Storytelling

Storytelling by the River will be held Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 6:30pm.

Grab your camp chair or blanket and sit alongside the fire outside of Recapture Lodge where we will gather to listen to readings by Vaughn Hadenfeldt, Writer & Former Guide; Zak Podmore, Author, Journalist & Former Ellen Meloy for Desert Writers Award Winner; and Robin Patten, Writer, Teacher & Naturalist whose upcoming book entitled The Mountain: Journeys in High Places is preparing for release.

Please note: Due to damage sustained during flash flooding in June 2024, we can no longer gather in our usual spot along the banks of the San Juan River.  A big THANK YOU to the Recapture Lodge for still accommodating us in a beautiful setting alongside a roaring fire.

Zak Podmore Author & Journalist Former Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers Award Winner

Zak Podmore is an award-winning author and journalist who has spent more than a decade writing about water and conservation issues in the western United States. 

 

He is the author of two books published by Torrey House Press, Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political on Rivers of the New West (2019) and Life After Dead Pool: Lake Powell’s Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River (2024). 

 

Zak is the recipient of the The Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers award and was the Entrada Institute’s writer-in-residence in 2023. Most recently, Zak was the southern Utah reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. He lives in Bluff, Utah.

Zak's Website