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…
On Monday, March 4th a mild mannered, fiction writer will slip into a phone booth and emerge as Sammy Slug, protector of the downtrodden, champion of the oppressed, and exalter extraordinaire of the Amorous Spotted Slug. He will gird his loins (as well as the rest of his copious body)…
Hi all you fellow writers. I am in need of one or two paragraph reports of Amorous Spotted Slug sightings for my web site. (These are similar to Elvis sightings.) I will reward each reporter with a complimentary copy of my novel and a free I ♥ My Slug T-shirt….
Please Come To the Iron County Historical and Museum Society Special Event The 50th Anniversary Celebration Begins: Bernhardt Book Signing Preserving & Sharing Our Iron County Heritage Saturday, Oct 13, 2012 1 pm: Book signing by Harold & Marcia Bernhardt Approximately 2:15 pm: There will be a dramatic performance about organizing The very 1st Society meeting, which occurred…
For Immediate Release: U.P. Publishers and Authors Greet Readers at Erickson Center’s Art on the Lake August 1, 2012—Two popular U.P. Authors will be 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…
UPPAA Authors in force at the Outback Art Fair in Marquette, Michigan! Debbie Frontiera is shown below interviewed by WLUC-TV reporter Dustin Bonk. UPPAA illustrator Karin Neumann was also there, she provided the pictures for Gretchen Preston’s books. Gretchen Preston, author of Valley Cats and other books! Tyler Tichelaar of…
UPPAA authors showed up in force at Waterpalooza in Marquette Michigan last Sunday, July 15th 2012. Pictured at Tyler’s table are Gretchen Preston, Donna Winters, and Tyler Tichelaar. All authors are welcomed to join UPPAA and participate in local events around upper Michigan.
Lon Emerick will be booksigning at the Fort Wilkins State Park Gift Shop in Copper Harbor on July 27th from 2 – 4 pm. This is during the Fort’s very popular “Battery D” demonstrations which draw lots of interested visitors.
“Everyone Has a Story” a special presentation and booksigning by Lon Emerick at the Calumet Public Library on July 25th, 2012. Refreshements will be served. Public are invited.
Gretchen Preston, Donna Winters and Tyler R. Tichelaar are planning to go to the Waterpalooza event in Marquette’s Mattson Lower Harbor Park on Sunday July 15 from 11-8, which is to honor Lake Superior Day and will be filled with events and vendors. Tables are available for a $20 donation to vendors….
Midwestern lit. lovers: The Marquette, MI. portion of the UP Book Tour is coming to Northern Michigan University next week. If you’re in the vicinity, stop by and check out these wonderful events. (Schedule below). Also: check out the fabulous events during the remainder of the tour: follow the link…
Donna Winters is launching her book, Bluebird of Brockport, A Novel of the Erie Canal (historical fiction set in 1830) on June 2, 1-3 PM, at the Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main Street, Brockport, New York. The event will serve as a fundraiser for the Western Monroe County Historical…
