Book Club 2025
JANUARY 22ND • JANUARY 29TH • FEBRUARY 5TH • FEBRUARY 12TH
WEDNESDAY’S 12PM-1:15PM MST
Platform | Zoom
Overview
The Women in Ranching Book Club was started by April Martin Chalfant as a way to connect with one another and explore new perspectives —using books as a vehicle to spark conversation.
These gatherings are informally guided by a WIR facilitator who will lead discussions related to the chosen literature.
Whether you have read the entire book, are into chapter one, can make it to two meetings or all four, we welcome you! This offering is free to participants.
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
This book follows Dellarobia Turnbow, a disillusioned young mother in Appalachia. Her discovery of millions of monarch butterflies roosting nearby catalyzes change in her life and community. The novel examines environmental change, rural poverty, and the intersection of science and religion, addressing climate change through a personal lens.
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2025 BOOK SELECTION
We have a limited run of book bundles that includes your book, local MT tea, and WIR Swag.
Book Bundle
Where to Buy
We encourage participants to order books from their local bookstores, wherever that may be. Below are a few bookstores we like to support!
Birch Bark Books | Minneapolis, MN
The House of Books | Billings, MT
Barjon’s Books and Curiosities | Billings, MT
The Country Bookshelf | Bozeman, MT
Semicolon | Chicago, IL
Brightside Bookshop | Flagstaff, AZ
Plains Trading Co | Valentine, Ne
Meet Your Facilitator
Laura Nelson
Laura is an agriculture journalist, farm & ranch photographer.Laura first noticed the ways stories could move people and motivate change in the hours passed with her nose in a book on a rural school bus route.
Since then, she’s written and photographed
stories for the world’s largest branded beef company, ran an award-winning weekly newspaper, and offered strategic communication solutions for agriculture organizations as the owner of her own communications company.
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