Oct 2021
Moheb Soliman
Spirit Lake Poetry Series co-hosts with Zenith Bookstore the poet Moheb Soliman, reading from his collection, Homes, which is focused on his travels and encounters around all the Great Lakes. Outdoor reading in the Zenith Bookstore parking lot. Masks required under tent and indoors. Dress for the weather and feel free to bring a chair. After Moheb's reading, there will be an open mic, featuring local poets and poems connected to Lake Superior and the region.
Find out more »Ryan Vine Book Launch
Duluth poet Ryan Vine presents his newest collection, Ward, published by the Texas Review Press Chapbook Series. Vine will read from and discuss his work. Signed copies will be available. The Rumpus, in a review of Vine’s work, labeled him “a raconteur,” and his superior story-telling skills are on full display in Ward. Vine is the author of two award-winning collections of poems, Distant Engines and To Keep Him Hidden. He is professor of English at the College of St.…
Find out more »Nov 2021
Book Signing with Ryan Rodgers, Mark Munger and Chris Monroe
Zenith Bookstore is hosting local authors with new books for signing events throughout November and December. The Nov. 20 event features Ryan Rodgers, Mark Munger and Chris Monroe. 1 to 2 p.m. - Ryan Rodgers' new book Winter's Children: A Celebration of Nordic Skiing tells the story of Nordic skiing in the Midwest — its origins and history, its star athletes and races, and its place in the region’s social fabric and the nation’s winter recreation. Rodgers is a freelance…
Find out more »Local Authors Meet & Greet
Zenith Bookstore hosts local authors with new books for signing events throughout the holidays. On Small Business Saturday – the Saturday after Thanksgiving – the authors are Sarah Bamford Seidelmann, Tashia Hart and Marcie Rendon. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Duluth author Sarah Bamford Seidelmann is a fourth-generation physician turned shamanic healer and life coach who deeply enjoys shenanigans. She loves to help others find their own "feel good" so they can live courageously and enthusiastically. Her new book…
Find out more »Feb 2022
Zenith Bookstore Unveils Children’s Art Mural
Zenith Bookstore unveils a new addition to the store’s children section: a beautiful mural painting with magical animals and book-themed scenes created by Duluth artist Annmarie Geniusz. The artist will be in the store from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to describe the mural, explain the process of creating it, answer questions and highlight the unique images in the drawing.
Find out more »Apr 2022
Connie Wanek Presents “Marshmallow Clouds”
Zenith Bookstore welcomes Connie Wanek for a live, in-store event to present Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of Speech. Wanek will be in conversation with former Duluth Poet Laureate Ellie Schoenfeld. Marshmallow Clouds is the newest collaboration between Wanek and Ted Kooser, former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, along with illustrator Richard Jones. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required to attend this event, as is the wearing of face masks over nose and mouth for…
Find out more »Author Meet-and-Greets on Independent Bookstore Day
Independent Bookstore Day festivities at Zenith Bookstore include giveaways, special deals, Zenith cupcakes, and more. Two favorite Duluth authors will be in the store for a meet-and-greet and book signing of their latest works. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Emily Vikre, co-owner of Vikre Distillery, is the author of the new Family Camp Cookbook, a book for everyone who enjoys cooking and eating outdoors. Whether you need to learn how to pack your first cooler or you’re looking for…
Find out more »May 2022
Stephanie Pearson Presents 100 Great American Parks
Zenith Bookstore hosts Duluth author and journalist Stephanie Pearson, who will discuss her new book 100 Great American Parks. Her book is an illustrated collection of the nation’s most breathtaking natural landscapes, published by National Geographic. Filled with beautiful photography, wisdom from experts, need-to-know travel information including the best scenic overlooks and hiking trails, and practical wildlife-spotting tips, this collection takes readers to all 63 national parks, as well as 37 state, recreational, and city parks and green spaces. Pearson…
Find out more »Margi Preus Book Signing for “Lily Leads the Way”
Best-selling author Margi Preus will be signing copies of her new children's book Lily Leads the Way, a story of a little sailboat that has a big burst of determination when a fleet of tall ships needs assistance. Zenith Bookstore continues to require that masks be worn in the store.
