Craig Lancaster Discusses His Newest Book ‘Northward Dreams’ on April 16th

On Tuesday, April 16 at 7 pm, former Great Falls Tribune reporter Kristen Inbody talks with Montana author Craig Lancaster about his latest title, Northward Dreams, in the Cordingley Room. Lancaster is a two-time winner of the High Plains Book Award, and the author of the acclaimed book 600 Hours of Edward. Lancaster will sign books and they will be sold by Cassiopeia Books after the event.Northward Dreams, Lancaster said, is, "a story of Montana and Texas and Wyoming and places I have lived and remembered." He's also said, "I'm Awfully proud of this book. It tunnels deep into memory and paints what has been unearth with a generous coating of imagination, all the better to pull at four timelines as these characters try to find their way through this life and to each other. It's the most finely tuned story I've ever written."Carrie La Seur, author of The Home Place and The Weight of an Infinite Sky said of the book, "Lancaster's exquisite attention to his characters' bad choices makes readers feel seen, chronicled by a tender biographer--even a little redeemed." Lancaster last came to the Library in 2022 for the Big River Ruckus Event. Before becoming an author, Lancaster was a longtime newspaper journalist. He worked—mostly as an editor—in such states as Texas, Alaska (twice), Kentucky, Ohio, California (twice), Washington, and Montana. He wrote stories, edited copy, oversaw departments, spent a season covering the Oakland Raiders and, in general, had a whale of a time for nearly 25 years. In 2013, he left daily journalism to write full time. For more information, contact Jake Sorich at jsorich@greatfallslibrary.org or 406-453-0349 ex. 220.