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  • Bestsellers

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    Hardcover Fiction  1. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver 2. Iron Flame, by Rebecca Yarros 3. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride 4. Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus 5. The Waters, by Bonnie Jo Campbell Hardcover Nonfiction  1. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, by Margaret Renkl 2. The Wager: A […]

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    Trade Paperback Fiction  1. A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas 2. The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman 3. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.) 4. A Court of Mist and Fury, by Sarah J. Maas 5. All the […]

  • Free Fiction Class For High School Students

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    Write On, Door County will host a free fiction-writing program for high school students Jan. 20, 1-3 pm, led by novelist and Write On writer-in-residence, Emmett Knowlton.  A former staffer at HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel with a master’s degree in creative writing, Knowlton’s work has appeared in The New York Times, Insider, The […]

  • Scarback’s Journey

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    Kress hopes to ease grieving with new children’s book It’s a book written in a dream.  Don Kress didn’t set out to write it. In fact, he never knew it was being written until it was done. He had woken up from a nap one day and recalled a vivid dream that he recounted to […]

  • New Sci-Fi Epic By Local Author

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    Door County author Patrick Baird is launching his new military science fiction novel, The Epsilon Passage, during a book signing on Dec. 16, 10 am – 2 pm. Baird is the author of six novels and the co-host of Unknown Orbits, a science-fiction podcast. His new book is the sequel to his previous novel, The […]

  • Christmas Stories for Kids at Your Local Library

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    By JEANINE BRENNAN Egg Harbor Library branch manager Children’s books are gifts that keep on giving, and they’re an easy way to add to your family’s holiday traditions. Here are a few that can be found at your local library. Red and Green, by Lois Elhert. This book is a fun adaptation of The Night […]

  • Hal Prize Fiction Screening Judge: Thomas Davis

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    We asked the group of local screening judges for the Hal Prize to share with readers and writers what they’re looking for when they go through submissions: Why does one piece of writing make it to the final round, but not another? These columns will illuminate the screeners’ process and help those who want to […]

  • Book Recommendation: ‘The Thick and the Lean’ by Chana Porter

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    Recommended by GRACE JOHNSON, Peninsula Pulse staffer and bibliophile Although this book won’t be released until April, I need more people to put it on their radar. This is Porter’s second novel and one that fans of speculative fiction and sci-fi shouldn’t miss. Beatrice Bolano lives in a community where abstaining from food brings one […]

  • Jill Stukenberg Finds Her Audience

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    When author Jill Stukenberg won the 2021 Big Moose Prize from Black Lawrence Press for her debut novel, News of the Air, she missed the call. She’s submitted her written work to presses and agents over the years, but she never considered actually getting a call back.  “It was pretty much a top life feeling […]

  • Children’s Book Signing with JK Palmer

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    Children’s author JK Palmer is signing books at Madison Avenue Market, 25 S Madison Ave., Feb. 18, 10 am – 2 pm. She is showcasing and signing her book The House That Moved, and she’s also written two other children’s books: Elwood the Moose and Gladys Sings. Palmer weaves concepts of courage, acceptance and the power […]

  • Audiobook Coming for Popular Door County Mystery Series

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    This spring, the University of Wisconsin Press is releasing an audiobook version of Death Stalks Door County, the first of the seven books in author Patricia Skalka’s popular Dave Cubiak mystery series.  Six deaths mar the holiday mood as summer vacationers enjoy the beautiful Door County peninsula. Newly hired park ranger Dave Cubiak, a former […]

  • DC Published Author Collective: Patsy Buell Stierna

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    Patsy Buell Stierna always dreamed of being a writer. After two master’s degrees and 36 years of teaching in Minnesota, she retired to Door County with her husband in 2007 and studied writing through seminars at The Clearing, Björklunden and Write On, Door County. Stierna has now published her first book, Visions from Two Continents: […]

  • Hensge Releases Cozy Mystery Novel

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    Sturgeon Bay resident Jane Hensge has published her first book, a cozy mystery that readers will find suspenseful and humorous. Do Over In Pearl Center is the story of Jen Miller who leaves her suburban Chicago life to return to small town Iowa roots to reopen her family’s long shuttered grocery store. She re-establishes old […]

  • Book Recommendation: ‘The Christmas Book Flood’ by Emily Kilgore

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    Recommended by LIZ WELTER, Co-owner, Novel Bay Booksellers A delightful Christmas tradition that started in Iceland is slowly spreading around the world, and you can learn more about it in a new picture book that’s designed for children but is wonderfully inspiring for anyone. The Christmas Book Flood describes a custom in Iceland, where friends […]

  • Kane Releases New Fantasy Book

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    Writer and teacher Carolyn Kane has released her latest book, The Piper in the Woods, a fantasy novel set in a rural area near Jacksonport.  This novel deals with the adventures and misadventures of Kevin Blake, a boy who grows up near a woodland where strange things happen: a snowball fight, for example, during which […]

  • Book Recommendation: ‘Farmhouse’ by Sophie Blackall

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    Recommended by BETH LOKKEN, Youth Services Librarian, Door County Library If you’re looking for a beautifully illustrated, thoughtful picture book, you can’t go wrong with anything by Sophie Blackall, who has twice earned the Caldecott Medal, which is bestowed on the best picture book of the year.  Her latest book is Farmhouse: the tale of […]

  • Book Recommendation: ‘Tender Is the Flesh’ by Agustina Bazterrica

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    Recommended by MARY SAWYER, Ephraim Library Branch Manager Spooky season is upon us, and here at the library, people are asking for creepy reading recommendations. Some patrons want a Goosebumps scare that won’t keep them up at night; some want a vintage, Stephen King–style epic to get the blood pressure racing; and some scoff when […]

  • Hazelwood Signs Final Book in Quilting Series

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    Ann Hazelwood’s Door County Quilts series has come to a close with the release of the fifth novel, Christmas Surprises at the Door. Claire and the Quilters of the Door start the fall and Christmas season with apple picking at Marta’s farm in Baileys Harbor. Claire is enjoying having Grayson all to herself now that […]

  • Stukenberg Reads from Debut Novel Oct. 8

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    Sturgeon Bay native Jill Stukenberg will present an author reading Oct. 8, 2-3:30 pm, at Write On, Door County. Her debut novel, News of the Air, was selected as the 2021 winner of the Big Moose Prize from Black Lawrence Press. Part domestic realism, part eco-fiction, this novel centered in northern Wisconsin is a story […]

  • Author Releases Second Book in Mystery Series

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    Bonnie Jo (Britzke) Moore has published Murder and the Arts, the second installment in her Mia Zielinski Northern Door Mystery series, set in Sister Bay. It continues the story of Mia Zielinski, a gutsy polio survivor with a playful sense of humor and an uncanny ability to sense things. Six weeks have passed since Zielinski, […]