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,…
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,…
For Immediate Release… CONTACT: Tom Lakenen, President Lakenenland Sculpture Park 2800 M-28 East, Marquette, MI 49855 (906) 250-5138 tjlironart@yahoo.com https://lakenenland.com/ Local Authors and Artists 🧑‍🎨 to Appear at First Lakenenland Sculpture Park Summer Festival (Marquette, MI) – The Lakenland Sculpture Park on M-28…
This event includes many of our UPPAA member poets including but not limited to Art Curtis, Ellen Lord, Tom Conlan, Edd Tury, and others. In recognition of National Poetry Month, join us at the library for a celebration of the spoken word. Talented regional poets will read from their published…
Your UPPAA Spring 2024 newsletter is filled with useful information, conference details, member kudos and more. Here are a few highlights of the latest edition of The Written Word. Read it in full below. Spring 2024 Conference Schedule for May 18th Updated conference floor plan Friday Night Live – join…
The Bards of Northern Michigan: Live Poetry Reading Event Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Community Room A+B In recognition of National Poetry Month, join us at the library for a celebration of the spoken word. Talented regional poets will read from their published works featured in (but not…
Meet the Authors! (Locally grown writers. No GMO, artificial sweeteners, or antibiotics, but kinda full of…) Nancy Besonen and Terri Martin Meet us and buy our books. Great gifts! At The Well Read Raccoon 314 Shelden Ave. Houghton (inside Marketplace) Saturday, December 9th From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Light…
The Upper Peninsula is a hidden treasure trove of literary talent. In Fall 2023, there are many opportunities to meet these writers around the U.P. from Pickford in the EUP to the Keweenaw and from Escanaba to Marquette. It’s a unique opportunity for U.P.-themed holiday shopping and getting your books…
There is still time for authors to sign up for Local Author Fair event at the Escanaba Public Library, Saturday, October 14 at 1:00 – 2:45 p.m. Please review the following paperwork Author Fair Guidelines / Application Call for Authors to participate
The UP Regional Library Conference was today September 14th 2023 in the Lake Superior State University (LSSU) campus at the Sault Ste. Marie. Mikel Classen was the organizer of the “bookbag giveway” in which each of the 85 librarians attending conference received a complementary random selection of 3 to 4…
For Immediate Release: August 12, 2023 Upper Peninsula Authors book signing during Copper Harbor’s Art in the Park Saturday, August 19th & Sunday, August 20th 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…
UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Eugene Milihizer about “Dissecting Anatomy of a Murder” 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…
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 26th event is with Terri Lynn Martin whose book The Home Wind presents the story of two…
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…
The L’Anse Public Library, 201 N. Fourth Street, will be hosting an author event on Saturday, December 3rd from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Several U.P. authors will be attending offering their books for sale and giving visitors a chance to chat with them. This event is free and open to…
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…
The UP Author’s Day in L’ance, MI went well! Scroll through to see a few pictures from the event. Have more pictures of this event to share? Please send up to 3 to both Jansina Grossman (webmaster) and Jenifer Brady (newsletter): webmaster@uppaa.org editor@uppaa.org
The White Lake Township Library will be hosting author Mikel Classen from the U.P. on March 8th at 6:30 pm for an In Person program. This program is being hosted as part of our Great Michigan Read themed events and is funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of…
For Immediate Release… Contact: Victor Volkman (734) 417-4266 President@UPPAA.org www.UPPAA.org 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 10th event is with seventh-generation Marquette resident…
More than a dozen Upper Michigan authors from all ends of the peninsula will gather on October 9th, 2021 for the 4th Upper Peninsula Authors Day Book Fair at the Campfire Co-Works in downtown Marquette. Participating authors from Upper Michigan will gather to meet their current and future readers at…
