Author Michael Bourne to present new novel at Ski Hill Lodge

LEAVENWORTH— Author Michael Bourne will appear in person for an evening presentation and reading from his novel “We Bring You an Hour of Darkness” on Friday, Jan. 16, at Ski Hill Lodge.

The event will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Ski Hill Lodge, 10701 Ski Hill Drive. A meet and greet with the author is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a reading and question-and-answer session at 6 p.m. A book signing will take place at 6:45 p.m.

The event is hosted by the Leavenworth branch of NCW Libraries in partnership with A Book for All Seasons and the Leavenworth Winter Sports Club. It is free and open to the public.

“We Bring You an Hour of Darkness” is set in 1993 in the fictional ski town of Franklin, Colorado, where a ski company’s plans to build a large resort in a protected wilderness area lead to escalating conflict. After a series of eco-terrorist attacks target infrastructure and property, a group of reporters at the town’s struggling newspaper investigates the crimes amid political pressure and threats to the paper’s survival. The novel centers on editor Tish Threadgill as she confronts forces seeking to shut down the publication while uncovering a mystery tied closely to the community.

Bourne is the author of “We Bring You an Hour of Darkness,” scheduled for release by DoppelHouse Press in October 2025. His previous novel, “Blithedale Canyon,” was published in 2022 by Regal House.

He has published short fiction in literary magazines including december and Tin House and is a longtime contributing editor at Poets & Writers Magazine. His nonfiction work has appeared in the New York Times, the Globe & Mail, The Economist, Literary Hub and Salon.

Bourne grew up in Northern California and lives in Vancouver, Canada, where he teaches writing at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.