UPPAA 2021 Spring Newsletter

“The Written Word” is the official newsletter of UPPAA. It contains notable news about the group and some of its members as well as upcoming opportunities. This is just one of many member benefits, including free admission to our Spring Conference where you can learn from other successful authors, illustrators…
Jane Kopecky Speaks at History Hounds Event

*History Hounds Off the Leash* I Choose Not to Serve: Germfask’s WWII Public Service Camp Tuesday, March 30, noon-1 p.m. with Jane Kopecky, Author During World War II, some American conscientious objectors refused to do any alternative service. Some went to Public Service Camp 135 in Germfask, Michigan. The…
Upcoming reviews April/May/June 2021 at UP Book Review
UP Notable Book Club presents a virtual Q&A with U.P. author James H. McCommons, author of Camera 📷 Hunter: George Shiras III and the Birth of Wildlife Photography

UP Notable Book Club: the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. The fourth event is with U.P. author and NMU professor James H. McCommons featuring Camera Hunter, the first…
Proofreading and Editing for Authors with Brandy Thomas on March 18th
virtual Q&A with U.P. author John Smolens, author of the Del Maki crime novels

UP Notable Book Club presents a virtual Q&A with U.P. author John Smolens, author of the Del Maki crime novels UP Notable Book Club: the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with winners of the UP Notable…
U.P. Student Writers to be Honored for Best Short Story

For Immediate Release… Contact: Victor Volkman (734) 417-4266 President@UPPAA.org www.UPPAA.org U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Announces 4th Annual Dandelion Cottage Award Winners U.P. Student Writers to be Honored for Best Short Story MARQUETTE, MI (March 8, 2021)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) is extremely pleased to announce…
UP Notable Books Club – Schedule Change
Phil Bellfy – UP Notable Book Club – Episode 2

Phil Bellfy (Enrolled Member of the White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa) is a professor emeritus of American Indian studies at Michigan State University. He is also the author of Indians and Other Misnomers: A Cross-Reference Dictionary of the People, Persons, and Places of Native North America. You’ll be joined…