Stop by Drury Lane Books, 12 Wisconsin Street, Grand Marais, Minnesota to hear regional authors read from their new books and share their thoughts about the writing process. Bring your questions! Book signings follow every discussion. All events at Drury Lane Books are free and open to the public.
*All Author Talks take place at 6:00pm- 7:30pm unless otherwise noted.
AUTHOR EVENTS
April 29 National Independent Bookstore Day – Lorna Landvik at *1:00-2:30pm
May 20 Linda LeGarde Grover – The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives at *11:00am- 1:00pm
June 2 Lynette Reini-Grandell– Wild Things: A Trans- Glam-Punk-Rock Love Story
June 17 Randy Hargesheimer – The Superior Hiking Trail Story: The Trek Continues
July 15 Cary Griffith – Killing Monarchs: A Sam Rivers Mystery
August 12 Larry Weber – 365 Days of Northern Nature: Backyard Almanac
August 19 David Mura – The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself
September 2 Nancy Carlson Meet & Greet at *11:00am-1:00pm
September 2 Pamela Carter Joern – Toby’s Last Resort
September 16 Bart Sutter – So Surprised to Find You Here: Poems
September 30 Peter Kero – Minescapes Reclaiming Minnesota’s Mined Lands
October 7 Jean E. Pendziwol and Todd Stewart Meet & Greet – Skating Wild on an Inland Sea at *11:00am-1:00pm
October 14 Jeremy Norton – Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response
October 20 Molly Beth Griffin and Meleck Davis Meet and Greet – Big Leaf at *11:00am-1:00pm
October 21 Polly Carlson Voiles and Consie Powell Meet and Greet – Star Party at *11:00am-1:00pm
December 2 Craig Blacklock – Lightwaves
December 9 Paul Bogard – End of Night
Find more details at https://drurylanebooks.indielite.org/author-talks
UPCOMING EVENTS
National Independent Booksellers Day
Saturday, April 29th
Live Music, Author Lorna Landvik
and Treats All Day
Full Moon Reading
Friday, May 5
7:00-9:00pm
WTIP Wins Six Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association Eric Sevareid Awards
Grand Marais, Minn., April 3, 2023 – WTIP North Shore Community Radio has received six awards in the small-market media category at the 2023 Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association Awards.
Following are the locally produced pieces acknowledged at the MBJA ceremony in Minneapolis on April 1:
Investigative Journalism – First Place: “WTIP and MN Dept of Health investigation finds no evidence for brain cancer cluster in Cook County,” written and produced by Joe Friedrichs
Series – First Place: “It Happens Here: The Roots of Racial Inequity on the North Shore,” written and produced by Staci Drouillard and co-hosted by Leah Lemm
Writing for Broadcast – First Place: “Notes from Reservation River – The Best Dog in the World,” written by Jess Koski and produced by Staci Drouillard
Soft Feature – First Place: “The Silence Family in a Sea of Green,” written and produced by Will Moore
Photo Journalism – Award of Merit: “Beyond the Canoe – Superior Swimmers,” video and audio by Matthew Baxley
Soft Feature – Award of Merit: “Steger’s Ice Ball sparks stories and celebration on the edge of the BWCA,” written and produced by Barbara Jean Meyers
The Eric Sevareid Awards are named for the North Dakota-born and University of Minnesota-educated journalist best known for his work as a correspondent for CBS Radio and Television. Each year, the MBJA presents awards to the best work done by broadcast news operations and journalists working in small, medium and large markets in our six-state region on radio, television and online. The distinguished panel of judges is made up of journalists and educators who live outside of Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Iowa and Nebraska to help ensure impartiality.
WTIP is an independent, community station that serves the North Shore of Lake Superior. To listen to the award-winning features and learn more about WTIP’s efforts, visit wtip.org.
