Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book

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Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book Convenes literary, cultural, & historical community-based programs for Coloradans of all ages

The only nonprofit Colorado organization dedicated to providing opportunities to explore what it means to be human through our history, literature and culture. Working in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Smithsonian, and as the host of the Colorado Center for the Book, affiliated with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

October brings another month of poetry events with Poet Laureate Crisosto Apache! Embrace the changing of the seasons wi...
10/07/2026

October brings another month of poetry events with Poet Laureate Crisosto Apache! Embrace the changing of the seasons with a celebration of poetry readings around La Junta, Boulder, Erie, and Ridgway. With so many great events to attend throughout the state, there is no shortage of things to do this month!

Congratulations to the 2026 Colorado Book Award winners! CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Bitsy Bat, Team Star — Kaz Windness CRE...
09/27/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 Colorado Book Award winners!

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Bitsy Bat, Team Star — Kaz Windness

CREATIVE NONFICTION
The Way Out — Devon O’Neil

GENERAL FICTION
A Complete Fiction — R. L. Maizes

GENERAL NONFICTION
Roam: Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Their Fractured World — Hillary Rosner

HISTORICAL FICTION
Catching It Lovely — Laurie Marr Wasmund

HISTORY
The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America — David Baron

MYSTERY, THRILLER & HORROR
This is My Body — Lindsay King-Miller

POETRY
Bitter Creek: An Epic Poem — Teow Lim Goh

ROMANCE
The Heartbreak Hotel — Ellen O’Clover

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
Scorched Skies — E.J. Mellow

YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Away — Megan E. Freeman

Join us for the Colorado literary event of the year! It’s a wonderful opportunity for a night out to be around wonderful...
09/10/2026

Join us for the Colorado literary event of the year!
It’s a wonderful opportunity for a night out to be around wonderful members of our Colorado literary community, and the event is open to everyone!

Enjoy a cocktail hour with Colorado authors and fellow bookworms, a photobooth where you can make memories with family and friends, shopping with our partner bookseller Second Star to the Right, and wrap up the lovely evening with delicious dessert in celebration of the winners. This is a wonderful opportunity to network and support Colorado Humanities and our amazing community of writers, editors, and illustrators. Ryan Warner, Senior Host of CPR’s Colorado Matters, opens the night with a keynote address, and Poet Laureate Crisosto Apache will do a brief poetry reading before our Emcee, Adrian Miller, leads us through the evening.

This is a beloved and longstanding celebration of creativity, books, and human connection you won’t want to miss. Tickets are available for purchase, so make sure you grab yours soon on our website!

We’re about a month away from the Colorado Book Awards! As the big day approaches, we’d like to take a moment to thank o...
08/26/2026

We’re about a month away from the Colorado Book Awards! As the big day approaches, we’d like to take a moment to thank our partner Second Star to the Right, who will be at the ceremony selling finalist books. Second Star to the Right is an independent Bookshop in Denver focused on creating a warm, welcoming, safe, and fun shopping experience for bookworms young and old. Located on South Pearl St., this bookstore seeks to embrace the entire Colorado community of readers, dreamers, and believers.

The Colorado Book Awards are quickly approaching! Join us alongside special guests Ryan Warner, Adrian Miller, and Criso...
08/25/2026

The Colorado Book Awards are quickly approaching! Join us alongside special guests Ryan Warner, Adrian Miller, and Crisosto Apache for an evening of books and connection.

Ryan Warner, host of CPR’S Colorado Matters, will kick off the celebrations with a keynote address and Adrian Miller, also known as the Soul Food Scholar, will emcee the ceremony. As part of the celebrations, Poet Laureate Crisosto Apache will hold a brief reading related to the 150/250 celebration.

Tickets are on sale now on our website!

We’re excited to announce the two books selected to represent Colorado at this year’s National Book Festival’s Great Rea...
08/20/2026

We’re excited to announce the two books selected to represent Colorado at this year’s National Book Festival’s Great Reads from Great Places! These selections represent Colorado’s local literary heritage and commemorate 150 years of statehood and 250 years of American independence. A selection of programs will be livestreamed online starting August 22, and videos of all programs will be available shortly after the festival.

The selected titles to represent Colorado are:

Adult: Four Corners Voices: Stories, Poetry, Essays by 2025 Colorado Book Awards Anthology winners Chuck Greaves, Lisa C. Taylor, Mark Stevens

Youth: Adela’s Mariachi Band by 2025 Colorado Book Awards Children’s Literature finalist Denise Vega, illustrated by Erika Rodríguez Medina

Congratulations!

We are very excited to celebrate our Colorado authors on September 26, 2026! We have a number of sponsorship opportuniti...
08/20/2026

We are very excited to celebrate our Colorado authors on September 26, 2026! We have a number of sponsorship opportunities still available, which helps support Colorado Humanities mission of celebrating our rich and vibrant community of artists, writers, editors, and illustrators.

We also have a number of spots available for ads in our Program Guide (full page, half page and quarter page).

You can also visit www.coloradohumanities.org and make a donation to support the Colorado Book Awards, every sponsorship and donation is greatly appreciated!

Interested? Please email us at [email protected] or send us a message and we will get back to you.

We are excited to announce the 2026 Colorado Book Award finalists in Creative Nonfiction:Searches: Selfhood in the Digit...
08/18/2026

We are excited to announce the 2026 Colorado Book Award finalists in Creative Nonfiction:

Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age by Vauhini Vara
The Way Out by Devon O’Neil
The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light by Craig Childs

Congratulations to these talented authors! Winners will be announced at our in-person ceremony on September 26, 2026.

We are excited to announce the 2026 Colorado Book Award finalists in General Nonfiction:Reefs of Time by Lisa S. Gardine...
08/17/2026

We are excited to announce the 2026 Colorado Book Award finalists in General Nonfiction:

Reefs of Time by Lisa S. Gardiner
Roam by Hillary Rosner
Sweet Nothings by Sarah Perry

Congratulations to these talented authors! Winners will be announced at our in-person ceremony on September 26, 2026.

We are excited to announce the 2026 Colorado Book Award finalists in Poetry:Bitter Creek by Teow Lim GohSeabeast by Raji...
08/17/2026

We are excited to announce the 2026 Colorado Book Award finalists in Poetry:

Bitter Creek by Teow Lim Goh
Seabeast by Rajiv Mohabir
Wildfire by Corie Rosen

Congratulations to these talented authors! Winners will be announced at our in-person ceremony on September 26, 2026.

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1580 N. Logan Street , Ste. 660, PMB 85026
Greenwood Village, CO
80203

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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