Join us Saturday, April 30th from 10am to 6pm at Snowbound Books (118 North 3rd Street, Marquette, MI) as we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day. Over 400 bookstores across the nation celebrated independence from the Amazons and Big Boxes of the world last year. Now it’s time to do it again….
Writers of the Northern Persuasion – U.P. Author and Publisher Forum Saturday, April 9th 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Finnish American Heritage Center 435 Quincy Street, Hancock Featuring over 20 regional authors and publishers offering book sales and publishing information. Fiction, non-fiction, regional, poetry, book design, photography, children’s and more! Presentations…
We have created a new book selling opportunity! The Peter White Public Library in Marquette will be our host for the “U.P. Authors Book Market!” It is the day before our spring UPPAA meeting, Friday, June 17, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bring your tent or put your…
Calling all U.P. authors and publishers Finlandia University is seeking authors and publishers from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to attend the Writers of the Northern Persuasion all-author forum for a free bookselling opportunity. The event will take place Saturday, April 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the…
Finlandia University’s Campus Read Committee announces Writers of the Northern Persuasion Finlandia University and the Michigan Humanities Council are sponsoring a project that supports regional authors of all genres. Several authors will be visiting Finlandia University’s campus and making public presentations in March 2016. All presentations will take place Tuesdays at…
Attention All U.P. Authors, As you may recall, Finlandia University is doing a spring multi-faceted event called “Writers of the Northern Persuasion,” which includes several featured author presentations and an all-author forum. (Full schedule of events coming soon!) In addition, the Maki Library, which is Finlandia’s university library, will be…
For Immediate Release Marquette, MI, November 5, 2015—Upper Michigan authors will be getting together to party—virtually—and they want you to join them. On November 21st, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. over a dozen UP Authors from all ends of the peninsula will be hosting a virtual book party on…
Dear UPPAA Members, Carrie Pearson, Gretchen Preston, Jenifer Brady, and I have been busy planning the virtual book sale we’ve talked about previously. Following is a description of it and what will be expected of people who wish to participate. It is open to any author who lives or writes…
The Third Annual U.P. Nature Writing Contest, sponsored by North Country Publishing of Skandia and the Falling Rock Café and Bookstore of Munising, will conclude with two evenings of nature writing. September 15, 7 p.m. Falling Rock Café and Bookstore, Munising September 21 7 p.m. Peter White Public Library, Shiras…
Ways to Celebrate 906 Day Take a sauna Buy a friend a pasty Swim in the Great Lakes Give Phil of Phil’s 550 a high five Play a game of Euchre or Cribbage Test your nerves at the Paulding Light Make a toast with some Upper Peninsula brews Pay for…
