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Author Events:
Jan 21, 2012 Colorado Springs, Colorado
Cynthia Becker, author of Chipeta: Ute Peacemaker, will give a presentation on Chipeta to the Zebulon Pike Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Feb 3, 2012 Denver, Colorado
Emerita Romero-Anderson, author of Jose Dario Gallegos: Merchant of the Santa Fe Trail, will present a session on "Teaching About Diversity and Tolerance Through Literature" at the CCIRA Conference on Literacy from 11:45-12:45 AM. Emerita's book, Milagro of the Spanish Bean Pot, resonates with themes of tolerance and cooperation. The CCIRA conference is Feb 1-4 at the Marriott Denver Tech Center.
Feb 4, 2012 Denver, Colorado
Nancy Oswald, author of Rescue in Poverty Gulch, will present a session on "Donkey Lips and Penny Licks" at the CCIRA Conference on Literacy from 10:30-11:30 AM. Nancy will share the research, photos, and history behind her new novel set in Cripple Creek. The focus will be on connecting fact to good fiction and description. The CCIRA conference is Feb 1-4 at the Marriott Denver Tech Center.
Feb 4, 2012 Denver, Colorado
Elaine Pease, author of Ghost Over Boulder Creek, will present a session on "From Picture Books to Chapter Books: Tying Them to Your Curriculum" at the CCIRA Conference on Literacy from 9:15-10:15 AM. The CCIRA conference is Feb 1-4 at the Marriott Denver Tech Center.
Feb 11, 2012 Boulder, Colorado
Elaine Pease, author of Ghost Over Boulder Creek, will teach a workshop titled "Are Childrens Picture Books Fading Away? Not Likely!" at Southern Hills Middle School in Boulder from 9:00 AM-1:00 PM. The cost is $69.00. Click for class description and to register.
Feb 18, 2012 Colorado Springs, Colorado
Cynthia Becker, author of Chipeta: Ute Peacemaker, will speak at the February meeting of the Pikes Peak Branch, National League of American Pen Women.
Feb 21, 2012 Littleton, Colorado
Joyce B. Lohse, author of Baby Doe Tabor: Matchless Silver Queen, will give a presentation at Bemis Public Library, located at 6014 South Datura Street, on “Baby Doe Tabor: Homemaker or Homebreaker” at 7:00 PM.
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Author Visits:
Many Filter Press authors are able to provide outstanding programs for schools, historical societies, bookstores, and other groups. At left Jean Cook, author of John Wesley Powell: Soldier Explorer Scientist, is enjoying a visit to Discovery School in Colorado Springs last winter.
Debra Faulkner (Touching Tomorrow: The Story of Emily Griffith) and John Stansfield (Enos Mills: Rocky Mountain Naturalist) perform as historical characters in costune.
Joyce Lohse, author of Unsinkable: The Molly Brown Story and other Filter Press titles, is an engaging speaker at geneological and historical events.
Mary Peace Finley (Meadow Lark and other titles), Lydia Griffin (Prunes and Rupe), and Gail Haley (Kokopelli Drum in Belly) offer excellent programs for school visits. You may contact the authors directly for information about scheduling an event. You may also use the Contact Us form for Filter Press, and we can put you in touch with the author.
