Those in Helena had the opportunity to meet and listen to two local authors on Monday night at Brothers Tapworks, hearing excerpts from their novels and why Montana is a source of inspiration.
Those in Helena had the opportunity to meet and listen to two local authors on Monday night at Brothers Tapworks, hearing excerpts from their novels and why Montana is a source of inspiration.
Two local-area authors, Tom Harpole and Jean OâConnor, announced the release of new books.
âRegarding Willingness â Chronicles of a Fraught Lifeâ by Avon resident Tom Harpole is in its second printing, published by Riverfeet Press of Livingston, with Daniel Rice (editor) and Loren Harr (forward).
According to amazon.com the book is a collection of 16 of his most popular stories. Tom “Harp” Harpole was a horse logger working from remote mountain camps and living in wall tents until an accident suggested a change of lifestyle. He took to his other avocation – writing, and studied abroad in Ireland. He began publishing stories in periodicals such as Smithsonian Air & Space, Sports Illustrated, Krokodil magazine, Montana Quarterly, Whitefish Review, and more.