Find out more »Jun 2022
John Teschner Presents Project Namahana
Zenith Bookstore hosts this in-store author event with John Teschner, who will present his debut novel Project Namahana. Project Namahana takes readers from Midwestern, glass-walled, corporate offices over the Pacific and across the island of Kauai; from seemingly idyllic beaches and mountainous inland jungles to the face of Mount Namahana; all the while, exploring the question of how corporate executives could be responsible for evil things without, presumably, being evil themselves. John Teschner was born in Rhode Island and grew…
Find out more »Staci Lola Drouillard Presents Seven Aunts
Zenith Bookstore hosts this author event with Staci Lola Drouillard, who will present her new book Seven Aunts. Drouillard, a descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Anishinaabe, is the author of Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe, which won the Northeast Minnesota Book Award for nonfiction. Proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required to attend this event, as is the wearing of face masks over nose and mouth. Seven…
Find out more »Jul 2022
Zenith Bookstore 5th Anniversary Party
Zenith Bookstore turns 5 years old on July 1. The anniversary event in the parking lot features Zenith Wheel of Fortune, live music, chalk art, a selfie station, the Rambler food truck, raffles and giveaways. Activities include: • The Rambler Food Truck • Chalk Art with Annmarie Geniusz • Prize Wheel • Music from Woodblind, Dan the Monkey Man and DJ Pete Cich • Bookish Yoga with Emily Barsness (4 to 5 p.m.) • Free Zenith cupcakes • Free Zenith…
Find out more »Sep 2022
William Kent Krueger Presents Fox Creek
William Kent Krueger will be at Zenith Bookstore for a live, in-person talk to present Fox Creek, the newest mystery in the Cork O'Connor mystery series. Because of increasing interest, this event will be held outside, in the Zenith parking lot. Food and drink will be available from the Wussow's Concert Cafe take-out window. Attendees are invited to bring lawn chairs. Since the event is outside, there is no vaccination requirement. Masking is encouraged, and will be required on the…
Find out more »The Ski Jumpers: Peter Geye in Conversation with Linda LeGarde Grover
Zenith Bookstore hosts Peter Geye in conversation with Linda LeGarde Grover, presenting his new novel The Ski Jumpers. Geye is author of the award-winning novels Safe from the Sea, The Lighthouse Road, Wintering (winner of the Minnesota Book Award) and Northernmost. He teaches the year-long Novel Writing Project at the Loft Literary Center. Born and raised in Minneapolis, he lives there with his family. LeGarde Grover is professor of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a…
Find out more »Book Launch: Margi Preus Presents Windswept
Duluth children's author Margi Preus's lauunches her newest book, Windswept, a gripping middle-grade fantasy about a girl who must save the children of her world from being “windswept." Preus is a New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Honor Book Heart of a Samurai and other notable books for young readers, including West of the Moon, Shadow on the Mountain and Village of Scoundrels. She lives in Duluth, land of snow squalls and cardamom buns. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination…
Find out more »Book Singing Meet & Greet with Stephanie Hansen and Kurt Johnson
Meet the authors of two new books about the north woods -- Stephanie Hansen and Kurt Johnson. Hansen's True North Cabin Cookbook celebrates life in the northland with seasonal foods and cherished stories, as recipes and personal recollections transport readers to a lakeside cabin in the north woods. Hansen is a food writer and blogger. From chatting about local dining on FM 107.1's Weekly Dish to sharing recipes on The Jason Show to highlighting local entrepreneurs and craftspeople through the…
Find out more »Oct 2022
Book Launch: Alice Marks for RV Murder
Join with Duluth author Alice Marks to celebrate the launch of her new book RV Murder, the third book in her Corpus Christi Mysteries series, after Missing and Breaks. Proof of Covid vaccination and masking are required to attend this in-store, live event. Alice Marks has lived in Duluth for more than six years, after an eight-year stay in Port Aransas, Texas, near Corpus Christi. All of her books take place in Corpus Christi. Besides these novels, Marks’ short stories…
