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S5: E4 – Rod Sadler and The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer

ROD SADLER worked as a police officer in Mid-Michigan for thirty years, retiring in 2012. He began researching his first book after discovering the story of a brutal 1897 murder in Williamston, Michigan, a town where he had spent his childhood. His great-grandfather served as the sheriff at the time…
S5: E3: Yooper Ale Trails: Craft Breweries & Brewpubs of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula | Jon C Stott

UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Jon C. Stott about Yooper Ale Trails 🍺 Craft Breweries and Brewpubs of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Check us out on 30 Best Michigan Art Podcasts UP Notable Book Club: The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers…
Tyler Tichelaar and “Odin’s Eye: A Marquette Time Travel Novel”

TYLER R. TICHELAAR has a Ph.D. in Literature from Western Michigan University and Bachelor and Master’s Degrees in English from Northern Michigan University. He is the owner of Marquette Fiction, his own publishing company; Superior Book Productions, a professional editing, proofreading, book layout, and website design and maintenance service; and…
Matthew Hellman and “The Biting Cold” on U.P. Notable Book Club
Jennifer McGraw and The Unsolved Mysteries of Father Marquette’s Many Graves

JENNIFER MCGRAW writes non-fiction history focusing on the 1600s and the Michilimackinac region. Her latest book, The Unsolved Mysteries of Father Marquette’s Many Graves, discusses his time in the Great Lakes area, his life at Sault Sainte Marie and Saint Ignace, his trip down the Mississippi, and his death. It…
2024 U.P. Notable Books List honors the year’s best U.P. authors and their books

MARQUETTE, MI (January 2nd, 2024)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) announces the 5th Annual U.P. Notable Books List this week. UPPAA Notable Books chairman Mikel Classen (Sault Ste. Marie) initiated the effort in 2019 as a response to the lack of representation of U.P. writers in other…
U.P. Notable Book Club presents Shipwrecked and Rescued with Larry Jorgensen

 “Shipwrecked and Rescued” a tale of bravery in the U.P.’s worst weather LARRY JORGENSEN first became fascinated with Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and its unique history while writing and reporting for television news in Green Bay. However, his journey into that world of news had begun much earlier in northern Wisconsin…
U.P. Notable Books Club presents a Q&A with Marquette Poets Circle

 (Clockwise from left: Marty Achatz, Lisa Fosmo, Beverly Matherne, Milton J. Bates) MARTY ACHATZ lives in Ishpeming, Michigan, with his wife and children. He has taught for NMU’s English Department since 1998. He holds a Master’s Degree in Fiction and an MFA in Poetry. His work has appeared in many…
UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Ann Dallman about “Cady and the Birchbark Box”

UP Notable Book Club:Â the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. The 30th event is with Ann Dallman featuring Cady and the Birchbark Box — the 2nd installment in…