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,…
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…
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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…
U.P. resident writers serving as contest judges have selected the winners in the First Annual UP Nature Writing Contest, sponsored by North Country Publishing of Skandia and Falling Rock Cafe and Bookstore of Munising. Entries were received from residents across the peninsula. Andrea Chynoweth of Munising is the contest…
Two popular U.P. Authors were part of this year’s Art on the Lake event at the Erickson Center in Curtis on Saturday, September 1. Gretchen Preston, author of the endearing Valley Cats series of children’s books, and Tyler R. Tichelaar, Upper Michigan’s most prolific historical novelist, attended Art on the…
Steve Hamilton will be signing Let it Burn on August 6th, 5-7pm Bonnie Jo Campbell will be signing Once Upon A River on August 8th, 6-8pm Also American Salvage and Q Road Joe Heywood will be signing Killing A Cold One: A Woods Cop Mystery on September 21st, 1-3pm …
Book Signing “Death at the Lighthouse-A Grand Island Riddle” by Loren Graham ~ JUST RELEASED ~ Call 387 3008 to reserve your copy now Tuesday, July 30, 2013 12-2 p.m. AND Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Attend one or both events! Readings by Loren! Meet the publisher, Susan Bays of Arbutus Press…
Outback Art Fair is in Marquette, Michigan on July 27-28, 2013 at Picnic Rocks. Authors present will be Tyler Tichelaar, Gretchen Preston, Debbie Frontiera, and John Parlin. More than 100 booths were setup at last year’s fair, which features art, food, and live entertainment, according to this Mining Journal article….
Join Ron Riekki, editor of The Way North: Collected Upper Peninsula New Works, and contributors from the collection for a summer book tour! From Brighton to Houghton and all points in between, catch Michigan poets and fiction writers reading along with Riekki at a variety of locations during July and August 2013. Check…
The Van Riper State Park in Champion on Lake Michigamme is having its fourth annual Art and Moosic fest on August 17th. Several UPPAA members including Tyler Tichelaar, Gretchen Preston, Deborah Frontiera, Donna and Fred Winters, and Tom Cappuccio will be showing their work at booths onsite. The crafters section is open 11am-7pm….
UPPAA President Tyler Tichelaar writes: I think we had a fairly successful day at the 2013 U.P. Authors Day in the Westwood Mall. The hot weather didn’t help but I heard various levels of success with book sales from everyone who attended. I think it was a great effort and worth trying…
MARQUETTE – Upper Michigan authors from all ends of the peninsula will gather Saturday for the inaugural U.P. Authors Day Book Fair at the Westwood Mall. All authors who live in or write about the U.P. are welcome to participate to have a chance to meet their current and future…
First Annual U.P. Authors Day and Book Fair to Be Held For Immediate Release Twenty-One Upper Michigan authors from all ends of the peninsula will gather on July 6, 2013 for the first annual U.P. Authors Day Book Fair at the Westwood Mall in Marquette. Marquette, MI, July 1, 2013—Upper…
“The U.P. In Story” The Upper Peninsula has long been a place of fascination for authors, songwriters and storytellers. From Henry Schoolcraft to Ernest Hemingway to Jim Harrison, the landscape and people of the U.P. have been provided a seemingly endless source of written material. It is these words that…
Hi Everyone, In case any of you don’t know yet, Snowbound Books in Marquette is changing hands. Longtime owner, Ray Nurmi, has sold the store to longtime employee Dana Schultz. There will be a party at Snowbound this Saturday, April 20 from 3-6pm for everyone who wants to come celebrate, congratulate Ray on…
U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Holds 15th Annual Conference: Publishing & Book Marketing Industry to Be Explored MARQUETTE, MI (April 15, 2013) – In its constant commitment to informing regional authors and publishers of the latest changes in the publishing world and offering effective marketing and writing strategies, the Upper…
Upper Peninsula Author’s Day & Book Fair When: Saturday, July 6, 2013 11 am. – 7 pm. Where: Westwood Mall, Marquette, Michigan Table Fee:$50 Join your colleagues to celebrate U.P. Authors Day at our book fair extravaganza! Email Tyler Tichelaar at tyler@marquettefiction.com for the application and registration details. This event will be…
March 24, 2013 (Fayette, MI) Donna Winters, a resident of Fayette on the Garden Peninsula and the author of seventeen novels about the Great Lakes, was recently given a highly unusual honor by her hometown. The mayor of Brockport, New York, the Erie Canal village where Donna grew up and the primary…
I’m involved in a project that I’m really excited about. My writing group, Cascade Writers Group (CWG), is publishing an anthology of literary works called “Imagine This!” for ArtPrize. The anthology will be published by Schuler Books and Chapbook Press, and will be available at ArtPrize venues and other stores in the area. It…