Find out more »Book Signing: Jeffrey M. Sauve for Murder at Minnesota Point
Meet and greet Minnesota author Jeffrey M. Sauve at Zenith Bookstore. In his new book Murder at Minnesota Point, Sauve, a Northfield-based historian and writer, tells the true-crime narrative of a two-year nationwide manhunt for a woman's murder in the late 19th century on the isolated sandy shores of Minnesota Point in Duluth. Murder at Minnesota Point is the result of the author’s 10-year study that traces the villain’s descent into ruin. Jeffrey M. Sauve has been featured in the…
Find out more »Book Signing: Marcie Rendon for Sinister Graves
Marice R. Rendon will be at Zenith Bookstore to sign copies of her new book Sinister Graves. Set in 1970s Minnesota on the White Earth Reservation, Pinckley Prize–winner Rendon’s new mystery follows Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman, as she attempts to discover the truth about the disappearances of Native girls and their newborns. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, a Pinckley Prize-winning author, playwright, poet, freelance writer and a community arts activist. She was awarded…
Find out more »Book Reading and Tarot Workshop
Zenith Bookstore presents this Tarot-infused event with authors Cassandra Snow and Siri Vincent Plouff, together with local witch Carolyn Kerns. Snow and Plouff will present their new book Lessons From the Empress: A Tarot Workbook for Self-Care and Creative Growth. They will then be joined with Kerns to lead a tarot workshop. Lessons from the Empress is a tarot workbook that is all about finding a method of self expression. This workshop is a gateway not only for learning the…
Find out more »Lessons from the Empress: Tarot 101
Tarot readers and authors Cassandra Snow and Siri Vincent Plouff join local witch Carolyn Kerns for a tarot-filled evening. Learn more about how to choose a deck, meanings of the cards, and how tarot can be a practice in daily life. Snow and Plouff are also promoting and signing their new book, Lessons from the Empress: A Tarot Workbook for Self-Care and Creative Growth.
Find out more »Nov 2022
Meet & Greet: Brian Freeman
Best-selling author Brian Freeman signs copies of his new thriller The Zero Night during this meet-and-greet event. Book synopsis: Duluth homicide detective Jonathan Stride is back! After nearly dying of a gunshot wound, Jonathan Stride has been on leave from the Duluth Police for more than a year. When his partner, Maggie Bei, gets called about a suspicious abduction involving a local lawyer, she tells Stride it’s time for him to come back. A woman has been kidnapped. Now Stride…
Find out more »Book Signing: Jennifer Walters
Author Jennifer Walters visits Zenith Bookstore with her latest title The Memories We Keep for a book signing. The Memories We Keep is a journey of "self-discovery and taking chances." Author Bio: Walters is the author of the love story saga The Fredrickson’s Series. She writes women’s fiction and romance. She is also a triathlete and swims the lakes of Minnesota for training, bikes the Mesabi Trail and Redhead, and runs throughout the streets of Hibbing and Side Lake. She…
Find out more »Marie Zhuikov Presents Meander North
Duluth author Marie Zhuikov launches her new book Meander North during this event at Zenith Bookstore. The essays in this book were collected over nine years on Zhuikov’s “Marie’s Meanderings” blog. The quirky essays are arranged by season, and cover a wide range of ourdoorsy and community-based reflections, from an insider’s view of Duluth’s Christmas City of the North Parade to a spring cleaning trip to the local dump and a description of a lawnmower road race. One piece depicts…
Find out more »Small Business Saturday at Zenith Bookstore
Small Business Saturday at Zenith Bookstore features hot cocoa, giveaways and author guests throughout the day. Ten percent of sales -- in-store and online -- will be donated to the American Indian Community Housing Organization to support the Dabinoo'lgan domestic violence shelter.
