Christine Byl

Sep 26, 2024 | alaskapublic.org | Paul Twardock |Christine Byl |Blaine Smith |Gabe Travis

Paul Twardock is a Professor of Outdoor Studies at Alaska Pacific University, where he has worked since 1988. He is the author of Kayaking and Camping in Prince William Sound and help found the Alaska Sea Kayaking Symposium/Paddle Sport Fun Day. At APU he teaches a variety of undergraduate classes included Sea Kayaking, Recreation Program Design, Nordic Skiing, The Business of Recreation, and Wildland Ecosystems and Human Impacts.

Feb 26, 2024 | missoulian.com | Christine Byl

The winner of the 2023 Montana Book Award is in. Debra Magpie Earling’s novel, “The Lost Journals of Sacajewea” took the annual prize, which was announced on Monday along with four honor books. Earling published the novel, written in the form of an imagined diary, last year on Milkweed Editions. The news release said the book “challenges prevailing historical narratives” around the Lemhi Shoshone woman and member of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery.

Sep 26, 2023 | pw.org | Christine Byl |Eskor Johnson

Hearty congratulations to the shortlisted authors of the Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize. Chosen from a longlist of twenty-five debut novels published in the U.S. this calendar year, the seven titles (and authors!) listed below will be celebrated at the Center’s First Novel Fête on December 1. The winner will be announced on December 5 at the Center for Fiction’s Annual Awards Benefit.

Aug 17, 2023 | terrain.org | Christine Byl |Jessica Johnson |William Wenthe

Lookout by Christine BylStrange Object | 2023 | 300 pages     Near the beginning of Christine Byl’s Lookout, nine-year-old Cody Kinzler has been goaded by a young neighbor into striking matches, and one singes her shirtsleeve. When her parents find out, her father takes her to a meadow, waters down a perimeter, and lights the grass inside it until waist-high flames come close enough to make her cry and dry her tears.

Mar 13, 2023 | powells.com | Christine Byl

by Christine Byl Release Date: 3/15/2023  Upcoming EventChristine Byl’s Lookout (A Strange Object) tells the story of the Kinzlers, a complex working-class family firmly rooted in northwestern Montana. Josiah and Margaret Kinzler have forged an unusual bond marked by both tenderness and distance; their daughters, Cody and Louisa, grow up watching their parents navigate what it means to be true to yourself and what that costs.