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SUMMARY:UP Notable Books List 2026 Announced
DESCRIPTION:Tune in to UPPAA.org as we announce the UP Notable Books List on January 2\, 2026 \n 
URL:https://www.uppaa.org/event/up-notable-books-list-2026-announced/
CATEGORIES:U.P. Notable Book Club
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SUMMARY:J.D. Austin at North Wind Books - Hancock
DESCRIPTION:J.D. Austin of the 2024 U.P. Notable Book The Last Huck and a new story collection What You Find in the Woods will be appearing at North Wind Books on the former Finlandia campus from 12 – 2:00pm on Saturday January 10\, 2026. \n437 Quincy St\, Hancock\, MI 49930   *    https://shop.finlandiafoundation.org/pages/location-hours \n(906) 487-7217   *   shop@finlandiafoundation.org \n 
URL:https://www.uppaa.org/event/j-d-austin-at-north-wind-books-hancock/
LOCATION:North Wind Books\, 437 Quincy Street\, Hancock\, 49930\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Appearance
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SUMMARY:UPPAA Online Seminar Series – Ask the Book Coach: Q & A Session with Julie Covert
DESCRIPTION:As an extension of UPPAA’s Online Seminar Series\, we are featuring an additional session “Ask the Book Coach: Q & A Session with Julie Covert” coming to Zoom on January 15\, 2026 at 7:00PM Eastern / 6:00PM Central time.\n\nAttendance is free of charge and preregistration is not required for UPPAA members to participate.  Others are welcome to participate if they contact Julie at the email address below. \nAsk the Book Coach: A Q & A Session \nWhat’s a book coach do?   \nGreat question! A book coach can help you form and test your book ideas\, create a solid structure\, help you get through tough spots\, and guide you to getting published. \n\nDo you have a book in the works\, but are stuck and have questions about how to proceed?\nHave a great idea\, but can’t seem to make the structure work?\nNot sure where to begin or how to end?\nWhose help do I need – an editor\, beta reader\, or book coach?\n\nDuring this Q & A session\, Julie Covert\, book coach and editor at H J Words\, will answer your questions about how you can benefit from working with a book coach. We’ll discuss these topics and more to get you excited and motivated to achieve your dream of turning your ideas from your notebooks into a publishable manuscript. \nQuestions can also be submitted in advance by email or phone shown below \nContact Julie at words@hjwords.com or at 906-430-5854.
URL:https://www.uppaa.org/event/uppaa-online-seminar-series-ask-the-book-coach-q-a-session-with-julie-covert/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:Telling the Hard Stuff: A Confessional Poetry Workshop with Ellen Lord
DESCRIPTION:Telling the Hard Stuff: A Confessional Poetry Workshop with Ellen Lord\nWhen: Saturday\, January 17\, 2026\, 1:00 -3:00 PM\nWhere: at the Hessel School House  3206 W Cedar Street\, Hessel\, MI\, United States\, Michigan 49745 \nConfessional poetry asks us to speak the truths we often keep hidden. In this two‑hour workshop\, we’ll explore how vulnerability becomes art\, how the “hard stuff” transforms into language that resonates\, and how craft supports courage. Together\, we’ll create a safe\, supportive space to write the poems that demand to be written. This class includes an autographed copy of Ellen Lord’s latest book VIGIL. \nWhether you write poems on the page or songs for the stage\, this workshop welcomes artists who turn lived experience into works of written art. Poets and songwriters alike will find tools for shaping raw emotion into work that connects and endures. \nClass Fee: $40.00. Includes a signed copy of Ellen Lord’s latest book VIGIL.\nTo Register: Call 906-484-1333 or register online at HesselSchoolHouse.org\nFacebook event page \nABOUT THE PRESENTER:\nEllen Lord began writing as a kid\, first stirred to poetry by Edgar Allen Poe’s raven and various morbid nursery rhymes. She is inspired by forays in nature\, along with feasts and foibles of the human condition. She was raised in the wilds of the Upper Peninsula and often returns to her ancestral home. She is a behavioral health therapist\, specializing in addiction and trauma. \nNOTE: Scholarship discounts are available. Call 906-484-1333 for details if finances are impeding you from attending this workshop. A limited number of discount tickets are available for teens and low-income participants.
URL:https://www.uppaa.org/event/telling-the-hard-stuff-a-confessional-poetry-workshop-with-ellen-lord/
LOCATION:Hessel School House\, 3206 W. Cedar Road\, Hesssel\, MI\, 49745\, United States
CATEGORIES:U.P. Writers Symposium
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristy Beyer":MAILTO:director@hesselschoolhouse.net
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