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May 2024
An event every week that begins at 5:00 pm on Monday, repeating until May 6, 2024
Foundations of Flash Fiction
An event every week that begins at 5:00 pm on Monday, repeating until May 6, 2024
Writer Katie Perttunen teaches writing within six weeks at Foundations of Flash Fiction. Perttunen has published two books, written for three newspapers and was the poetry editor for an online literary magazine. This class is best for ages 12 and older and is for both experienced and beginner writers. Participants will need to bring paper, writing implements and the book "Elements of Style".
Find out more »Intro to Journalism – Mother’s Day Event at SOLCA
The art of storytelling and listening for Mother's day is hosted by SOCLCA. Mothers and their tweens and teens are welcome to attend for a little writing workshop and will leave with a Mother's Day keepsake. Learn all about the who, what, when, where, how and why of each other's lives. Refreshments are provided.
Find out more »Finding Your Flash: How to Tell a Story in 500 Words or Less
Focus on the fundamental building blocks of storytelling at the Duluth Folk School. Look at genre and literary fiction to find your voice within. After examining examples, you will have a variety of prompts to craft your own personal narrative. After several rounds of revision and discussion, you will leave with a piece ready to pitch to the variety of literary magazines, both virtually and in print. Registration is required and can be done at duluthfolkschool.com
Find out more »Meet and Greet with Lisa M. Bolt Simons
Meet Lisa Bolt Simons who will be signing copies of, Boxed Out: A Choose Your Path Basketball Book at Zenith Bookstore. Interactive books for kids are more popular than ever. Create your own adventure with the Choose to Win book series — you're the main character and you make the choices. Lisa M. Bolt Simons has written 70 nonfiction and fiction children’s books. including five middle-grade Choose Your Path novels. She has twice received an honorable mention for the McKnight…
Find out more »Indigenous Writer Series: Gwen Westerman and Linda LeGarde Grover
The Indigenous Writer Series showcases local and regional Indigenous writers. Events include writer presentations, book readings, a Q&A session, book signings and refreshments. The McKnight Foundation and UMD Department of American Indian Studies sponsor the series. On May 18 novelist, Linda LeGarde Grover, and Dakota educator and writer, Gwen Westerman, will showcase their work.
Find out more »Indigenous Writer Series: Gwen Westerman and Linda LeGarde Grover
American Indian Community Housing Organization's (AICHO) Indigenous Writer Series continues with the next event featuring Minnesota Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman and Linda LeGarde Grover. In their session, Westerman and LeGarde Grover each talk about their books, read an excerpt, participate in a question and answers segment, and sign books. Parking for the event is free and is located in the parking lot across from the gallery.
Find out more »Emily August Poetry Reading sponsored by Lake Superior Writers
Lake Superior Writers hosts a reading of Emily August’s first published book of poetry, The Punishments Must Be a School. Emily is an Associate Professor of Literature at Stockton University. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets, her poems have appeared in Callaloo, Cimarron Review, Ninth Letter, Southern Humanities Review, and elsewhere. She divides her time between Duluth and Lake Superior’s North Shore and the Atlantic Ocean’s Jersey Shore. Here’s what Barnes & Noble has to say about…
Find out more »How the Birds Got Their Songs
Travis Zimmerman and Sam Zimmerman will present their new children's book, How The Birds Got Their Songs. The Great Spirit challenges all the birds to a contest and the gift of birdsong is born. This traditional story, told in both English and Ojibwe, explains bird behavior and where humans should go to hear the prettiest of birdsongs. This story handed down through author Travis Zimmerman's family, features traditional knowledge from the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Grand Portage…
Find out more »Finding Your Flash: How to tell a story in 500 words or less
This course we will focus on the fundamental building blocks of story by examining “story beats” in both literary classics and by reading flash fiction examples. After examining examples, participants will have a variety of prompts to craft a narrative or come ready with your own idea ready to edit. Students will leave with a piece ready to pitch to the variety of literary magazines, both virtually and in print.
Find out more »Story Time Book Signing with Staci Lola Drouillard
Staci Lola Drouillard is presenting a story-time and book-signing as she debuts her new children's book A Family Tree. Staci Lola Drouillard lives and works in her hometown of Kitchibitobig — Grand Marais. Her first book for adults, Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe, won the Hamlin Garland Prize in Popular History, the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for nonfiction and was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award.
Find out more »Finding Your View: How to Leverage Points of View
This course is intended for attendees to examine first, second and third-person points of view, as well as omniscient. Through reading examples of each, the group can gain a better understanding of what works, what doesn’t, and why. Through imagery and writing prompts, participants have an opportunity to tell the same story from a variety of viewpoints.
Find out more »Jun 2024
Book Signing with Cheri Johnson
Meet Cheri Johnson who will be at Zenith Bookstore signing copies of her new book Annika Rose. Johnson has won grants and residencies from organizations such as the McKnight Foundation, the Bush Foundation, Yaddo and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She studied writing at the University of Minnesota, Hollins University and Augsburg University.
Find out more »Jul 2024
Anton Treuer in conversation with Tashia Hart
The American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO) and Zenith Bookstore celebrate author Dr. Anton Treuer as he debuts his novel for young readers, Where Wolves Don't Die. Joining him in conversation at The Depot Theatre is Duluth author Tashia Hart. Dr. Treuer is Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University and author of many award-winning books. His professional work in education, history, Indigenous studies, and long service as an officiant at Ojibwe tribal ceremonies have made him a consummate storyteller…
Find out more »Aug 2024
Indigenous Writer’s Series: Marcie Rendon and Denise Sweet
The Indigenous Writer Series showcases local and regional Indigenous writers. Events include writer presentations, book readings, a Q&A session, book signings and refreshments. The McKnight Foundation and UMD Department of American Indian Studies sponsor the series. Aug. 8 features author Marcie Rendon and poet Denise Sweet.
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