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The latest news in the literature scene in Door County along with reviews, creative writing and news about The Hal Prize.

  • Hal Prize Poetry Screening Judge: Peter Sherrill

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    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 […]

  • Questions & Authors: Edward McPherson Explores Passions Through Writing

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    For Edward McPherson, history and recollection play a large part in his writing. His most recent work, The History of the Future: American Essays, explores how understanding our past can help us understand where we might be heading. One of his essays that was published in the Gettysburg Review, “Telref,” received a Pushcart Prize. He […]

  • Characters Popping Off the Page at Write On

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    Write On, Door County is welcoming stand-up comedian June Melby to its August program line-up. She’ll be teaching Characters: How to Make Them Pop Off the Page on Aug. 19, 12-2 pm. The workshop cost is $40, and some scholarships are available for the workshop at Write On, 4210 Juddville Road in Juddville. The workshop […]

  • Book Recommendation: ‘Why Did the Monster Cross the Road?’

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    book by by R.L. Stine, illustrated by Marc Brown Recommended by KARLIE MARTENS, Bookseller, Novel Bay Booksellers ’90s babies, rejoice! Favorite author R.L. Stine (of Goosebumps fame) and illustrator Marc Brown (of Arthur fame) have teamed up to produce this new, hilarious, clever children’s book. You may be thinking, “R.L. Stine does not do humor,” […]

  • Hal Prize Nonfiction Screening Judge: Jan Wrede

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    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 […]

  • Four of My Favorite Baseball Novels

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    Of all the professional sports, baseball has been, and continues to be, the backdrop for some of the best sports-oriented novels in the English language. I love baseball, and I love books. Consequently, I have read a significant number of baseball novels. Here are four of my favorites, each very different from the others. Bang […]

  • Jurassic World Live Tour Celebrates Reading

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    The Jurassic World Live Tour has partnered with public libraries on a children’s reading program so that kids can earn a free ticket – with the purchase of one adult ticket – to the tour’s stop at the Resch Center in Green Bay in October. Kids should visit a participating public library to pick up a Reward […]

  • Dairy Basket Program Continues

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    The Dairy Baskets for Readers summer reading program is continuing at the Forestville Library until Aug. 24. For every book they read, library patrons get one chance to win one of eight baskets filled with cheeses, coupons for ice cream, dairy-related gifts and more. The drawing will be held Aug. 25, and winners will be […]

  • Yardstick Hosts Book Signing with Corey Geiger

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    Chat with Corey Geiger – the author of the new book The Wisconsin Farm They Built – on Aug. 4, 5-7 pm, at Yardstick Books, 317 Steele St. in Algoma. He will also sign copies of his books. In The Wisconsin Farm They Built, Elmer Pritzl found himself plunged into adulthood at age 16 after his mother […]

  • Write On Hosts 10th-Anniversary Gala

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    Write On, Door County is celebrating 10 years of carrying out its mission during its annual Fall Gala on Oct. 26 – a special event featuring author Faith Adiele, who was the Peninsula Pulse’s 2021 Hal Prize nonfiction judge. The gala at the Kress Pavillion in Egg Harbor will begin with cocktails at 5:30 pm. Dinner […]

  • Hal Prize Fiction Screening Judge: Thomas Davis

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    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 […]

  • Peninsula Poetry: Peter Sherrill

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    Peter Sherrill’s poems and essays have appeared in a variety of state and regional publications, and he is a past president of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. He and his wife, Carrie, facilitate the Art/Speaks ekphrastic writing events through Write On, Door County. They are both preliminary judges for the Hal Prize in poetry.  What […]

  • Meet Mystery Author Roger Simpson

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    Mystery lovers and anyone else who enjoys a compelling story can meet Roger Simpson – a criminal-trial-lawyer-turned-author – on Aug. 10, 1-4 pm, at Novel Bay Booksellers, ​​44 N. 3rd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay, where he’ll be signing copies of his debut murder-mystery novel, The Truth in Hope.  Simpson drew from his 45 years of legal […]

  • Art, Writing Combine in Special Project

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    On June 18, a group of students, teachers, parents and neighbors gathered at the Dome House in Sturgeon Bay to celebrate the publication of Young Minds Inspired by Art. This book is the culmination of months of work initiated by local artist Hermke Timm and local art teacher Jane Moeller to capture the thoughts and […]

  • Hal Prize Screening Judges

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    For the 2022 contest, the Hal Prize added a group of local screening judges: local poets and authors who volunteer their time to read through submissions that, depending on the category, can number from 50 to more than 200 total. These judges are (back, from left) Charlie Schudson (nonfiction), Peter Sherrill (poetry), Carrie Sherrill (poetry), […]

  • Hal Prize Nonfiction Screening Judge: Judy Ann Ritter

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    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 […]

  • Book Recommendation: ‘The Secret Book of Flora Lea’ by Patti Callahan Henry

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    Recommended by KARLIE MARTENS, Bookseller, Novel Bay Booksellers The Secret Book of Flora Lea is part historical fiction, part mystery, part love story and all amazing.  The story begins with Hazel and her young sister, Flora, being sent to a foster home during World War II’s Operation Pied Piper. To help ease their pain during […]

  • Questions & Authors: Sean Hill, Hal Prize poetry judge

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    Rooted in place, movement and remembrance, Sean Hill’s poetry explores what it means to be a part of, and outside of, a community.  His first collection of poetry, Blood Ties & Brown Liquor, was named one of the Ten Books All Georgians Should Read in 2015 by the Georgia Center for the Book. His second […]

  • Geiger’s New Book Explores Generational Farming

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    Corey Geiger, an international agricultural journalist and the author of On a Wisconsin Family Farm, uses his lively storytelling talents to capture six generations of life in America’s Dairyland in The Wisconsin Farm They Built: Tales of Family & Fortitude. After his mother was killed by a train, Elmer Pritzl was thrown into adulthood at […]

  • Write On Presents One-Day Writing Intensives

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    Write On, Door County is offering Writing on the Door, a series of three one-day writing-intensive classes with award-winning faculty: poetry with Michael Kleber-Diggs on Aug. 7, nonfiction with Staci Lola Drouillard on Aug. 8, and fiction with Peter Geye on Aug. 9. Optional one-to-one critique sessions are also offered the day following each intensive. […]