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normal;text-align: left;"><em>U.P. Notable Books </em>Program
Honored by State and Regional Library Systems<em> </em></h3>
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100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size:
16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;">The U.P. Notable Books
initiative from the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors
Association (UPPAA) has received two important recognitions in the
past month. The Upper Peninsula Region of Library Cooperation
(UPRLC) awarded the <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=434ca83857&e=2efc3cf0fe"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">U.P. Notable Books Club</a>
the distinction “Program of the Year” at its annual conference,
which was held virtually on September 28th, 2021.</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size:
16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;">The second distinction
awarded to the initiative is its inclusion on the Great Lakes
Digital Libraries front page as a curated collection of winning
books. Currently, 16 different editions (eBooks and audiobooks) of
past U.P. Notable Books winners can be found on the <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=0b38eb0aa0&e=2efc3cf0fe"
rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">home page</a>.</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule:
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100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size:
16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=c12fdcf9c0&e=2efc3cf0fe"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
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underline;"><img data-file-id="5839406"
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<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size:
16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;">Winners of the first two
years of U.P. Notable Books have been asked to donate a single
digital copy of their book to this lending library available to
anyone in the state of Michigan with a local library card of any
kind. The UPPAA expects this curated collection to eventually
include all of the 20 past winners and the next batch of 10 to be
announced in January 2022.</p>
<h2 style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color:
#202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 22px;font-style:
normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing:
normal;text-align: left;">Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in the
Collection</h2>
<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size:
16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;">“We have a very strong
bias towards inclusion of all the ethnicities and cultures that
are in the diverse regions of the U.P.,” opined Victor R. Volkman,
current UPPAA president. He tells the club has awarded distinction
to Anishinaabe writers Phil Bellfy (<em>Three Fires Unity</em>)
and Linda LeGarde Grover (<em>In The Night of Memory</em>). Other
books, such as Mary Doria Russel’s <em>Women of the Copper
Country</em> highlight the contributions of Scandinavian
immigrants to the rich tapestry of U.P. life.</p>
<h2 style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color:
#202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 22px;font-style:
normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing:
normal;text-align: left;">About the U.P. Notable Books Club</h2>
<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size:
16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;">The U.P Notable Books
Club is a spinoff of the original U.P. Notable books list and is
the brainchild of Evelyn Gathu, Director, Crystal Falls District
Community Library. Each month, the Book Club holds a Q&A
session for the public with a different winner of the U.P. Notable
Books award. U.P. Notable Books is an annual list of essential new
books that emphasize U.P. content or have been written by U.P.
authors. Each year, UPPAA consults with Upper Michigan
booksellers, book reviewers, writers, and publishers to winnow
down the notable books to a bare ten titles. You can find reviews
of many of these books on the UP Book Review. It must be
emphasized that the list is unranked; each title deserves equal
merit as U.P. Notable Book. These ten books have been deemed
essential reading for every U.P. lover and we highly recommend you
ask your local librarian or booksellers for them today!</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size:
16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;">For more information,
visit the site <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=46d5b5a647&e=2efc3cf0fe"
rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">http://www.upnotable.com/</a>.</p>
<strong>About the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association
(UPPAA)</strong><br>
Established in 1998 to support authors and publishers who live in or
write about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, UPPAA is a Michigan
nonprofit association with more than 100 members, many of whose
books are featured on the organization’s website at <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=debd38e3d8&e=2efc3cf0fe"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">www.uppaa.org</a>. UPPAA
welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a UP
connection who is interested in writing.<br>
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Regards,
Victor R. Volkman, President
L H Press Inc.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.LHPress.com">www.LHPress.com</a></pre>
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