Join Nevada Humanities and author Laura Newman for an outdoor walk and talk about how she incorporates her travels and long-distance hikes into her fiction writing. Come wend through the woods at Galena Creek Regional Park and get inspiration on using the globe as your personal muse.

During this Sagebrush to Sandstone program, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and glean writing tips from Newman about gathering inspiration from the outdoors and how movement awakens creativity.

Space for this event is limited and registration in advance is required.

This program is supported with funding by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University.

Laura Newman is the author of the short story collection The Franklin Avenue Rookery for Wayward Babies (Delphinium Press, 2022) and The Darling of the Black Rock Desert — Three Novellas of the West (Delphinium Press, 2025). Her stories have been printed in many literary magazines including The Saturday Evening Post, Literary Hub, and the Reno News & Review. She is the recipient of the 2024 University of Nevada Libraries Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Silver Pen Award.