Find out more »Meet the Authors: Sam Zimmerman, Tony Dierckins and Emily Kilgore
On Small Business Saturday, Zenith Bookstore hosts three local authors who will sign copies of their most recent books. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Sam Zimmerman, artist and author of Following My Spirit Home, a book of art and stories in English and Ojibwemowin, published by Duluth-based Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing. 1 to 3 p.m. - Tony Dierckins, author, along with the late Mary C. Norton, of Duluth's Grand Old Architecture 1870-1940. Discover Duluth's celebrated architecture in more…
Find out more »Dec 2022
Book Signing: Chef Jillian Forte
Chef Jillian Forte of At Sara's Table Chester Creek Café will be signing copies of her new At Sara's Table Chester Creek Café 20th Anniversary Cookbook. For 20 years, At Sara's Table Chester Creek Café owners Barb Neubert and Carla Blumberg have provided a welcoming space and championed diversity, sustainability and local farms to create delicious comfort food with a twist. This cookbook is loaded with recipes culled from two decades of café favorites. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, soups, salads,…
Find out more »Book Signing: Bruce Berglund
Bruce Berglund will sign copies of his recent book The Fastest Game in the World. This global history of a global sport draws upon research conducted around the world in a variety of languages. From Canadian prairies to Swiss mountain resorts, Soviet housing blocks to American suburbs, Berglund takes readers on an international tour, weaving in hockey’s local, national and international trends. Berglund was born in West Duluth (not far from the bookstore) and is a graduate of Denfeld High…
Find out more »Zenith Book Signing: Paul Radomski
Are you a walleye fan? Whether you are a fishing enthusiast, a diner, or have an interest in lake ecology, you will enjoy meeting Paul Radomski, who will be at Zenith Bookstore signing copies of his new book Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark. In his book, Radomski unspools the mysteries of this fascinating fish and looks at walleye from every angle. People who view walleye as the “lion of the lakes” might be surprised to learn that rivers…
Find out more »The Wolf’s Trail Book Signing with Thomas D. Peacock
Meet Author Thomas D. Peacock, who will be at Zenith Bookstore to sign copies of "The Wolf's Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told By Wolves" from Holy Cow! Press. The book has been picked as the 2023 One Book Northland community read. Zhi-shay, elder wolf and human, shares universal life lessons with a litter of wolf pups in this engaging story rooted in Ojibwe history and culture. “At times moving, at others amusing, and always informative, Thomas Peacock’s The Wolf’s Trail…
Find out more »Jan 2023
Rachael Hanel Presents Not the Camilla We Knew
Minnesota author Rachael Hanel will present a reading and discussion of her new book "Not the Camilla We Knew: One Woman's Path from Small-Town America to the Symbionese Liberation Army" from the University of Minnesota Press. Hanel tells the story of Camilla Hall, a pastor’s daughter from small-town Minnesota who eventually joined the ranks of the notorious Symbionese Liberation Army before dying in a shootout with Los Angeles Police in May of 1974. The SLA rose to international notoriety in…
Find out more »Feb 2023
Book Signing with Laura Erickson
Laura Erickson is the author of the recent "100 Plants to Feed the Birds: Turn Your Home Garden into a Healthy Bird Habitat." Laura will be at Zenith Bookstore signing books on Saturday, Feb. 11, 12 - 2 p.m. “The best book I've seen on planting to attract birds. Packed with useful information and beautiful photos, written in a lively and accessible style, it's an essential reference for anyone who wants to improve an outdoor space anywhere in North America.”…
Find out more »Mar 2023
Book Launch: Julie Gard’s “I Think I Know You”
Zenith Bookstore hosts a book launch for Duluth poet Julie Gard's new collection I Think I Know You. Gard will read and discuss her new book, and answer questions. Refreshments will be served. In I Think I Know You, Gard explores "the ways we struggle to understand each other’s hearts and histories, along with our own." The prose poems speak of "deep connection and tragicomic gaps in understanding, as life’s pedantic, transcendent rhythms are mined for revealing moments and messages."…
Find out more »Apr 2023
Catherine Wright
Duluth author Catherine Wright presents her book Have a Beauty Day: One Woman's Winding Path to Healing Generational Trauma.
Find out more »Independent Bookstore Day 2023
Zenith Bookstore is celebrating Independent Bookstore Day with exclusive merch, free hot cocoa and cookies, and an Advance Reader Copy giveaway of books. Zenith will be donating 10 percent of all sales that day — in store and online — to the Building For Women in Duluth for repairs. Three local authors will be signing books: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Stuart Getty for How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity…
Find out more »Independent Bookstore Day Book Signing: Stuart Getty
Meet author Stuart Getty who is a genderqueer writer and filmmaker who recently moved from sunny Oakland, California to snowy Duluth. Getty will be signing copies of their book, How To They/Them: A Visual Guide To Nonbinary Pronouns And The World of Gender Fluidity . Their book is a guide to gender nonconformity and that there is more to that than just bathrooms and pronouns — this is about gender expression and the freedom to choose how to identify. For…
Find out more »Independent Bookstore Day Book Signing: Timothy Cochrane
Author Timothy Cochrane will be holding a meet and greet and a signing for his new book, Making the Carry: The Lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater. Making the Carry is an extraordinarily illustrated biography of a Métis man and Anishinaabe woman navigating great changes in their homeland along the U.S.–Canada border in the early twentieth century. For more information or to buy Cochrane's book, visit Zenith Bookstore's website.
