The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 11,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4…
Those of you not in the U.P. may have missed all the recent media coverage about the new documentary, “Red Metal: The Copper Country Strike of 1913.” The film has already been shown at the Calumet Theatre and the Peter White Public Library and will be broadcast nationwide on PBS on December 17th. Here…
The 2013 TV6 Christmas Craft show is always a big hit with shoppers and a great place for UP Authors to sell their books. This year several UPPAA members participated. Tyler Tichelaar, President of UPPAA, sported the new UPPAA banner with the new logo at his booth where he sold…
Join UPPAA authors John Gubbins, Mike Carriere, Daniel Fountain, Matt Bell, Gretchen Preston, Tyler Tichelaar, and Carrie Pearson at the Snowbound Books Holiday Authors Booksigning on December 14th from 2 to 4pm We’re on N. Third Street, just off of W. Washington in downtown Marquette. Just go about halfway up the hill,…
Join UPPAA authors Tyler Tichelaar and Gretchen Preston at the TV6 Christmas Craft Show, which is held at the NMU Superior Dome in Marquette, Michigan Dec. 6, 7, 8, 2013 Friday 5pm – 9pm Saturday 10am – 6pm Sunday 11am – 4pm Admission for all TV6 Craft Shows is: $2.00 for Adults,…
Nature & Exploration A Poetry Reading at Marquette Regional History Center Wednesday, November 13 at 7 pm Join us for a free poetry reading by Russell Thorburn, inaugural Poet Laureate of the Upper Peninsula, and Kathleen Heideman. Russell Thorburn, inaugural Poet Laureate of the Upper Peninsula, will read nature and…
The second annual Superior Children’s Book Festival was held in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, on Saturday, November 2nd, 2013. The events took place in the Walker J. Cisler Conference Center on the campus of Lake Superior State University, from 11am to 3pm. Several authors from the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association…
UPPAA author Milly Balzarini, author of The Lost Road Home was featured Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is an issue many veterans face. A program in Marquette County helps Vietnam veterans cope with PTSD through worship and prayer Read the rest of the story here
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The U.P. Publishers and Authors Association sadly marks the passing of one of its longtime members, Ben Mukkala. Ben was a pioneer of self-publishing, authoring several books including Copper, Timber, Iron and Heart, Come on Along, and The Gift of Wings, based on his experiences as a pilot in the…
The second annual Superior Children’s Book Festival will be held in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, on Saturday, November 2nd, 2013. The events will take place in the Walker J. Cisler Conference Center on the campus of Lake Superior State University, from 11am to 3pm. Several authors from the Upper Peninsula…
HOW TO BUILD YOUR BEST-SELLING BOOK! WRITER WORKSHOP November 16, 2013 at the Michigan Library and Historical Center, 702 West Kalamazoo St.- Downtown Lansing, MI WORKSHOP SPEAKERS: Johnathan Rand, One of Michigan’s most celebrated writers, author of the Michigan Chiller Series and American Chillers, will tell us his writing secrets! Christina Minnis,…
