Schedule 2026 – Jackson Hole Book Festival

9:00 – 9:15 am

Grand Teton Room · Festival Kickoff

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Jackson Hole Book Festival

9:15 – 10:00 am

Craig Johnson, Paul Andrew Hutton, Robert Moor

Grand Teton Room

Festival Kickoff: The Modern West

Craig Johnson — The Brothers McKay
Paul Andrew Hutton — The Undiscovered Country
Robert Moor — In Trees

Moderator: Sam Western, Author & Historian

Timberline Room

Family Secrets

Nina McConigley — How to Commit a Post-Colonial Murder

Moderator: Lucas Fralick, Wyoming Center for the Book

Annie Chen, Author and Illustrator with her book, Salmon Run

Glacier View Room

National Museum of Wildlife Art Bull-Branson Award

Recognizing excellence in the field of children's book illustration with a focus on nature and life.

Annie Chen: Author & Illustrator — The Salmon Run

Presenter: National Museum of Wildlife Art

10:15 – 11:00 am

Theo Baker, Eugene Robinson, David Sanger

Grand Teton Room

Reporters Reporting: Truth, Trust, and the Fourth Estate

Theo Baker — How to Rule the World
Eugene Robinson — Freedom Lost
David E. Sanger — New Cold Wars

Moderator: Ruth Marcus, The New Yorker

Liaquaat Ahmed, author of 1873 and Edward Fishman, author of Chokepoints

Timberline Room

The Global Economic Outlook: On the Rise or In Decline

Liaquat Ahmed — 1873
Edward Fishman — Chokepoints

Glacier View Room

Our Natural Spaces

Robert Moor — In Trees

Moderator: Leslie Mattson, President Grand Teton National Park Foundation

Lupine Meadow Room

Love, Loss, Resilience

Alexandra Fuller — Fi

Moderator: The Reverend Jimmy Bartz

11:15 am – Noon

Grand Teton Room

Lois Romano — An Inconvenient Widow

Timberline Room

A World At Risk

Garrett M. Graff — The Devil Reached Toward The Sky
Edward Fishman — Chokepoints
Ben Rhodes — All We Say
David E. Sanger — New Cold Wars

Barbara Demick, Susan Orlean, Paatmeena Sabit

Glacier View Room

Belonging In Different Worlds

Tom Lin — Babylon, South Dakota
Patmeena Sabit — Good People

Moderator: Alison Engel, Facilitator, Literary Masters

Nicholas Boggs and his book Baldwin, A Love Story

Lupine Meadow Room

A Literary Master: James Baldwin

Nicholas Boggs — Baldwin, A Love Story

In conversation with: Eugene Robinson, Author, Jornalist

Noon – 12:35 pm

Continued Book Signings & Lunch Grab

Meet the authors and get your books signed

12:40 – 1:30 pm

Grand Teton Room

Lunchtime Keynote Event: America at 250

Beverly Gage — This Land Is Your Land
Ben Rhodes — All We Say
Eugene Robinson — Freedom Lost, Fredom Won

Moderator: Liaquat Ahmed, Author 1873

1:45 – 2:30 pm

Paul Andrew Hutton, Beverly Gage, Lois Romanon

Grand Teton Room

History: Truth, Myths & Storytelling

Paul Andrew Hutton — The Undiscovered Country
Beverly Gage — This Land Is Your Land
Lois Romano — An Inconvenient Widow

Moderator: Sherry Smith, University Distinguished Professor of History (Emerita), Southern Methodist University

Timberline Room

Wolf Stories

Rick McIntyre — My Life With Wolves

Barbara Demick, Susan Orlean and Patmeena Sabit

Glacier View Room

The Dogged Search for Spellbinding Stories

Barbara Demick — Daughters of the Bamboo Grove
Susan Orlean — Joyride
Patmeena Sabit — Good People

Moderator: Matt Daly, Executive Director, Jackson Hole Writers

Barbara Demick, Evan Osnos, David E. Sanger, and Stephen Witt

Lupine Meadow Room

China Beyond the Headlines

Barbara Demick — Daughters of the Bamboo Grove
Evan Osnos — The Haves and Have-Yachts
David E. Sanger — New Cold Wars
Stephen Witt — The Thinking Machine

Moderator: Ryan McMorrow, Journalist, Financial Times

2:45 – 3:30 pm