Find out more »Independent Bookstore Day Book Signing: Sheila Packa
Sheila Packa is a poet and writer living in Duluth, Minnesota. She served as Duluth's Poet Laureate in 2010-2012 and has taught creative writing and composition at Lake Superior College. She will be signing copies of her newest poetry collection, Surface Displacements. For her new book, this poet travels through mine pits and waterways vulnerable to environmental contamination and climate change in Minnesota, where the Northern Continental Divide crosses the Laurentian Divide and creates three watersheds that flow into the…
Find out more »May 2023
Lynette Reini-Grandell
Reini-Grandell will read from and discuss her new memoir Wild Things: A Trans-Glam-Punk-Rock Love Story, which tells the story of her relationship with Venus de Mars of All the Pretty Horses and the many challenges they faced together.
Find out more »Chris Monroe: Book Launch and Story Time
Duluth children's author Chris Monroe returns to Zenith Bookstore for the launch of her new children's book "Sasquatch and Squirrel" on Saturday morning, May 6. Strawberry the Sasquatch lives alone deep in the forest. Most animals are afraid of her, but she doesn't mind. She's happy doing all the alone things a sasquatch does—things like hiking and foraging as well as dance moves and logger pranks. Then one day, an extremely friendly squirrel named Nutty shows up. After a series…
Find out more »Rudi Hargesheimer Book Signing
Attendees can meet and greet the author and photographer of The Superior Hiking Trail Story: The Trek Continues. Hargesheimer is a longtime North Shore enthusiast who discovered the new Superior Hiking Trail in 1986 and was a Superior Hiking Trail Association volunteer boardmember, serving 12 years -- six of those as President.
Find out more »Authors’ Event: To Be Free: Understanding and Eliminating Racism
Join the authors of the recently released To Be Free: Understanding and Eliminating Racism (Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing). This new, updated book about racism, seen from an Indigenous perspective, is written for middle school age through adult readers. Nine chapters cover many aspects of race and racism throughout history up to current times. Each chapter offers ways of learning about racism and combating it using multiple examples and classroom exercises. The book includes the “I Have a Dream” speech…
Find out more »Book Signing: Men Over 60 Don’t Quit Now!
Internist, father, grandfather, athlete and author Dr. Peter J. Dorsen will sign copies of Men Over 60: Don’t Quit Now! In his book, Dorsen enthusiastically approaches and advises readers on techniques to deal with issues related to physical, cognitive, retirement, spiritual, societal self-value, vulnerability, illnesses, sex and losses at the latter crossroad of a man’s life past 60. Men Over 60 prescribes holistically preventative measures – strength and flexibility tactics – as well as nuts and bolts nutritional advice. Dr.…
Find out more »Jun 2023
Animal Story Time
Sarah Glesner of Sacred Serpents reads from Verdi by Janell Cannon, and kids can check out a real live snake.
Find out more »Book Signing: 100 Things to Do in Minnesota Before You Die
Author Julie Jo Larson will sign copies of her new book, 100 Things to Do in Minnesota Before You Die at Zenith Bookstore. In the land where Paul Bunyan statues are big and Bigfoot tales are even bigger, the Jolly Green Giant overlooks the North Star State of Minnesota. Larson's book will help navigate from Grand Portage on our northern border to Winona in the south while enticing everyone to try new outdoor activities, eat unusual foods, and sip flavorful…
Find out more »Meet & Greet: Superior Hiking Trail Association
June 3 is National Trails Day. Lisa Luokkala, executive director of the Superior Hiking Trail Association will show off the organization's publications and answer questions. The store will have copies of the latest printing of the Superior Hiking Trail Guidebook (9th edition), which includes some small additions, as well as the Trail Databook (1st edition) and Trail Atlas. Lisa Luokkala joined SHTA in 2020, after serving as Senior Parks Planner for the City of Duluth since 2015, where she led…
Find out more »Jul 2023
Book Signing: Robert Silbernagel for The Cadottes
Author Robert Silbernagel will sign copies of his book The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior (Wisconsin Historical Society Press). The Great Lakes fur trade spanned two centuries and thousands of miles, but the story of one particular family, the Cadottes, illuminates the history of trade and trapping while exploring under-researched stories of French-Ojibwe political, social, and economic relations. Multiple generations of Cadottes were involved in the trade, usually working as interpreters and peacemakers, as the region passed…
Find out more »Mural Dedication and Celebration
A community dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for Zenith Bookstore's new mural, created by Duluth artist Jonathan Thunder. The West Duluth celebration includes hors d'oeuvres and desserts catered by Mid Coast Catering. Thunder is an award-winning artist with work featured in many state, regional, and national exhibitions, is known for his surreal paintings, digitally animated films, and installations which emphasize personal experience and social commentary. An enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe, he makes his home and studio…
Find out more »Author Event: Sophie Labelle
Zenith Bookstore welcomes Sophie Labelle to Duluth. Labelle is a neurodivergent trans cartoonist and novelist from Montréal, in French Canada. She is the author of the webcomic Assigned Male, which has been running since 2014, and the Ciel novel series. Labelle will speak about her art and activism, her artistic process, comic-making, community building and empowerment through art. She will answer questions from the audience and sign books at the end.
