Category: Videos
Watch Sharon Kennedy’s appearance on U.P. Notable Book Club
Season 3: Episode 8–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Sharon Kennedy speaking about her book The SideRoad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County. The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List….
Q&A Session with Karen Dionne, author of The Wicked Sister
KAREN DIONNE’s award-winning novels set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness have been translated into dozens of languages and landed on bestseller lists around the world. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls The Wicked Sister “A devastating, magic realism–dusted psychological thriller… Dionne paints a haunting portrait of a family hurtling…
Phill Bellfy on U.P. Colony – The Story of Resource Exploitation in Upper Michigan
Season 3: Episode 3–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Phil Bellfy speaking about his book U.P. Colony. The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. Make sure to like and…
Recording of Joanna Walitalo’s “Woodburning: The First Five Years”
Season 3: Episode 2–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Joanna Walitalo speaking about her book Woodburning: The First Five Years. The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. Make sure…
Recording of Mikel Classen – author of Points North: Discover Hidden Campgrounds, Natural Wonders, and Waterways of the Upper Peninsula
Season 2: Episode 7–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Mikel B. Classen speaking about his book “Points North: Hidden Campgrounds, Natural Wonders, and Waterways of the Upper Peninsula” The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners…
Mikel Classen appearance on UP Notable Book Club
MIKEL B. CLASSEN has been writing and photographing northern Michigan in newspapers and magazines for over thirty-five years, creating feature articles about the life and culture of Michigan’s north country. A journalist, historian, photographer and author with a fascination of the world around him, he enjoys researching and writing about…
Episode 5 – Michael Carrier, author of Murder on Sugar Island / The Jack Handler Thriller series
UP Notable Book Club: 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 5th event is with U.P. author Michael Carrier whose Jack Handler thriller series has the brought modern…
Episode 4 – U.P. author James H. McCommons, author of Camera 📷 Hunter: George Shiras III and the Birth of Wildlife Photography
UP Notable Book Club: 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 fourth event is with U.P. author and NMU professor James H. McCommons featuring Camera Hunter, the first…
Episode 2 – Phil Bellfy – UP Notable Book Club
Phil Bellfy (Enrolled Member of the White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa) is a professor emeritus of American Indian studies at Michigan State University. He is also the author of Indians and Other Misnomers: A Cross-Reference Dictionary of the People, Persons, and Places of Native North America. You’ll be joined…
Watch Sharon Kennedy’s appearance on U.P. Notable Book Club

Season 3: Episode 8–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Sharon Kennedy speaking about her book The SideRoad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County. The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List….
Q&A Session with Karen Dionne, author of The Wicked Sister

KAREN DIONNE’s award-winning novels set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness have been translated into dozens of languages and landed on bestseller lists around the world. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls The Wicked Sister “A devastating, magic realism–dusted psychological thriller… Dionne paints a haunting portrait of a family hurtling…
Phill Bellfy on U.P. Colony – The Story of Resource Exploitation in Upper Michigan

Season 3: Episode 3–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Phil Bellfy speaking about his book U.P. Colony. The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. Make sure to like and…
Recording of Joanna Walitalo’s “Woodburning: The First Five Years”

Season 3: Episode 2–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Joanna Walitalo speaking about her book Woodburning: The First Five Years. The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. Make sure…
Recording of Mikel Classen – author of Points North: Discover Hidden Campgrounds, Natural Wonders, and Waterways of the Upper Peninsula

Season 2: Episode 7–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Mikel B. Classen speaking about his book “Points North: Hidden Campgrounds, Natural Wonders, and Waterways of the Upper Peninsula” The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners…
Mikel Classen appearance on UP Notable Book Club

MIKEL B. CLASSEN has been writing and photographing northern Michigan in newspapers and magazines for over thirty-five years, creating feature articles about the life and culture of Michigan’s north country. A journalist, historian, photographer and author with a fascination of the world around him, he enjoys researching and writing about…
Episode 5 – Michael Carrier, author of Murder on Sugar Island / The Jack Handler Thriller series

UP Notable Book Club: 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 5th event is with U.P. author Michael Carrier whose Jack Handler thriller series has the brought modern…
Episode 4 – U.P. author James H. McCommons, author of Camera 📷 Hunter: George Shiras III and the Birth of Wildlife Photography

UP Notable Book Club: 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 fourth event is with U.P. author and NMU professor James H. McCommons featuring Camera Hunter, the first…
Episode 2 – Phil Bellfy – UP Notable Book Club

Phil Bellfy (Enrolled Member of the White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa) is a professor emeritus of American Indian studies at Michigan State University. He is also the author of Indians and Other Misnomers: A Cross-Reference Dictionary of the People, Persons, and Places of Native North America. You’ll be joined…