Your UPPAA Summer 2024 Newsletter is here!

Jodi Perras July 20, 2024 July 20, 2024News 0

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 Spring 2024 issue of The Written Word: Spring Conference Breaks All Prior Records! Open Mic Night — A New Spring…

UP Literary Hall of Fame to Induct Three New Authors

Jodi Perras July 16, 2024 July 16, 2024Author Events, Book Awards 0

UPPAA Promotional flyer for the Upper Peninsula Literary Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Images of three inductees are shown: Tom Bissell, Elinor Benedict, and Gloria Whelan. The event details are Thursday, July 18 at 5:00 p.m. at the Escanaba Public Library.

On Thursday, July 18 at 5 pm, come to the Escanaba Public Library (400 Ludington Street Escanaba, MI) where guest presenters Ron Riekki, Sue Harrison, Bonnie Jo Campbell, U.P. Youth Poet Laureate of Iron County Christopher Johnson, and U.P. Poet Laureate of Keweenaw County Barbara Simila will induct three new…

Author Bonnie Jo Campbell on UP Tour

Jodi Perras July 16, 2024 July 16, 2024Author Events 0

UPPAA A flyer for an author talk with Bonnie Jo Campbell on July 17 at 5:30 p.m. The left side features a photo of Campbell, while the right side displays the cover of her book, "The Waters." The bottom includes sponsor logos and a funding statement from Michigan Humanities.

Best-selling Michigan author Bonnie Jo Campbell is on a speaking tour of the U.P., including a talk on Wednesday, July 17, at the Escanaba Public Library. Here’s the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, July 16, 6:00 pm ET, Munising Public Library, 810 State Highway M-28, Munising, MI 49862 (Reading/signing) Wednesday, July 17,…

UP Notable Books Club Aug. 8: “Who Am I?” – Native Americans children’s book by Julie Buchholtz

Jodi Perras July 16, 2024 July 16, 2024UP Notable Book Club 0

UPPAA A book cover titled "Who Am I?" features an adult and a child standing in a colorful, lush garden with various plants and flowers. Both are looking up, with vibrant flowers and green leaves surrounding them. The book is written by Julie Buchholtz and illustrated by Aliya Ghare.

The UP Notable Books Club will feature author and educator Julie Buchholtz, a proud member of the Bay Mills Tribe of Chippewa Indians, a federally recognized tribe comprised of Ojibwe people. Youth Services Book Review says: “Who Am I? is an affirmational picture book, promoting pride in one’s heritage and…

An Evening of Storytelling with the Luce County U.P. Poet Laureate

Jodi Perras May 24, 2024 June 18, 2024Author Events 0

Peter Wurdock, an Upper Peninsula Notable Book Award winner and U.P. Poet Laureate of Luce County, will present an evening of storytelling and discussion on Tuesday, July 30, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the Erickson Center for the Arts in Curtis, MI. Wurdock’s six books showcase his versatility as a writer,…

Author Event: The Great Seney Fire

Jodi Perras March 18, 2024 March 18, 2024Uncategorized 0

The Great Fire of Seney Wednesday, March 27, 6:30 p.m. Marquette Regional History Center 145 W. Spring St., Marquette, MI 49855 In his recently self-published book, The Great Seney Fire: A History of the Walsh Ditch Fire of 1976, Gregory Lusk tells the story of the largest fire in Michigan…

Author Event Feb. 11: Relative Sanity by Ellen Lord

Jodi Perras January 9, 2024 January 9, 2024Uncategorized 0

ALDEN LIBRARY: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2 pm. Free of charge. Local author Ellen Lord discusses her first poetry chapbook, Relative Sanity, published by Modern History Press (Ann Arbor). Relative Sanity is a collection of thirty-five of her original poems. These elegiac poems emerge from the depths of Northern Michigan lakes…