Category: Literature News
Door County writing classes, poetry readings, author appearances, meetups and more. Experience the rich literature community of the Door in inspiring settings.
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Novel Ideas Hosts First-time Author Champan
Meet Wisconsin author Brett Champan at Novel Ideas Bookstore in Baileys Harbor on Saturday, July 17 at 1 pm for a reading and booksigning for his new book Rearview Sunset.
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Hintz’s Home Coming Now Available
Rosemary Hintz will be at The Bridge in Egg Harbor on July 31, 3 – 5 pm, signing copies of her latest book, Home Coming. The novel Home Coming is the story of Robbie Wilson, who readers first learned of in Return to Sawyer School, Hintz’s first historical novel.
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Plum Bottom Pottery will be hosting the second annual launch of the summer edition of Knock: Door County Arts and Lit Journal Thursday June 15 from 6 – 9 pm for an evening of art, food, and literature. The event will mark the eighth issue of Knock, which is themed the Belly. The new summer […]
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Champan Signs Books in Sturgeon Bay
Area readers are invited to meet Brett Champan, a Wausau native and current resident of northeastern Wisconsin, who will be signing his new novel, Rearview Sunset, at Book World in Sturgeon Bay Saturday, July 10, 11 am – 3 pm.
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State’s First Poet Laureate Reads at UU Dickinson Series
Renowned poet Ellen Kort will share her poetry July 14, 7 pm, at the UU Fellowship’s Dickinson Poetry Series.
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Children’s Book Signing at Cupola House
Cindy Lou, author of the children’s book The King of Ing Wants to Sing, will be at Cupola House Shops July 3 from 1 – 3 pm. The public is invited to the meet Lou during the book-signing event.
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Vanderhoof On Board as New Literary Editor
The Pulse is pleased to introduce their new Literary Editor, Mindi Vanderhoof. A recent graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Vanderhoof majored in English and minored in Women’s Studies.
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Larsen’s Sixth Book on Shelves
Finding Tongues in Trees is the newest publication of Barbara Larsen, well known Door County poet. This is her sixth book and follows All in Good Season which was published in 2005 and well received by area and state readers.
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The Pulse Announces Photography Judges
The Pulse is thrilled to announce that the photography portion of the 2010 Hal Grutzmacher Writers’ Exposé and Photography Jubilee will be judged by a panel of Door County photographers, including Dan Eggert, Dan Anderson, and Kelly Avenson.
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Call for Submissions Inspired by “On the Road”
Verse Wisconsin is accepting poetry, visual poetry, and/or video poetry inspired by Jack Kerouac’s famous work, On the Road. The deadline for entries is August 1; selected pieces will appear in the online issue in October.
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“The Story of Jules Verne, A Watch Pocket Dog” by area artist Wayne Simmons was recently reviewed by The Midwest Book Review. The review appears in mulitiple places, including the May 2010 library newsletter, “Wisconsin Bookwatch,” as well as the May 2010 online “Internet Bookwatch.
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Knock Magazine of Door County, an art and literary journal, is taking submissions for publication for its eighth issue. Founded by Nik Garvoille in 2007, the magazine strives to bring new artists and writers to the Door County cultural landscape.
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Pulse Announces Judges for Hal Grutzmacher Writers’ Exposé and Photography Jubilee
The Pulse is excited to announce the writing judges for the Hal Grutzmacher Writers’ Exposé and Photography Jubilee. Alex Kuo will judge the fiction and nonfiction submissions, and Marilyn Taylor will judge the poetry submissions.
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Baileys Harbor Poet Featured at Dickinson Series
Nancy Rafal will present her poetry Wednesday, June 9 at 7 pm at the UU Fellowship’s Dickinson Poetry Series in Ephraim. Rafal wrote her first poem in grade school and after moving to Door County more than a dozen years ago, continues to take up the pen.
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Authors Invited to Write Poems and Stories Based Upon Paintings
The Flying Pig Gallery and Greenspace and artist Tim Nyberg invite all authors to participate in “Story Starters,” an exhibit that will feature 11 of Nyberg’s paintings along with the stories or poems written in response to each.
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Newport State Park to Establish Poetry Trail
A new feature at Newport State Park in Ellison Bay this summer will be a Poetry Trail. The trail is a collaborative effort between Newport State Park, the Newport Wilderness Society, and three poet groups.
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Cupola House Holds Jensen Book Signing and Reading
Author Trygvie Jensen will be holding a book signing and story telling session for his recently published book, Through Waves and Gales Come Fishermen’s Tales.
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Dethlefsen to Read Poetry at Novel Ideas
Novel Ideas Bookstore in Baileys Harbor presents an afternoon of poetry and a book signing with Wisconsin poet Bruce Dethlefsen on Saturday, May 15 at 2 pm.
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Door County Author Introduces Book for Patients and Caregivers
Madonna Siles shares her surprising successes, set-backs and discoveries from eight years of caregiving in her new book, Eureka! Memories and Motivations: A Strategy for Creating a Healing Home for the Stroke/Brain Injury Patient and Caregiver.
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Barbara Larsen Next Dickinson Poet
Barbara Larsen, author of six poetry books, is the next featured poet in the Unitarian Universalist’s Dickinson Series. She will share her poetry on May 12, 7 pm.