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News & Awards

News

  • Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers podcast with Gwen Florio on Best Laid Plans
  • Florio on her resignation as Missoulian editor and why local news matters
  • Florio named 2018 Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
  • Florio’s reporting on Missoula sexual assaults highlighted in Le Monde Magazine
  • Dakota named finalist for 2015 Silver Falchion Award
  • Dakota in terrific company in Missoula Independent’s Books of the Year
  • Great Falls Tribune lists Dakota among the Top Montana Books of 2014. “Suspenseful and surprising.”
  • Montana wins High Plains Book Award
  • Montana named finalist for Silver Falchion Award in Best First Novel-Literary Suspense Category                              
  • Montana Standard – Author Gwen Florio visits Butte bookstore – “Her series adds yet another rich layer to the canon of genuine Montana stories that includes the likes of Dorothy Johnson, A.B. Guthrie and poet Richard Hugo, whose poetry of place reflected the true backroads of Montana.”
  • Montana named finalist for Shamus Award in the Best First P.I. Novel category
  • WWNO, New Orleans – The Reading Life with Joseph Boyden and Gwen Florio
  • Great Falls Tribune – Florio jumps to fiction with mystery novels
  • Montana named finalist for International Thriller Writers award/best first novel
  • Author Craig Lancaster interviews Gwen Florio
  • Missoulian – Missoula novelist Gwen Florio wins national award – “Out of a field of excellent debut crime novels, we picked ‘Montana’ because we completely fell in love with the main character.”
  • Amy Steele/Entertainment Realm – Montana among Top 20 books of 2013
  • Missoulian – Montana a top mystery seller at Fact and Fiction in 2013
  • Montana on Missoula Independent’s list of Books We Couldn’t Put Down in 2013 – “Montana’s hard-boiled lot and its twists and entertaining enough, but Gwen Florio’s portraits of tough women and old school journalism are what left a lasting impression.”
  • Great Falls Tribune names Montana one of 10 best Montana books of the year
  • Story on Montana in the Helena (Mont.) Independent-Record
  • My First Time essay on Fobbit author David Abrams‘s blog, The Quivering Pen
  • The Write Question (PRX) interview on Montana, with producer Cherie Newman
  • Feature interview on Montana with KUFM news director Sally Mauk
  • Library Journal names Montana Debut of the Month: “breathless pacing, strong characterizations, and a nuanced plot blend into an unforgettable read”
  • Library Journal highlights Montana in article
  • Missoula sexual assault spur controversial media coverage
  • Lee Enterprises honors Gwen Florio with an award
  • Profile of a Journalist: Gwen Florio by Feature Well

 

Awards

  • Montana wins High Plains Book Award
  • Montana wins Pinckley Prize for debut crime fiction
  • Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Denver Post and the Missoulian
  • Nominated for the Pushcart Prize
  • Winner of the Lee Enterprises President’s Award
  • Winner of 2006 Best of the West Award, “Locked Up Forever”
  • Prose grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts
  • Writing residency at 360 Xochi Quetzal
  • Writing residency at the Ucross Foundation
  • Writing residency at the Brush Creek Ranch Arts Foundation

Newsletter

Perché Italiano?

It's like asking, 'Why Write?' With shout-outs to Sicilian pastries and books by Kate Quinn, Elena Varvello and Gerald Brooks. Read article

Frozen feet - and fingers - challenge

Making habits; one-word resolution; cider muffins, and great reads from William Kent Krueger, Marco Missiroli, S.A. Cosby and Elizabeth Strout. Read article

Looking inward

Because it's too dark out there: On fighting the darkness with humor, some Italian treats, and great reads from Viola Ardone, Giuseppe Catozzella and Amy Lin Read article

News & Announcements

Book Launch for 'A Senior Citizen's Guide to Life on the Run

Library guest wrote the book on seniors Read article

Kirkus Reviews'A Senior Citizen's Guide to Life on the Run

Dark doings at a 'planned community' for 'active adults' Read article

Five Takeaways from 5E's Office Hours Session on Small Press Publishing

"Small Presses are not on the sidelines of the book business.
Read article

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