U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Announces 6th Annual Dandelion Cottage Award Winners
Houghton School Takes a Hat Trick — U.P. Student Writers to be Honored for Best Short Stories MARQUETTE, MI (February 24, 2023)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) is extremely pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Dandelion Cottage Award. The award recognizes U.P. student short…
UPPAA Newsletter: The Written Word (Winter 2023)
“The Written Word” is the official newsletter of UPPAA. It contains notable news about the group and some of its members as well as upcoming opportunities. In this issue: U.P. Reader Content Chosen U.P. Notable Books Announced Webmaster Wanted Member News This Year’s U.P. Notable Classics Upcoming U.P. Book Review…
White Lake Library features U.P. Notable Books!
UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Terri Martin, author of The Home Wind, a story for middle-grade readers
2023 U.P. Notable Books List honors the year’s best U.P. authors and their books
MARQUETTE, MI (January 3rd, 2023)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) announces the 4th Annual U.P. Notable Books List this week. UPPAA Notable Books chairman Mikel Classen (Sault Ste. Marie) initiated the effort in 2019 as a response to the lack of representation of U.P. writers in other…
Meet Sharon Kennedy — The SideRoad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County
UP Notable Book Club: the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. The 25th event is with Sharon M. Kennedy whose book The SideRoad Kids:Tales of Chippewa County presents stories…
Q&A Session with Carole Hare – author of The Legend of Kitch-iti-kipi
CAROLE HARE graduated from high school in Manistique, Michigan and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in business education from Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She taught school for three years in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa. She later received her master’s degree in counseling from…
Authors from the L’Anse Holiday Book Fair
Amy Klco at Bayliss Public Library
The U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation accepting applications for the 2023 U.P. Poet Laureate
The U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation is not associated with UPPAA, but we wanted to share this opportunity with our authors! The official application for the role of U.P. Poet Laureate is now open. The application form and information are available on the U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation website: https://uppoetlaureate.org/. The submission deadline…
UPPAA Newsletter: The Written Word (Fall 2022)
Q&A Session with Karen Dionne, author of The Wicked Sister
KAREN DIONNE’s award-winning novels set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness have been translated into dozens of languages and landed on bestseller lists around the world. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls The Wicked Sister “A devastating, magic realism–dusted psychological thriller… Dionne paints a haunting portrait of a family hurtling…
U.P. Authors Holiday in-person sale in L’Anse
Q&A session with Brad Blair & Tim Ellis, authors of the award-winning 👽 “Great Lakes Monsters and Mysteries”
North of Nelson: Hilton Everett Moore Launches New Series of U.P. Fiction
By Ernest Dempsey- The literary treasure of Upper Peninsula (UP), Michigan, is adding a new book of short fiction, North of Nelson: Volume 1, by local author Hilton Everett Moore. Published by Silver Mountain Press, an independent press based in Covington, Michigan, North of Nelson: Volume 1 is the first…
Terri Martin releases “Moose Willow Mystery: A Yooper Romance”
A suspicious death in a game processing meat locker is just the beginning of bizarre events happening in the Upper Michigan village of Moose Willow. It all starts when a mysterious woman appears at the Methodist church during choir practice. Janese Trout and her best friend, State Trooper Bertie Vaara,…
Sharon M. Kennedy releases “View from the Sideroad”
Enjoy U.P. Stories from the View of a Yooper Join us in Sharon M. Kennedy’s View from the Sidereoad for a trip through Michigan’s rural Upper Peninsula in this collection of fictional short stories. Let the characters of View from the SideRoad surprise you with their resilience, humor, and unpredictability….
Fall Picnic for UPPAA Members!
Phill Bellfy on U.P. Colony – The Story of Resource Exploitation in Upper Michigan
Season 3: Episode 3–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Phil Bellfy speaking about his book U.P. Colony. The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. Make sure to like and…