Bozeman Magazine

Join us for a tribute to the late Ivan Doig, an event that not only celebrates his life and his past work but also the release of his final novel Last Bus to Wisdom. The night will include readings of Doig’s work by local writers and community members. Help us celebrate the life of a Montana fiction icon and a dearly missed friend.

The night will feature tributes by Mary Jane DiSanti, Craig Lancaster, Doug Peacock, Jamie Ford, Malcolm Brooks, and Russell Rowland.

“Ivan Doig has been, from This House of Sky, his first grand entry into literature, one of the great American voices, full of grace, abounding in humanity, easeful in narration, hypnotic in pace, grand in range.” – Thomas Keneally 

“Mr. Doig was a passionate writer of the purple sage, vividly breathing life into his characters…and poetically evoking the musculanity of his native Montana.” – New York Times

Ivan Doig was a third-generation Montanan and the author of fifteen previous books, including the bestselling The Bartender’s Tale and The Whistling Season and the classic memoir This House of Sky. He was a National Book Award finalist and received the Wallace Stegner Award, among many others. Doig lived in Seattle with his wife, Carol, for many years until his death on April 9, 2015.