By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist The intricacies of architecture within the universe of The Lord of the Rings were not greatly explored in Tolkien’s texts. Much of the visuals we associate with the epic fantasy...
Is creativity a thing of the past? As an English teacher of 12 years, I have read many young writers’ attempts to create original, cohesive or at least comprehensible writing. Think back and you...
Here we present the winners of the fifth annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration by a panel...
By Ben OlsonReader Staff With the publication of our fifth annual 208 Fiction winners and honorable mentions in this edition (see Pages 14-16), I thought I’d share one of my own short stories. I...
By Reader Staff Author Whitney Rae Palmer has released The Mysterious Pend Oreille Paddler, Part 3, a conclusion to her comical series about the local water serpent set along the scenic shores of Lake...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Among the quickest ways to get yourself in trouble is pointing out that all dogs are not God’s perfect creatures, nor do they belong in every space where humans conduct...
Train Dreams is a film that captures the Gothic desperation of North Idaho By Ben OlsonReader Staff Underneath the paved streets, the brick buildings, real estate offices and fast-food joints, there exists another North Idaho. It’s...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Kids’ books can be for entertaining, learning and explaining hard topics — and often all three. My House in the Sky, published in 2025 by Jeff Tedd Bock, is entertaining...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The New Yorker carried an interesting piece on its website Dec. 2 titled “Now Watch Me Read,” in which Brady Brickner-Wood explores the idea of “performative reading.” That is, the...
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, was released in 2008 to mass appeal. It nearly instantly hit The New York Times Bestseller list, where it remained for more than 60...
