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U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Announces 6th Annual Dandelion Cottage Award Winners

Houghton School Takes a Hat Trick — U.P. Student Writers to be Honored for Best Short Stories MARQUETTE, MI (February 24, 2023)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) is extremely pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Dandelion Cottage Award. The award recognizes U.P. student short…
White Lake Library features U.P. Notable Books!
UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Terri Martin, author of The Home Wind, a story for middle-grade readers
2023 U.P. Notable Books List honors the year’s best U.P. authors and their books

MARQUETTE, MI (January 3rd, 2023)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) announces the 4th Annual U.P. Notable Books List this week. UPPAA Notable Books chairman Mikel Classen (Sault Ste. Marie) initiated the effort in 2019 as a response to the lack of representation of U.P. writers in other…
Meet Sharon Kennedy — The SideRoad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County

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 25th event is with Sharon M. Kennedy whose book The SideRoad Kids:Tales of Chippewa County presents stories…
Q&A Session with Carole Hare – author of The Legend of Kitch-iti-kipi

CAROLE HARE graduated from high school in Manistique, Michigan and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in business education from Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She taught school for three years in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa. She later received her master’s degree in counseling from…
Q&A Session with Karen Dionne, author of The Wicked Sister

KAREN DIONNE’s award-winning novels set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness have been translated into dozens of languages and landed on bestseller lists around the world. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls The Wicked Sister “A devastating, magic realism–dusted psychological thriller… Dionne paints a haunting portrait of a family hurtling…
U.P. Authors Holiday in-person sale in L’Anse
Q&A session with Brad Blair & Tim Ellis, authors of the award-winning 👽 “Great Lakes Monsters and Mysteries”
North of Nelson: Hilton Everett Moore Launches New Series of U.P. Fiction

By Ernest Dempsey- The literary treasure of Upper Peninsula (UP), Michigan, is adding a new book of short fiction, North of Nelson: Volume 1, by local author Hilton Everett Moore. Published by Silver Mountain Press, an independent press based in Covington, Michigan, North of Nelson: Volume 1 is the first…
Terri Martin releases “Moose Willow Mystery: A Yooper Romance”

A suspicious death in a game processing meat locker is just the beginning of bizarre events happening in the Upper Michigan village of Moose Willow. It all starts when a mysterious woman appears at the Methodist church during choir practice. Janese Trout and her best friend, State Trooper Bertie Vaara,…
Sharon M. Kennedy releases “View from the Sideroad”

Enjoy U.P. Stories from the View of a Yooper Join us in Sharon M. Kennedy’s View from the Sidereoad for a trip through Michigan’s rural Upper Peninsula in this collection of fictional short stories. Let the characters of View from the SideRoad surprise you with their resilience, humor, and unpredictability….
Fall Picnic for UPPAA Members!
Phill Bellfy on U.P. Colony – The Story of Resource Exploitation in Upper Michigan

Season 3: Episode 3–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Phil Bellfy speaking about his book U.P. Colony. The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. Make sure to like and…
Upper Peninsula Authors book signing during Copper Harbor’s Art in the Park
For Immediate Release: August 17, 2022 Upper Peninsula Authors book signing during Copper Harbor’s Art in the Park August 20th & 21st, 2022 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Grandpa’s Barn – on the porch 340 Fourth Street Copper Harbor, MI 49918 (behind Copper Harbor’s one-room school) For More Information: Call…
Joanna Walitalo’s “Woodburning: The First Five Years” on U.P. Notable Book Club

Season 3: Episode 2–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Joanna Walitalo speaking about her book Woodburning: The First Five Years. The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. Make sure…
Emma Palova interviews Victor Volkman about U.P. Reader

Victor Volkman is the publisher of the U.P. Reader, senior editor at Modern History Press based in Ann Arbor, and president of the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association. The U.P. Reader is the brainchild of author Mikel Classen. Volkman said he can’t be a Yooper because Yoopers are born,…
Ellen Airgood author of “Tin Camp Road” taped appearance on U.P. Notable Books Club

Season 3: Episode 1–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Ellen Airgood speaking about her book “Tin Camp Road” The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. Make sure to like…
“Michigan In Books” reviews U.P. Reader #6

In my haste earlier this week, I neglected to mention the final installment of Michigan In Books blog included a piece on U.P. Reader #6 Super-big shout-outs to Rich Hill, Tamara Lauder, and Chris (“Dead Wolf”) Kent. U.P. Reader: Bringing Upper Michigan Literature to the World Volume 6 Edited by Deborah…