Announcing the U.P. Notable Book Club!
Read Books—Zoom with Authors—Get Educated and Entranced with/by Michigan’s beautiful Upper Peninsula
Do you love to read? Do you love the raw, untamed, beautiful U.P? Do you feel like winter is closing in and you want to spend time with interesting people? Then here is just the thing for you—Join the U.P. Notable Books Book Club!
Here is how. There are ten books on the 7th Annual U.P. Notable Books List. Nine of the authors have agreed to do a Zoom talk with readers like yourself about their book. Buy these nine books, or check them out from your local library. (If you are buying your books, please consider supporting your local, independent booksellers). Then meet with the author and other readers monthly to discuss the book.
HOW TO JOIN: Please contact Evelyn Gathu in advance by email: egathu@crystalfallslibrary.org or by phone (906) 875-3344. You can also join by using the “Sign up for UP Notable Books Book Club” form on the sidebar of this page and hit “Subscribe”.
We recommend you borrow a copy of these books from your local library or purchase from your local bookseller in advance to get the most out of these events.
The 7th Wave / 2026 schedule
| Book Title | Author or Group Discussion? | Calendar date |
|---|---|---|
| Garden Sleeping, Garden Growing: In and Around All Year Long | Diana Magnuson |
January 29, 2026
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| The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: 50th Anniv. Ed. |
Frederick Stonehouse
|
February 12, 2026
|
| Rescuing Crash, The Good Dog |
Sue Harrison
|
March 12, 2026
|
| Vigil: Poems |
Ellen Lord
|
April 9 2026
|
| Living on Sisu: The 1913 Union Copper Strike Tragedy |
Deborah K. Frontiera
|
May 14, 2026
|
| Wild Blueberry Summer: More Upper Michigan Moments and Memories |
Jon C. Stott
|
June 11, 2026
|
| Straw Horse: A Kat Wilde U.P. Mystery |
Terri Martin
|
July 9, 2026
|
| Piracy on the Great Lakes: True Tales of Freshwater Pirates |
Mikel B. Classen
|
August 13, 2026
|
| Enduring Legacies: People of the 1926 Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster |
Mary V. Tippett
|
September 10, 2026
|
| Superior Stories |
Helen Raica-Klotz
|
October 8, 2026 |
| The Caving Grounds: Poems |
Kathleen M. Heideman
|
November 12, 2026 |
| The Mysteries of Marquette: A Novel | Tyler R. Tichealaar | December 10, 2026 |
Tyler R. Tichelaar, Sue Harrison, Jon C. Stott