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Thu, February 22, 2024 06:00 PM – 07:30 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elevating Readers Together had a great evening with visiting author Shelley Read on February 22. She was humble, funny, and inspiring. Her generosity and gratitude for creating a magical evening with Salida residents did not go unnoticed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelley’s internationally bestselling debut novel, Go as a River, was published in 2023 and is set amid Colorado\u2019s wild beauty. It’s a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. It’s a tragic, uplifting novel of love and loss, place and displacement, prejudice and family, wilderness and survival\u2014and hope.  Shelley was a senior lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades, where she was a founder of the environment and sustainability major and the PRIME program for at-risk students. She holds degrees in writing and literary studies from the University of Denver and Temple University and is a regular contributor to Crested Butte Magazine and Gunnison Valley Journal. She is a fifth-generation Coloradoan who lives with her family in the Elk Mountains of the Western Slope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you already have a copy of her book, she will be doing a signing after her talk. If you would like to purchase a book in advance, stop by Salida Books to support local business and purchase a copy. There will also be books for sale at the event. We can’t wait to see you at this fundraising event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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