June 1, 2017–Amy Armstrong and Lee Jordan, ECHO News–Reviving True Community Journalism
Amy Armstrong is the managing editor of the ECHO News (the Eagle River Chugiak Herald Observer) in Eagle River, Alaska. She worked from 1999 to 2016 in a freelance capacity for the Alaska Star, covering education and government, writing features, and becoming highly acquainted with what makes Chugiak-Eagle River so incredibly special. During that period, […]
April 14, 2016–Kim Heacox–Award-Winning Author of Fiction and Non-Fiction
Kim Heacox is the award-winning author of several books including the acclaimed John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire (which received starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and Publisher’s Weekly) and Rhythm of the Wild (just released.) His feature articles have appeared in Audubon, Travel & Leisure, Wilderness, Islands, Orion, and National Geographic Traveler. […]
April 14, 2016–Our critics’ favorite Alaska books of the year (APC’s April 2016 speaker lauded in 12/13/15 article)
Editor’s note: Every week, David A. James and Nancy Lord have reviewed books by Alaska authors or about the 49th state. They have not, they’ll be quick to tell you, read every Alaska book published over the last year or so. Consequently, they recoil at the idea of a top 10 list of Alaska books. […]
June 4, 2015–Bill Sherwonit Offers Fall 2015 Nature and Travel Writing Class
(This was for his winter/spring 2015 class; the same basic information would apply for the fall class) Anchorage essayist and author Bill Sherwonit will teach a 12-week nature and travel writing class in the Sierra Club office downtown. Participants in this workshop-style class will explore and refine their own writing styles, with an emphasis on […]
April 6, 2015–Alaska Sampler 2015
Contact: Deb Vanasse / Running Fox Books IMMEDIATE RELEASE info@runningfoxbooks.com (907) 388-9303 READ AND THEY’LL COME ALASKA SAMPLER 2015 As cuts to the state’s film subsidy program threaten the booming reality TV industry, what will be the next big draw to Alaska? Books, of course. At least that’s what the editors at the Running Fox […]