High Desert Perspectives
Through storytelling, local nonfiction writers share their experiences and give us personal and historical perspectives.
Panelists: Vaughn Hadenfeldt, Robin Patten, Andy Gulliford, and Evelyn Begody
Panel moderated by Stewart Aitchison
About the Moderator
Stewart Aitchison has been exploring, photographing, teaching, and writing about the Colorado Plateau for sixty years, ten of those as a field biologist for the Museum of Northern Arizona. He has led educational excursions for National Audubon Society, Smithsonian, Lindblad Expeditions, National Geographic Expeditions, Road Scholar, Grand Canyon Field Institute and other educational groups across much of the globe.
Stewart has written a long list of popular books including Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Arizona Mountains and Grand Canyon; Grand Canyon: Window of Time; Red Rock-Sacred Mountain: The Canyons and Peaks from Sedona to Flagstaff; A Traveler’s Guide to Monument 
Valley; A Naturalist’s San Juan River Guide, Utah Wildlands and Death Valley: Splendid Desolation. His latest books include Bears Ears National Monument: A National Treasure, Grand Canyon’s North Rim and Beyond, A Guide to Southern Utah’s Hole-in-the-Rock Trail, and The Desert Islands of Mexico’s Sea of Cortez.
He is also an accomplished photographer having had his images featured in a number of widely circulated magazines including Arizona Highways and in books published by the National Geographic Society. Stewart is the 2001 recipient of the Copper Quill Award, an award that recognizes authors who have significantly contributed to Arizona’s literature.
Cultural Waters
The panelists will discuss the impact on regional water shortage and environmental injustice.
Panelists: Morgan Sjogren, Hal Herring, Betsy Gaines Quammen, and Stephen Trimble
Panel moderated by Kirsten Allen
About the Moderator
As publisher and co-executive director, Kirsten Johanna Allen directs acquisitions, editing, production, and marketing for Torrey House Press. Since co-founding the press, Kirsten has steered THP from its earliest inklings to publish conservation through literature to become the powerful platform for books and ideas about the natural world and the West that it is today. Kirsten holds a BA from Westminster College and an MPH from the University of Utah. 
Rooted in Place
In this panels, the authors will discuss tools of the trade to weave facts, story, and characters to create impact that matters
Panelists: R. E. Burrillo, Brooke Larsen, and Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk
About the Moderator
As publisher and co-executive director, Kirsten Johanna Allen directs acquisitions, editing, production, and marketing for Torrey House Press. Since co-founding the press, Kirsten has steered THP from its earliest inklings to publish conservation through literature to become the powerful platform for books and ideas about the natural world and the West that it is today. Kirsten holds a BA from Westminster College and an MPH from the University of Utah.
Poetry Slam
Poets from the Four Corners present their poetry with breakfast served at Cow Canyon Coffee
(must purchase ticket in advance for breakfast, more info coming soon)
Poets: Venaya Yazzie, Andy Hoffman, Chyenne Klemm, and Eirene Hamilton
Thank you to our literary sponsors!