Find out more »Aug 2023
Bookstore Romance Day
"Love is in the air," and Bookstore Romance Day is coming. The Day is a celebration of Romance fiction – its writers and readers – that takes place in independent bookstores on the third Saturday in August. Zenith Bookstore hosts Duluth indigenous author Tashia Hart who presents her new romance novel Native Love Jams. Hart will be signing books at the store from 1-3 p.m. Native Love Jams is a debut work of contemporary romance by Tashia Hart, author of…
Find out more »Sep 2023
Book Signing: Dessa
Singer, rapper, author and poet, Dessa sign copies of her recent poetry collection Tits on the Moon at Zenith Bookstore and perform a concert at the West Theatre later that evening. The book features a dozen “stage poems,” many of which Dessa performs at her legendary live shows. They’re funny, weird and occasionally bittersweet. The collection opens with a short essay on craft (and the importance of having a spare poem around for when the power goes out). The book…
Find out more »Book Launch: Carol Dunbar Presents A Winter’s Rime
Zenith Bookstore celebrates the launch of Carol Dunbar's new novel A Winter's Rime. A Winter's Rime, from the author of the critically acclaimed The Net Beneath Us, is a harrowing and emotional novel set in rural Wisconsin, which explores the impact of generational trauma, and one woman's journey to find peace and healing from the violence of her past. “A poignant, beautifully written, and deeply felt exploration of human trauma. Like the icy coating of the novel’s title, Dunbar’s story…
Find out more »Book Launch: Blood in the Tracks
Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik will join Zenith Bookstore for the Duluth launch of their new book Blood in the Tracks: The Minnesota Musicians behind Dylan's Masterpiece. Blood in the Tracks tells the story of two nights in Minneapolis when six Minnesota musicians participated in a recording session with Bob Dylan as he re-recorded five songs on Blood on the Tracks, bringing their unique sound to some of Dylan’s best-known songs, only to have their names left off the album…
Find out more »Animal Story Time
With Sarah Glesner of Sacred Serpents. Kids can see a live lizard during this free family event.
Find out more »Oct 2023
Book Launch: John Teschner’s Valley of Refuge
Duluth author John Teschner presents his new adventure Valley of Refuge. In this high-stakes, character-driven thriller, a Hawaiian family must decide the future of its ancestral land when a tech billionaire decides he wants it for himself, and won't take no for an answer.
Find out more »Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl Presents “The Essential Dear Dara”
Zenith Bookstore presents Minneapolis food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, who will discuss and read from her new book The Essential Dear Dara: Writings on Local Characters and Memorable Places. For 25 years, Moskowitz Grumdahl has been a fixture of Twin Cities life, telling the stories of local people, places and (sometimes delicious) things. Her book revisits stories from the past 25 years, including columns, profiles and restaurant reviews from City Pages, Minnesota Monthly, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Gourmet, and Saveur. Each piece…
Find out more »Book Launch: Dianna Hunter’s Clouded Waters
Zenith Bookstore celebrates Dianna Hunter's new novel Clouded Waters (Holy Cow! Press). The book launch will include a reading, discussion and book signing, with music by Duluth singer and guitarist Terrol Cousineau, crushing-it stylist on the bluesy, soulful and sometimes Western sides of R&B. Clouded Waters tells the story of water defenders and pro-mining forces clashing in the far north of Minnesota, where the publisher of a struggling newspaper unearths a corrupt conspiracy.
