Category: Literature News

At the April 8 meeting of Readers Rampant Book Club, The Bookman’s Tale will be discussed and author Charles C. Lovett will be available by phone for questions.

My freshman year in college I took an English literature course titled “The English Novel,” where I first read Jane Eyre. From that initial reading I was drawn to Victorian literature.

Join the Women’s Fund on March 27 for an evening of “Tales of Our Lives,” A Story Slam: Empowerment Through Performance. A story slam is more than just a storytelling event.

Write On, Door County announces the formation of two new monthly book groups, in addition to the one focused on Victorian novels, a poetry group will begin meeting in March.

Stop in the basement of the Sturgeon Bay Library to shop the shelves on March 15 from 9 am to 1 pm (stop in before or after the St. Patrick’s Day parade).

Washington Island author David Ranney has announced the release of his latest book New World Disorder: The Decline of U.S. Power (2014). Ranney, author of Global Decisions, Local Collisions: Urban Life in the New World Order (2003) argues that the global system that President George H.

The UU Dickinson Poetry Series presents a spirited reading by two talented poets on March 12 at 7 pm. This night of poetry is free and open to the public.

See what is new at the “Books are Fun” book and gift fair at the Main Lobby at Ministry Door County Medical Center on March 6 and 7. The sale hours will be Thursday, 10 am – 3:30 pm and Friday, 9 am – 2 pm.

Kindergarten through fifth grade Sturgeon Bay students (pictured) recently enjoyed learning about pop-up illustrations at the Miller Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay.

Author Kay Bidwell Loberg read her book Growing Up Harley to the kindergarten class at St. John Bosco Catholic School on Feb. 12. The story is based on the life of Harley, the Door County camel who became famous for marching in local parades, kissing beauty queens and raising money for the Door County Humane Society.

On Feb. 22 at 7 pm, Door County musicians and poets will present “Words on Fire” in the Door Community Auditorium Fireside Lobby. Musicians pair with poets to create a real coffeehouse atmosphere and a powerful evening of entertainment.

The UU Fellowship and Write On, Door County are co-sponsoring a writing workshop, “Transformation in the world and in our lives: Writing Our Way toward a New Day,” on Feb.

Readers Rampant book club of the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Public Library recently announced their selections for the upcoming months.

The United Nations declared Feb. 21 as International Mother Language Day to honor and preserve heritage languages. Write On is hosting a poetry reading in a variety of world languages on Feb.

The UU Fellowship and Write On, Door County are co-sponsoring a writing workshop, “Transformation in the world and in our lives: Writing Our Way toward a New Day,” on Feb.

Area resident Bruce Joffe had been working on his new book, The Gospel According to Facebook: Social Media and the Good News, for nearly two years when a series of Letters to the Editor published in the Peninsula Pulse motivated him to complete his message of how God’s grace, love and reconciliation is being shared anew courtesy of today’s social media.

Eight young poets are the featured readers for the Dickinson Poetry Series on Feb. 12 at 7 pm. A program devoted to young poets is an annual tradition for the series.

The Gospel message of God’s grace, love and reconciliation is being shared anew courtesy of today’s social media. But it’s not the same old, rugged cross that’s being touted in a new book by Bruce H. Joffe.

The Miller Art Museum invites families to “The Wizards of Pop,” a traveling exhibition from the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature in Abilene, Texas.