meet UPPAA author Jon Stott – “Yooper Ale Trails: Craft Breweries and Brewpubs of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula “

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Local Beer Guidebook Author to Visit UP Brewpubs and Craft Breweries This June, Jon C. Stott, award-winning writer of beer travel books, will be visiting brewpubs and craft breweries in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to celebrate the publication of his new book, Yooper Ale Trails (published by Modern History Press, Ann…

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Volkman reviews Tyler R. Tichelaar’s “Kawbawgam: The Chief, The Legend, The Man”

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by Victor R. Volkman, Senior Editor, Modern History Press TITLE: Kawbagam: The Chief, The Legend, The Man AUTHOR: Tyler R. Tichelaar PUB DATE: Nov. 2020 PUBLISHER: Marquette Fiction. Kawbawgam  by Tyler R. Tichelaar, PhD, is the first woke history of Native Americans in Upper Michigan that I have read. I’ll…

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NMU Lecture series #1 — My Twenty-Year Self-Publishing Odyssey – Lessons for Aspiring Authors

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UPPAA Speakers Bureau Presents: Anne Miller – Author of The Last Photograph Presentation Title:  “My Twenty-Year Self-Publishing Odyssey – Lessons for Aspiring Authors” When: October 1st, 2019, 7:00pm – 8:30pm.  Admission is free. Where: Lydia M. Olson Library, NMU campus Every writer dreams of becoming an overnight success, but it…

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2019 UPPAA Conference Schedule Announced!

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  Please click here to register now!  Always FREE for Members, only $15 for non-Members UPPAA Annual Conference, Peter White Public Library, Marquette, MI Saturday, June 1, 2019 10:00-10:30 – Registration in the Community Room 10:30-10:45 – Opening remarks, President Tyler Tichelaar, Community Room 10:45-11:45 – Keynote, Karen Dionne, Community…

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U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Announces Winners of First Dandelion Cottage Short Story Contest

MARQUETTE, MI (April 27, 2018) — The U.P. Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) has announced the winners of its first Dandelion Cottage Short Story Contest. UPPAA, established in 1998 as an organization for anyone from or associated with Upper Michigan who is interested in writing and publishing, has continually sought…

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U.P. Reader #2 — Contributors Pre-order for Spring Conference Delivery thru May 20th

The ideal time to get your copy of U.P. Reader #2 is at the book launch which is happening at the UPPAA Spring Conference on June 2nd at the Landmark Inn, Marquette.  The conference is free when you renew your UPPAA membership for 2018 at https://uppaa.org/meeting-registration/ Contributors to either Issue #1 or…

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U.P. Author Day Event in Marquette Michigan Oct 8 2016

September 30, 2016 For  Immediate Release: Margaret Boyle Programming Coordinator Peter White Public Library 217 N. Front St. Marquette, MI  49855 906.226.4318 mboyle@uproc.lib.mi.us U.P. Author Day Event  at PWPL Saturday, October 8, 2016 from 10:30 am-3:30 pm Peter White Public Library, lower level 217 N. Front St., Marquette, MI 49855…

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Getting your book into the B&N store at Northern Michigan University (NMU)

As you might or might not know, the NMU bookstore was recently acquired by the Barnes & Noble chain.  As such, a complete changeout of inventory was made, leaving some local authors in doubt of whether they could be stocked (again).  Tyler writes: I have followed up with the NMU…

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