Category: Literature News

Judy DuCharme announces her new book, Society of the L.A.M.B., has been published. In the book, the protagonist Josiah has just awakened from what feels like a deep sleep, where he lived in a raucous colony of those who celebrate dark freedoms but are really trapped in a deception of the worst kind.

For an oasis of calm in the bustle of a Door County summer, consider the Peninsula Poets gathering that meets at 1:30 pm the third Tuesday of each month in the community room of the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library.

Amos, the therapy dog, will “read” with the kids at the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library every Thursday at 10:30 am, now through Aug. 28. Readers of all levels welcome.

Author Rachel Wisdom of St. Louis will visit Door County June 26 – 29 for a book tour promoting her debut novel, A Shopkeeper’s Daughter. A historical romance, the novel is based on the love story of the current King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway.

Nancy Sweetland, Green Bay author, will sign books at Book World, 30 N 3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, on June 21, 11 am – 1 pm. Writing ever since getting her first rejection from Woman’s Day at age 13, Sweetland has been published in photojournalism, articles, juvenile poetry and stories, picture and chapter books.

The Clearing Folk School will host a book signing for celebrated rural historian Jerry Apps, author of eight Wisconsin Historical Society Press books and dozens of other books and articles.

Write On, Door County announces a special class for aspiring prose writers, “Write It Short for the Long Haul,” taught by novelist Susan Gloss. The class will be offered June 21, 9 am – noon.

The Eagle Bluff Lighthouse and the Belgians take the spotlight again in Hot Fudge Frame-Up, book 2 in the Fudge Shop Mystery Series set in Door County.

The Door County Maritime Museum and Write On, Door County partner to present a special presentation by performance poet Moheb Soliman on June 24, 7 pm, in the Reddin Room, Door County Maritime Museum, 120 N.

Door way: the People in the Landscape by Norbert Blei is now being distributed by the University of Wisconsin Press. Weaving a tapestry of lives and landscapes, past and present, earth and water, Norbert Blei celebrates the unique heritage of Door County.

McArdle Library and Write On, Door County announce a special presentation by author Victor Foia, author of the Dracula Chronicles. Foia will address his approach to the craft of writing, as well as self-publishing and promoting his work.

Jude Genereaux, who calls both Long Lake and Ellison Bay home, will be the featured poet in the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Dickinson Poetry Series on June 11 at 7 pm.

Leadership Door County, Class of 2014, announces the publication of the anthology What’s Behind the Door? Everyone has a story…, which features the works of Door County writers and benefits Write On, Door County.

Write On, Door County announces the inception of a Creative Prose Writers Group. Designed to offer both support and constructive critique for writers focused on prose, the group will be limited to six members.

The Door County Library Summer Reading Program is now underway. From June 1 to August 15, toddlers through 8th graders can keep track of their own reading, their reading to others or when they are read to, and use those hours to collect reading incentives at their local Door County library.

Door Shakespeare and Write On, Door County has extended the deadline for their storytelling event. They are accepting submissions for their storytelling collaboration until June 1.

On June 10 at 2:30 pm, Readers Rampant Book Club of the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library will meet to discuss And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini.

Fred Erskine photographed people and scenes in Jacksonport from 1910 through the 1980s, and those images have been compiled into a 112-page coffee table book, Fred Erskine, Jacksonport’s Photographer by the Jacksonport Historical Society.

Author Rachel Wisdom of St. Louis will visit Door County June 26 – 29 for a book tour promoting her debut novel, A Shopkeeper’s Daughter. A historical romance, the novel is based on the love story of the current King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway.

Author Patricia Skalka appears in two special events in Door County for her recently published mystery novel, Death Stalks Door County. The events are co-sponsored by The Friends of Door County Libraries, the Peninsula Bookman, and Write On, Door County.