UPPAA is a partner with The Association of Publishers for Special Sales (APSS — formerly SPAN). They are conducting a one-of-a-kind sales conference on Nov 8-9 in Philadelphia. It is dedicated to helping you sell more books in large, non-returnable quantities to non-bookstore buyers. And you are invited. And since…
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…
Tyler Tichelaar reports that Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of Once Upon a River, will be offering a Writers Workshop on Thurs, August 8th at 1pm at Peter White Public Library. People interested can contact the library for more information at 906-226-4312. There is limited seating for the event. Campbell was nominated for the…
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…
July 3, 2013 From The Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN – Iron Mountain author Ida M. Nord has released her fourth book, now available at book stores throughout the Upper Peninsula and Northeast Wisconsin. “Where the Wind Blows” offers a glance into the world of Seth Lemire, a soldier who is…
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…
From Greg Dumais <greg.dumais@historypress.net> My name is Greg Dumais and I work as the Commissioning Editor for the state of Michigan at the History Press in Charleston, SC. I’m very interested in commissioning a book about the Murders in the Upper Peninsula’s History for publication in our Murder & Mayhem Series. Our M&M Series…
The Value of Good Editing Three C’s—and a couple more, by Ann McGlothlin Weller Who’s on first? The reader, always, always, always. The goal of the writer and the editor is to develop a product (book, article, blog) that someone—a lot of someones, preferably—wants to read. That’s the bottom…
From Ann McGlothin Weller’s roundtable presentation at the 2013 UPPAA Spring Conference. Selected References In a time when you can find almost anything on Google and other internet sites, some people think books aren’t needed or helpful. I disagree! Besides, some are just plain fun to read. O’Conner, Patricia T. …
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First Annual U.P. Authors Day and Book Fair to Be Held For Immediate Release 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. All authors who live in or write about…
“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…