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Authors and Titles:Author | Title | Price | | Bacon, M and Blegen, D | Bent's Fort: Crossroads of Culture on the Santa Fe Trail | $12.95 | | Becker, Cynthia S. | Chipeta: Ute Peacemaker | $8.95 | | Bennett, Noel | Genuine Navajo Rug: How to Tell | $3.95 | | Blegen, Daniel | Bob Sakata: American Farmer | $8.95 | | Brink, Carolyn | Class Acts - Stories from the Emily Griffith
Opportunity School | $12.95 | | Buyer, Laurie Wagner | Infinite Possibilities | $12.95 | | Clemens, Samuel | Celebrated Jumping Frog | $4.95 | | Cook, Jean Thor | John Wesley Powell: Soldier Explorer Scientist | $8.95 | | Cunningham, Penny | Doc Susie: Mountain Doctor | $8.95 | | Cushing, Frank | My Adventures In Zuni | $8.95 | | DeRose, Cat | Little Raven: Chief of the Southern Arapaho | $8.95 | | Duncan, E. E. | Helen Hunt Jackson: Colorado's Literary Lady | $8.95 | | Faulk, Terry R. | Simple Methods of Mining Gold | $4.50 | | Faulkner, Debra | Mary Elitch Long: First Lady of Fun | $8.95 | | | Touching Tomorrow: The Emily Griffith Story | $12.95 | | Finley, Mary Peace | Little Fox's Secret (hardcover) | $15.95 | | | Little Fox's Secret (paperback) | $5.95 | | | Meadow Lark (hardcover) | $15.95 | | | Meadow lark (paperback) | $8.95 | | | The Midnight Ride of Blackwell Station | $8.95 | | | Soaring Eagle | $8.95 | | | White Grizzly (paperback) | $8.95 | | Griffin, Lydia | Prunes and Rupe | $16.00 | | | Susan Anderson: Colorado's Doc Susie | $8.95 | | Haberkorn, J | Teachers Guide to White Grizzly | $14.95 | | Haley, Gail E. | Kokopelli: Drum in Belly (paperback) | $12.95 | | Hess, Zora | Southwestern Indian Recipe Book | $4.95 | | Hunt, Inez | High Country Poems | $10.95 | | Holland and Eussen | Teachers Guide to Soaring Eagle | $24.95 | | Jackson, Helen Hunt | Helen Hunt Jackson: Selected Colorado Writings | $12.95 | | Keen, Helen | Blonde Chicana Bride's Mexican Cookbook | $4.95 | | Kennard, Edward | Field Mouse Goes to War | $8.95 | | Lohse, Joyce B. | Baby Doe Tabor: Matchless Silver Queen | $9.95 | | | Emily Griffith - Opportunity's Teacher | $8.95 | | | First Governor, First Lady: John & Eliza
Routt | $7.50 | | | General William Palmer: Railroad Pioneer | $8.95 | | | Justina Ford, Medical Pioneer | $8.95 | | Unsinkable - The Molly Brown Story | $8.95 | | Matthews, Washington | Navajo Weavers and Silversmiths | $4.00 | | McVey, James | Martha Maxwell, Natural History Pioneer | $8.95 | | Mircos and DeSantis | Gus's Cabin Kitchen | $5.00 | | Oswald, Nancy | Hard Face Moon | $15.95 | | | Rescue in Poverty Gulch (hardcover) | $15.95 | | | Rescue in Poverty Gulch (paperback) | $8.95 | | Pease, Elaine | Ghost Over Boulder Creek (hardcover) | $15.95 | | | Ghost Over Boulder Creek (paperback) | $8.95 | | Romero-Anderson, Emerita J. | Jose Dario Gallegos: Merchant of the Santa Fe Trail | $8.95 | | Roosevelt, Theodore | Frontier Types / In Cowboy Land | $4.95 | | Rorvik, Afton | Palace of Ice | $6.95 | | Rusho, W. L. | Powell's Canyon Voyage | $4.00 | | Seig, Louis | Tobacco, Peace Pipes, and Indians | $4.95 | | Stansfield, John | Enos Mills: Rocky Mountain Naturalist | $8.95 | | | John Denver: Man for the World | $8.95 | | Tabak, Herb | Frank Craig: Medical Visionary | $8.95 | | Tillman, Frank and Mary | Glorious Quest of Chief Washakie | $4.50 | | Trumbull, Jamie | Barney Ford: Pioneer Businessman | $8.95 | | Underhill, Ruth | Papago (Tohono O'odham) and Pima Indians | $10.95 | | Pueblo Crafts | $12.00 | | Warner, Emily B. | Dottie Lamm - A Friend to Families | $8.95 | | Werner, Patricia | The Walls Talk: Historic House Museums of Colorado | $16.95 | | Whittemore, Loren R. | The Duke of the Chutes: Harry Vold's Sixty Years in Rodeo | $25.00 | | Williams, Lester L. | Cripple Creek Conflagrations | $4.00 | | Young, John V. | Kokopelli - Casanova of the Cliff Dwellers | $6.95 |
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