christine Carbo on July 23 at 6pm. Carbo will discuss her propulsive new novel THE CONFESSION ARTIST, in which A Montana ex-cop becomes the target of a vengeful killer's viral guessing game. This event is free and tickets are not required, but RSVPs are always appreciated! Learn more at countrybookshelf.com.

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Aletheia Preston in Conversation with Connor Sullivan

July 26 @ 6:00pm

Country Bookshelf, 28 W Main St.
Bozeman, MT 59715 United States

Country Bookshelf is thrilled to welcome local authors Aletheia Preston and Connor Sullivan on July 26 at 6pm. Preston and Sullivan will discuss Preston's new novel PARADOX, cowritten with Douglas Preston, in which a CBI Agent and a Colorado sheriff team up to investigate a trail of bizarre killings, baffling money transfers, and a fanatical secret society. This event is free and tickets are not required, but RSVPs are always appreciated! Learn more at countrybookshelf.com.

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