
Mountain Words Literary Festival
May 22 - May 25

The Mountain Words Festival is a multi-day literary celebration at nine-thousand feet, featuring readings, workshops, kids’ events, parties, panel discussions, live theater, and more.
2025 authors and presenters include Karen Russell, Deborah Jackson Taffa, Ben Goldfarb, Shelley Read, Hillary Leftwich, Doug Kurtz, Ramona Ausubel, Kevin Grange, Olivia Chadha, David Wroblewski, Paolo Bacigalupi, Rebecca Boyle, Ernest Scheyder, Rajiv Mohabir, Leah Sottile, Elizabeth Gonzalez James, Laura Krantz, Teow Lim Goh, Will Cockrell, Michael Engelhard, Erica Reid, Jonathan P. Thomspson, and Dan Manzanares.