Grab a cup of your favorite HOT beverage and find a comfy chair. It’s time to catch up on all of the UPPAA news. Here are a few highlights of the Winter 2026 issue of The Written Word Spring Conference Keynote and Breakouts announced Friday Afternoon Pre-Conference Workshops for Poets and Writers!…
Editor’s note: This is the third of a series of supplemental editorial material from UPPAA Spring 2025 keynote speaker Michael Carrier. As in any editorial, opinions are solely those of the contributing commentator. To read part two, see the Fall 2025 newsletter or the blog post here: www.uppaa.org/?p=10328 A question…
J.D. Austin of the 2024 U.P. Notable Book The Last Huck and a new story collection What You Find in the Woods will be appearing at North Wind Books on the former Finlandia campus from 12 – 2:00pm on Saturday January 10, 2026. 437 Quincy St, Hancock, MI 49930 * …
Books by U.P. authors and about the U.P. to be honored MARQUETTE, MI (January 2, 2026)— The Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) announces the 7th Annual U.P. Notable Books List this week. The UPPAA first initiated the effort in 2019 as a response to the lack of representation…
From tipster Sara Maurer: An amazing literary event is coming soon to Manistique. Meagan Francis, author of The Last Parenting Book You’ll Ever Read and owner of Paper Mill Books in Manistique, is planning the first Writing North Book Fest! It will take place Saturday, Feb. 28 – Sunday, March…
S6: E11: Make It Go In the Snow: People and Ideas in the History of Snowmobiles | Larry Jorgensen Why the snowmobile story matters Snowmobiles are more than machines that move over snow. They are the product of stubborn inventors, quirky experiments, regional necessity, and a culture that turned winter…
Telling the Hard Stuff: A Confessional Poetry Workshop with Ellen Lord When: Saturday, January 17, 2026, 1:00 -3:00 PM Where: at the Hessel School House 3206 W Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States, Michigan 49745 Confessional poetry asks us to speak the truths we often keep hidden. In this two‑hour…
As an extension of UPPAA’s Online Seminar Series, we are featuring an additional session “Ask the Book Coach: Q & A Session with Julie Covert” coming to Zoom on January 15, 2026 at 7:00PM Eastern / 6:00PM Central time. Attendance is free of charge and preregistration is not required for…
Raymond Luczak is featured in a rare audio interview with Emma Palova on FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS podcast. A full text transcript is included for the hearing impaired too!! The interview covers Ironhood, Raymond’s just-released book of poems which are an ode to his childhood home of Ironwood, Michigan. …
A Face in the Rock: The Tale of a Grand Island Chippewa The story at its heart A Face in the Rock follows the life of a single survivor, a young Chippewa brave known as Powers of the Air. He is the lone escapee from a brutal raid that…
Emma Palova interviews Suzanne Sunshower Click on the triangle below to start listening https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pudrwjquq6n88mdj/audio1315549325.m4a At sixty, after a string of losses and a lifetime of making art and words, I did the impulsive, crazy thing: I moved into a 50-year-old hunting camper tucked away in the Michigan woods. I call…
(November 8, 2025) Michigan’s Upper Peninsula holds the treasure of nature where the poet’s soul can live with life in its pure and unadulterated form. Poet and artist Suzanne Sunshower moved to these north woods from downstate so she could observe and embrace this mode of living. Her first solo poetry…
November 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST Contact president@uppaa.org to get your personal zoom invitation Market Your Book without Social Media – yes, you can! If you’ve been wondering how to market your book without social media, this class is for you. There’s a new trend brewing – authors quitting social…
(October 20, 2025) Nature, memories, emotions, loss, and healing all meet with grace and honesty in the subliminal place in Ellen Lord’s new poetry book Vigil published by the Modern History Press of Ann Arbor, MI. Illustrated by artist Joanna Walitalo (Pelkie, MI), Vigil includes over 40 poems divided into four sections: “Desire,” “Thin Space,”…
Piracy on the Great Lakes — Mikel B. Classen (Mathieu | Project #1) In a recent interview on the Mathieu | Project channel I talked about a subject that has fascinated me for decades: Piracy on the Great Lakes: True Tales of Freshwater Pirates. As an author, historian, journalist…
Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and find a comfy chair. It’s time to catch up on all of the UPPAA news. Here are a few highlights of the Fall 2025 issue of The Written Word Spring Conference Future Directions poll Science Fiction Writing by Mary Frances Erler Michael Carrier…
By Terri Martin Whether you are (or wish to become) a self-published author or if you are seeking publication through the conventional route of a New York publishing house, good writing should be your number one priority. Top-of-the-line technology and all the latest marketing strategies will not turn mediocrity into…
Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of supplemental editorial material from UPPAA Spring 2025 keynote speaker Michael Carrier. As in any editorial, opinions are solely those of the contributing commentator. To read part one, see the Summer 2025 newsletter. When troubled by an issue I was having…
The Story of Journey: The Great Horned Owl — Behind the Book I’m Carol L. Schultz, and I had the pleasure of talking about my children’s book The Story of Journey: The Great Horned Owl on the UP Notable Book Club presented by the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association…
For Immediate Release… Raymond Luczak’s New Poetry Book “Ironhood” Commemorates Growing Up in Ironwood, Michigan “This book sees all. Not everything, but all. There’s a difference.” –John Lee Clark, author of How to Communicate (Oct. 9, 2025) —Modern History Press proudly announces the release of Ironhood by acclaimed poet, playwright, and author Raymond Luczak….
