Category: Fiction
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Sturgeon Bay Author Releases First Novel
Sturgeon Bay native Jill Stukenberg has released her first publication: a fiction work titled News of the Air. As the winner of the Big Moose Prize hosted by Black Lawrence Press, she received an award and cash prize and had her work published. In it, Allie Krane is heavily pregnant when she and her husband […]
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Questions & Authors: Toya Wolfe
This year, the Washington Island Literary Festival is celebrating 10 years of bringing award-winning and acclaimed writers to Door County. The five presenting authors – Cara Black, Andrew Graff, Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Michael Torres and Toya Wolfe – will host talks and workshops surrounding the 2022 theme, “Crossroads.” The festival will begin with a free community creative […]
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Skalka Publishes Final Installment of Cubiak Mystery Series
Author Patricia Skalka will chat with bibliophiles and sign copies of her books during a celebration of the publication of Death Casts a Shadow – the seventh and final installment in her Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery Series – on July 30, 10 am – 12 pm, at Novel Bay Booksellers, 44 N. 3rd Ave. in […]
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Recommended by GRACE JOHNSON, Pulse staffer and bibliophile When the end of the year comes around and I have some Christmas money in hand, I like to look at upcoming book publications for the next year and pre-order some that I’m most excited about. At the end of 2020, I came across The Forever Sea, […]
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Book Recommendation: The Sector General series by James White
Recommended by David Magle, co-owner OtherWorlds Books & More James White was a Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories and novels. His best-known novels were the twelve Sector General series, the first published in 1962 and the last after his death. White abhorred violence and medical and other emergencies were the sources […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot’ by Marianne Cronin
I was finishing this book when my husband looked over and said, “A book shouldn’t do this to you.” But I think books should make you feel all the emotions, so sometimes that includes tears streaming down your face. The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot is a sweet story about two people who […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The House in the Cerulean Sea’ by TJ Klune
Recommended by MARY SAWYER, Branch Manager, Ephraim Library “Don’t you wish you were here?” reads the caption of a seascape mouse pad sitting on Linus Baker’s office desk. Never have I read a book that made me wish to be there quite like Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea, set in an unnamed fantasy […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Nineties’ by Chuck Klosterman
Recommended by KIMBERLY WELLS, bookseller at Novel Bay Booksellers We self-proclaimed children of the nineties tend to remember the decade with fondness, but for a phase of life that unofficially began with the fall of the Berlin Wall and ended with 9/11, this era was about so much more than the clothes and music. Author […]
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Sue Jarosh Publishes Fifth Historical Children’s Book
Sue Steckart Jarosh’s latest children’s book about Door County arrived from the printer this month and is full of adventure, excitement and well-researched history. Camden and the Cana Island Cat, which is illustrated with Jarosh’s own photos, is her fifth book in a series of stories set in historical Door County lighthouses. Cana Island Lighthouse […]
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Book Recommendation: “His Only Wife” by Peace Adzo Medie
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo MedieRecommended by Grace Johnson, Peninsula Pulse staffer and bibliophile I typically don’t reach for romance-focused books, so instead I’m recommending something romance adjacent. Rather than being a story about the fluff of love, His Only Wife explores the intersections of toxic relationships, culture and feminism. Afi Tekple is a […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Kiss Quotient’ by Helen Hoang
Recommended by Morgan Mann, Community Relations Library Assistant, Door County Library The Kiss Quotient is a heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that is part family and cultural dynamics, and part coming of age and sweet romance. Stella, the protagonist, is a wealthy, successful woman who also happens to have Asperger’s. Analyzing data is easy, but […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Player of Games’ by Iain M. Banks
Recommended by Steven Rice, Museum and Archives Manager, Door County Historical Museum With the holidays over and the depths of winter ahead, reading escapist fiction feels more appealing than ever, and what better place to escape to than the farthest future? The late Scottish author Iain M. Banks was a master of speculative fiction, and […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Saga’ by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples (illustrator)
Recommended by Grace Johnson, Peninsula Pulse staffer and bibliophile One of my favorite reads of 2020, Saga is an epic space adventure that is a sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find its place in the universe. Husband and wife Marko and Alana are deserters from opposing armies of a galactic war. They […]
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2021 Goodreads Choice Awards Announced
The annual Goodreads Choice Awards launched in 2009. During two rounds of open voting in 17 categories, users of the Goodreads platform vote for the best in each genre, and the winners are announced in early December. Here are are the selections in each category: • Fiction: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney • Mystery […]
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Hal Prize Winner Roger Barr Organizes Charity Reading
Roger Barr – author and first place winner of the fiction category of the Hal Prize – continues a holiday writing tradition in St. Paul this December. For 24 years, Barr has been writing a new holiday short story about the fictional Batholomew family. The newest story, “Christmas, Like Normal” will be part of his […]
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Door County Kids & Baby Boutique’s Book Fair a Success
Door County Kids & Baby Boutique’s inaugural book fair for children featured six Wisconsin authors who joined the festive fall affair to sign and personalize their books, and author Erin Peterson read her first book, The Odd Ball, to many children. Door-prize winners received a free book, and each of the five Door County school […]
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Thomas, Mcintyre Create ‘Are They Alike?’ Picture Book
After taking a drawing class from Ann Thomas at Peninsula School of Art, part-time Fish Creek resident Mike McIntyre asked Thomas whether she would like to create a picture book together. The resulting work, Are They Alike? (aretheyalike.com), is a heartfelt story about the loving relationship between a grandparent and grandchild that can help to […]
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Meet Illustrator Bonnie Leick at Novel Bay
Dress up early in those Halloween costumes to visit Novel Bay Booksellers, 44 N. 3rd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay, on Oct. 23, 10 am – 1 pm, to meet the illustrator Bonnie Leick. She’ll be signing copies of It’s Halloween, Little Monster, which she illustrated and Helen Ketteman wrote. Little Monster is going trick-or-treating for […]
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Writing On The Door Series Focuses on Mysteries
Write On, Door County’s conference series, Writing on the Door, will present its first conference for mystery lovers Oct. 22-24. It will feature panel discussions with authors and breakout sessions at Write On’s writing center and the Birch Creek Music Performance Center. Presenting authors will include Pete Hautman, who earned the National Book Award for […]
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J.P. Jordan Signing Copies of ‘All In’ Oct. 9
Author J.P. Jordan will be signing copies of his second mystery thriller – the recently released All In – on Oct. 9, 11 am – 2 pm, at the Tannenbaum Holiday Shop, 11054 Hwy 42 in Sister Bay. All In features Detective Chuck Nowitzke and his partner, Anissa Taylor, whom readers met in Jordan’s first novel, Men […]