Find out more »Nov 2023
Authors Meet-and-Greet on Small Business Saturday
On Small Business Saturday, Zenith Bookstore will host local authors, Marcie R. Rendon (11 a.m.- 1 p.m.), Mary T. Smith (1 p.m.- 3 p.m.) and Larry Weber (3 p.m.- 5 p.m.), who will all be signing copies of their most recent books. For more information on each author and their books, visit zenithbookstore.com.
Find out more »Dec 2023
Joshua Moehling, Mindy Mejia and Jess Morgan
Zenith Bookstore hosts three Minnesota authors with new books for dual meet-and-greets and book-signings. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Joshua Moehling has been called "one of the best new voices in the mystery genre." His new thriller Where The Dead Sleep follows his debut bestseller And There He Kept Her. 1-3 p.m.: Mindy Mejia is the author of Leave No Trace, Strike Me Down, and Everything You Want Me to Be. She is a CPA, a graduate of the Hamline University MFA…
Find out more »Book Signing: Lydia ‘Nibs’ Noble for 365 Lessons
Join local author Lydia 'Nibs' Noble as she signs her debut graphic memoir 365 Lessons: A Year in Early Recovery. The book follows her journey through grief and addiction issues. Her anthology of introspective comics blends with nonfiction substance abuse topics such as Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS), and bringing awareness to the Fentanyl crisis. In her graphic novel, we follow Noble as she hits the milestones to get to 365 days of sobriety.
Find out more »Book Signing: Travis Novitsky for Spirits Dancing
Minnesota photographer and author Travis Novitsky will be signing copies of Spirits Dancing: The Night Sky, Indigenous Knowledge, and Living Connection in the Cosmos at Zenith Bookstore. For millennia, humans have marveled at the night sky: the wonder of the aurora, the glory of the Milky Way, and the peace that comes with stargazing. In this book, Novitsky’s photographs portray these marvels, while co-author astrophysicist Annette S. Lee discusses how Western science and Indigenous knowledge can work together to provide…
Find out more »Jan 2024
Animal Story Time
Join Sarah Glesner of Sacred Serpents for a family-friendly fun event. Participants can meet a live snake.
Find out more »Author Event: Sue Leaf Presents Impermanence
Zenith Bookstore hosts this in-store author event with Sue Leaf presenting her new book Impermanence: Life and Loss in Superior's South Shore. Impermanence is a journey through the South Shore’s story, from the early days of the Anishinaabe and fur traders through the heyday of commercial fishing, lumber camps, and copper mining on the Keweenaw Peninsula to the awakening of the northland to the perils and consequences of plundering its natural splendor. Noting the geological, ecological and cultural features of…
Find out more »Feb 2024
Maria Bamford Book Signing
Zenith Bookstore is thrilled to host Duluth's own Maria Bamford for a meet-and-greet and book signing of her best-selling memoir Sure, I'll Join Your Cult. Singular and inimitable, Bamford’s memoir explores what it means to keep going, and to be a member of society despite not being very good at it. In turn, she hopes to transform isolating experiences into comedy that will make you feel less alone.
Find out more »Cary J. Griffith Presents Gunflint Falling
Cary J. Griffith discusses his new book, Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters, published with the University of Minnesota Press. Award-winning author Cary J. Griffith grew up among the woods, fields and emerald waters of Eastern Iowa. His childhood fostered a lifelong love of wild places. He earned a B.A. in English from the University of Iowa and an M.A. in library science from the University of Minnesota. His books explore the natural world. In nonfiction, he covers the…
Find out more »Mar 2024
Book Signing: John McLoughlin for The Irish Pagan Book of Rites
Local author, John Michael McLoughlin is visiting the Zenith Bookstore to sign his new book, Pagan Portals - The Irish Pagan Book of Rites: Rituals and Prayers for Daily Life and Festivals
Find out more »Jayson Iwen Book Signing
Author Jayson Iwen is visiting the Zenith Bookstore to sign copies of his new book, You Contain Multitudes – Tackling Unconscious Bias Using Poetry, Creative Writing, and Psychology, Iwen's poetry, prose and translations have appeared in numerous journals and his work has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize several times.
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