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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Author Liam Callanan Featured in Reading
The Friends of Door County Libraries is resuming its Book & Author series following a pandemic-driven hiatus. Partnering with Write On, Door County, the Friends will host prize-winning author Liam Callanan on June 8, 7 pm, at the Kress Pavilion, 7845 Church St. in Egg Harbor. Callanan’s newest book, When In Rome, traces the journey […]
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Wolfe Receives Chicago Book Award
Awards continue to pile up for the novelist who is judging the fiction submissions for the 2023 Hal Prize, the Peninsula Pulse’s annual literary contest. Toya Wolfe was recently awarded the 2023 Chicago Book Award for her debut novel, Last Summer on State Street. The book was also a finalist for the PEN America Literary […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music’
written and narrated by Dave Grohl recommended by KARLIE MARTENS, Bookseller, Novel Bay Booksellers The Foo Fighters – a well-known band since it began performing in 1994 – recently made headlines again with the death of its drummer, Taylor Hawkins. The lead singer, Dave Grohl, has a long history of success as well, and he’s written […]
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Welcome to Pride Month! As you line up your fun and festivities throughout the month, add a book or two to read from LGBTQIA+ writers. Below are a few recommendations across genres to start your reading list. AUTOBIOGRAPHYGay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin Lin is an Asian American essayist based in […]
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Clarizio Releases Next Romantic Suspense Novel
Local author Valerie Clarizio has released Missing Evidence: the third book in her Crown Ranch series. When Garrett Crown’s friend is murdered, he’s devastated. Running from his demons, he leaves the city and returns to his family’s homestead in Kentucky. Riley Murphy, aka Skeeter, spent 10 years in the Army, only to be ousted after claiming that her commanding […]
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Write On Offers New Courses in June
Both visiting and local teaching artists will offer courses at Write On, Door County in June for writers at all levels of experience. Summer resident, award-winning author and holistic writing coach Nadine Kenney Johnstone will offer Micro-Memoir: Tiny True Stories, a four-week class beginning June 8, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. Johnstone will lead participants […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins’
book by authors Clint, Griffin, Justin and Travis McElroy; and author/illustrator Carey Pietsch Recommended by GRACE JOHNSON, Assistant Editor, Peninsula Pulse The Adventure Zone started as a Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) podcast featuring the McElroy brothers – of My Brother, My Brother and Me podcast fame – and their father, Clint. The camaraderie among the brothers and […]
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Libraries’ Summer Programming Is All about Connections
The Door County Library has been busy gearing up for its Summer Reading Program, this year creating events for all ages with the theme of All Together Now and the goal of partnering with local organizations and businesses to create fun, memorable opportunities for library patrons. Youth services librarian Beth Lokken said that although there […]
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Cozy-mystery writer Joy Ann Ribar is returning to Novel Bay Booksellers on May 27, 11 am – 1 pm, to share writing insights, chat with fans and sign copies of her books. Ribar is the author of the Deep Lakes Mystery Series, set in the Wisconsin Northwoods and featuring the clever amateur sleuth Francine “Frankie” […]
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’40 Thieves’ Author to Sign Books
Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant will honor the Memorial Day weekend by hosting a signing of 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII’s Bloodiest Battles, written by Joseph Tachovsky and Cynthia Kraack. Signings will take place May 27-29, 10 am – 3 pm, at Al Johnson’s, 10698 N. Bay Shore Dr. in Sister Bay. […]
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Write On, Novel Bay Host Launch for Davis’ Book
To celebrate the April release of Thomas Davis’ new book, The Prophecy of the Wolf, Write On, Door County and Novel Bay Booksellers are hosting a reading and signing May 20, 1 pm. Set in the mid-1600s on the Door peninsula and Washington Island, The Prophecy of the Wolf is an adventure novel about a […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Sign Here’ by Claudia Lux
Recommended by TINA KAKUSKE, Former Director, Door County Library Imagine that hell is a place with six floors. Downstairs is the worst, and the sixth floor is where the executive class exists. But even on the upper floors, it’s still hell: The air conditioning does not always work; the only alcoholic drink is Jägermeister; and […]
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Wisconsin Center District CEO and president Marty Brooks paused the removal last month of a literary-art installation after facing criticism from board members and others. One of those who led the movement to halt the decommissioning of the exhibit was Kimberly Blaeser – a writer, photographer, scholar, past Wisconsin poet laureate, author of five poetry […]
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In-Na-Po Retreat Held in Door County
It was the final day of a long week, and Kimberly Blaeser, moving from an eco warrior panel discussion directly to this interview at Write On, Door County in Juddville, asked that her salad be saved for her. “It’s the one with chicken on it,” she said before turning and, squaring her shoulders as if […]
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Art/Speaks Program Expands to Include Theater
Write On, Door County’s Art/Speaks program is expanding through a collaboration with Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) to bring together the worlds of theater and writing. Art/Speaks is a free community lab in which participants write in response to other art forms. These sessions are typically held in Door County art galleries, but Write On is […]
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Yardstick Hosts Reading, Signing with Milwaukee Author
Milwaukeean Zhanna Slor will be at Yardstick Books on May 13, 1-2 pm, to read from and sign her book Breakfall, and answer questions from the audience. Slor was born in Ukraine and moved to the Midwest in the early 1990s. NPR called her debut novel, At the End of the World, Turn Left, “elegant […]
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Head to Write On, Door County on May 21, 2 pm, when blues/jazz-inspired poetry will blend with a blues backbeat. Write On’s executive director, Al DeGenova – playing sax and reading poetry – and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Cathy Grier will co-host the event, and they’ll welcome poets Mike Orlock and Mary Beth Mattson, along with […]
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Exploring Motherhood in Literature
I don’t know what it is to be a mother, but I do understand it. Seeing friends and family go through it, we get a little taste of what it might be like. Through literature also, we can explore and understand all of the complex facets of motherhood – the good to the bad – and […]
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Author to Sign Book About Major League Baseball
Jacob Kornheiser, the author of The Cup of Coffee Club: 11 Players and Their Brush with Baseball History, is doing a book reading and signing May 6, 1-2 pm, at Yardstick Books. Reaching the major league is a pipe dream for most young baseball players in America. The Cup of Coffee Club tells the stories […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘No Two Persons’ by Erica Bauermeister
Recommended by DEB WAYMAN, Owner, Fair Isle Books With the elegance of Olive Kitteridge’s interwoven short stories (but with a much more appealing focal character), this latest work by the ever-more-skillful Erica Bauermeister is a delight that’s full of rich explorations of the complexity of human nature. The novel’s unusual plot follows the varied lives […]