Aug 2024
Book Signing: Will Weaver for Power & Light
Will Weaver visits Zenith Bookstore to sign copies of his newest novel, Power & Light, which was a finalist for the 2024 Minnesota Book Award in the novel/short story category. Kirkus Reviews called Power & Light, "A consuming work of great poetical depth and moral power ... a genuinely moving novel." The first of a two-book saga, the book follows the generational arc of a Norwegian immigrant family in the upper Midwest. About the Author: Will Weaver grew up on…
Find out more »Author Event: Kao Kalia Yang
Zenith Bookstore welcomes Minnesota's own Kao Kalia Yang to the store on August 15 at 7 p.m. with her new books Where Rivers Part: A Story of My Mother's Life and The Rock in My Throat. The acclaimed author discusses and reads from her new releases, followed by an audience Q&A and book-signing. Where Rivers Part tells the story of Kao Kalia Yang's mother Tswb. Born in 1961 in war-torn Laos, Tswb’s childhood was marked by the violence of America’s…
Find out more »Book Signing: Tony Dierckins for Twin Ports Trains
Duluth historian Tony Dierckins visits Zenith Bookstore to sign copies of his newest book, Twin Ports Trains: The Historic Railroads of Duluth & Superior. The book covers 150 years of local railroad history: from 1870, the first time the whistle of a Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad locomotive announced its arrival along St. Louis Bay, to the demise of passenger service in 1970 and fifty years beyond through the mergers that created today’s giants. Twin Ports Trains tells the stories…
Find out more »Book Signing: William Kent Krueger
Zenith Bookstore welcomes William Kent Krueger back to Duluth for a book-signing event promoting his new Cork O'Connor mystery thriller Spirit Crossing. A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the 20th book in the bestselling series from Krueger, referred to in the New York Times as “a master storyteller at the top of his game.” Krueger is the award-winning author of The River We Remember, This Tender Land, Ordinary Grace…
Find out more »Sep 2024
Bart Sutter
Sutter participates in a discussion and reads from his new collection of poetry Cotton Grass: New and Selected Poems of the North.
Find out more »Marcie R. Rendon Presents Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium
Rendon presents her new poetry collection Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium and converses with musician and cultural educator Lyz Jaakola.
Find out more »Juliana Brandt
Author and kindergarten teacher Brandt signs copies of her middle-grade horror novel Exit Nowhere.
Find out more »Sarah Seidelmann
Seidelmann signs copies of her new book Boundaries Make Love Possible. Attendees can enjoy cupcakes and prosecco, too.
Find out more »Marlene M. Johnson
Johnson, Minnesota's first female lieutenant governor, presents her new memoir Rise to the Challenge.
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