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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Hal Prize Fiction Screening Judge: Marggie Moertl
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 […]
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Local Author Earns Awards for Historical Fiction
Addy of the Door Islands by Ellison Bay author Judy DuCharme was a winner for Christian fiction in the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, hosted by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group. The book also earned the Ames Awards’ First Place in Historical Fiction for courageous faith. In addition, the Ames Awards presented DuCharme’s […]
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Meet the Authors of Popular Mystery Series
The cozy-mystery genre is a rapidly growing one, and the Shady Hollow Mystery series is among the most popular. Written by Juneau Black, the series features a community of woodland creatures living in harmony. Juneau Black is the pen name of Wisconsin authors Jocelyn Cole and Sharon Nagel, who will share tales about writing, sign […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Paved Paradise’ by Henry Grabar
Recommended by DOMINIC FRANDRUP, Director, Door County Library Many places in Door County are experiencing parking-related issues. Businesses and local governments have questions and concerns about the sustainability, expansion and costs of creating and maintaining parking infrastructure, so this month I’m recommending Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar. I’m finding this […]
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DC Published Authors Collective: Ann Linquist
Ann Linquist has published two fantasy novels: The Glory Rites and its prequel, The Old Powers. Her Beginning Writers Workbook, based on her 12 years of teaching creative writing online to tens of thousands of students worldwide, was released last fall. She has lived on 13-plus acres outside Fish Creek since 2010. What is your writing process? I […]
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Since the start of the Hal Prize, the Peninsula Pulse’s creative-writing and photography contest, there has always been some type of screening process for submissions. Initially, members of the Pulse staff – and representatives of Write On, Door County when the organization joined as a partner – would whittle down the submissions to a manageable number for […]
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New Book Details Family’s Harrowing History
Author David Walker and his aunt Helga (Hundt) Bobb will be signing Walker’s book, Hundting Freedom: The Hundt Family’s Story of Horror, Perseverance & Escape to Freedom, on July 9, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, at United Methodist Church, 836 Michigan St. in Sturgeon Bay. The story details the atrocities inflicted on the Hundt family […]
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Meet Author, Support Historical Society
Meet Kathy Springer, the author of Just a Farmer’s Daughter, on June 28, 4:30-5:30 pm, at the Koessl Barn, 10310 Fieldcrest Road in Sister Bay. Springer will be selling and signing her book, and all proceeds will be donated to the Sister Bay Historical Society. Just a Farmer’s Daughter is a collection of nearly 70 […]
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During the June 6 Coffee & Conversation program at Write On, Door County in Juddville, poet Sean Chambers (standing) discussed how music influences writing, and specifically how funk has influenced his poetry. Attendees listened to some of Chambers’ funk influences – especially Parliament-Funkadelic – and learned about the history of the genre. In addition to being […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Beach Read’ by Emily Henry, narrated by Julia Whelan
recommended by TINA KAKUSKE, Librarian Summer is the ideal season to read books for enjoyment, and audiobooks give us the ability to “read” during summertime activities such as vacationing, gardening, canoeing and hanging out at the beach. Narrators of audiobooks can make or break the listening experience, so the audiobook I’m recommending is narrated by […]
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Questions & Authors: Toya Wolfe, Hal Prize Fiction Judge
Toya Wolfe broke onto the Chicago literary scene in 2022 with the release of her debut novel, Last Summer on State Street. The book takes place during the summer of 1999 and follows 12-year-old Felicia “Fe Fe” Stevens and her group of friends, who are living in the Robert Taylor Homes at the time when […]
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Cathy Grier of Open Door Pride and Al DeGenova of Write On, Door County are co-hosting a Pride-themed WRiTERS’ NiGHT on June 22, 7-9 pm, at the Tambourine Lounge, 59 N. 2nd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay. This event is open to the LGBTQIA+ community and allies, musicians and writers of all styles, as well as […]
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Hal Prize Photography Judge at Peninsula School of Art
Hal Prize photography judge Allen Morris is leading a Define Your Art workshop at Peninsula School of Art June 17-18, 9 am – 4 pm. He’ll teach students to examine their work – and their motivations for making it – to craft an answer and a set of professional documents that accurately define the work they […]
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Writing and Art Collide in Conversation at Write On
Poet and writer Camille LeFevre and artist Rebecca Carlton of Juddville Clay will join forces for a conversation about writing inspired by visual arts on Thursday, June 15 at Write On, Door County. LeFevre was awarded this year’s Dick Scuglik Memorial Residency and Fellowship at Write On. Over the past months, the writer and artist […]
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Liesl Nelson, Madelyn Wind and Jill Melchoir were named the winners of Door Shakespeare’s Sonnet Contest, which asked contestants to harness the spirit of Orlando and put their pen to paper. “I was thrilled with the response from contestants and was excited to receive submissions from around the country,” said contest judge Jerod Santek, artistic […]
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History Book Benefits Historical Society
The Sister Bay Historical Society has recently released Kathy Springer’s Just a Farmer’s Daughter: a collection of almost 70 short stories that tap memories of growing up on the last operational family farm in the Village of Sister Bay. The book – available to purchase soon – covers 80-plus years of history, beginning with Melvin Kramer […]
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Artist, Writer in Conversation
Join artist Rebecca Carlton and writer Camille LeFevre – the winner of Write On, Door County’s 2023 Dick Scuglik Memorial Fellowship – for a conversation about their creative process June 15, 6:30 pm, at Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Road in Juddville. The fellowship is awarded annually to a writer working in ekphrasis – writing in […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The City of Brass’ by S.A. Chakraborty, read by Soneela Nankani
recommended by GRACE JOHNSON, Peninsula Pulse assistant editor When I listened to the audiobook for The City of Brass the first time a few years ago, I fell in love – not only with the story, but with the performance of narrator Soneela Nankani. When it comes to audiobooks, I’m fairly picky about narrators. The cadence, […]
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Mike Orlock is a retired high school teacher and coach who, with his wife, Liz, moved to Sturgeon Bay in 2008. He enjoys travel, reading, writing, films and spending time with his two children and five grandchildren. From 1989 until 2001, he wrote film reviews for the Reporter-Progress newspapers in suburban Chicago and was a […]
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Nystrom Next Up for Poetry Series
Ellison Bay poet and playwright Karen Nystrom will take the Dickinson Poetry Series stage at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County on June 7, 7 pm. Nystrom has an M.F.A. in writing from Vermont College, and her poems have appeared in 8142 Review, The Denver Quarterly, The Harvard Review, Indiana Review, Portage Magazine and […]