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

UPPAA Yooper ale trails by jon c stout.

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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Nominations due Sept 30 for second annual LSSU Writing the U.P. Award

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.:  Members of the public are invited to submit nominations for Lake Superior State University’s second annual Writing the U.P. Award, which seeks to honor fiction authors who have portrayed the essence of life in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Deadline for nominations is Sept. 30. The 2014 award…

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Register for 1st Annual Eastern Upper Peninsula Book Fest

Gretchen Preston forwarded me the following information about an upcoming book fest in the Sault. If you have questions, contact Beverly McBride.  Following is her email and the registration form has been pasted into the message below so you can copy and print it. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to…

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UPPAA authors appear at Superior Children’s Book Festival in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan

The second annual Superior Children’s Book Festival was held in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, on Saturday, November 2nd, 2013. The events took place in the Walker J. Cisler Conference Center on the campus of Lake Superior State University, from 11am to 3pm. Several authors from the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association…

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UPPAA authors to appear at Superior Children’s Book Festival in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan

The second annual Superior Children’s Book Festival will be held in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, on Saturday, November 2nd, 2013. The events will take place in the Walker J. Cisler Conference Center on the campus of Lake Superior State University, from 11am to 3pm. Several authors from the Upper Peninsula…

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U.P. Book Tour 2013

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…

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UPPAA @ 2012 Upper Peninsula History Conference

Upper Peninsula History Conference Marks 63rd Year June 22-24, 2012 SAULT STE. MARIE–The Historical Society of Michigan’s 63rd annual Upper Peninsula History Conference will be held June 22-24, 2012 in Sault Ste. Marie. The conference is hosted and sponsored by Lake Superior State University and the Chippewa County Historical Society….

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