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<strong>Contact: Victor Volkman<br>
(734) 417-4266<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:President@UPPAA.org">President@UPPAA.org</a></strong><br>
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U.P. Notable Books Club Announces 3rd Year Lineup of Local Authors</h3>
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Books" width="213" height="209" align="right"></a></strong>Reading
local authors has great informational and educational value and
contributes toward cultural enrichment. Continuing into their second
year of book selections,<strong> the U.P. Notable Books Club </strong>is
hosting a series of discussions with authors of Michigan’s Upper
Peninsula to engage community members with local authors. All
residents of the U.P. are invited to participate with no cost or
obligation. To date, 15 authors have already appeared in the
program and many of their appearances can be seen on the <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://video.UPPAA.org"><strong>http://video.UPPAA.org</strong></a>
channel.<br>
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From June 9, 2021 to January 12, 2023, eight additional authors will
do Zoom talks with readers, both revealing new background details as
well as answering reader questions about their work. Readers can buy
these eight books, or check them out from their local library in
order to discuss with the authors. Many are available in eBook
editions at the Great Lakes Digital Library thanks to the efforts of
Superiorland Library Co-op. Authors participating in year three will
include
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<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Ellen Airgood -- "Tin Camp
Road"</li>
<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Joanna Walitalo --
"Woodburnings: .Highlights from the First Five Years "</li>
<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Phil Bellfy -- " U.P.
Colony: The Story of Resource Exploitation in Upper Michigan"</li>
<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Raymond Luczak -- "Once
Upon a Twin: Poems"</li>
<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Terri Martin -- "The Home
Wind"</li>
<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Karen Dionne -- "The
Wicked Sister"</li>
<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Carole Hare -- "Legend of
Kitchi-iti-kipi"</li>
<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Sharon Kennedy -- "The
Sideroad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County "</li>
</ul>
The complete event schedule is available online at <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.UPNotable.com">www.UPNotable.com</a>,
click on the "<b>Join Book Club</b>" button<br>
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“What inspires me the most about our club is the positive feedback
from Local Authors and Patrons alike,” says Evelyn Gathu, Director
of the Crystal Falls District Community Library, who is the creator
and organizer of the club. “After every book club meeting we have, I
get emails from patrons thanking me for creating the club.” She
tells that the library circulation has definitely increased because
of the book club, indicating an increased love of reading the works
of local authors in the community.
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span
style="font-size:13px">UP Notable Books Club authors: Karen
Dionne, Phil Bellfy, and Sharon M, Kennedy</span></strong></div>
Why local authors are less read, on the whole, than those widely
publicized in mainstream media seems a matter of presumption or
prejudgment. And Gathu agrees:
<blockquote style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;">“I think some people do not believe that books written by
local authors are as good as those produced nationally, and this
book club is really helping to deflate that stigma!”</blockquote>
She tells that she had read in the local paper that the first ever
U.P. Notable Books List was created by the editors of the U.P.
Reader and UPPAA (Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors
Association). This led her to contact UPPAA President, Victor R.
Volkman, and he was thrilled with the idea of local authors
interacting with the readers in the community. More information
about the U.P. Notable Book list, U.P. Book Review, and UPPAA can be
found at <a style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;" target="_blank" href="http://www.upnotable.com/">www.UPNotable.com</a>.<br>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong><strong>About the
Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA)</strong></div>
<strong> </strong>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 target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
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href="https://uppaa.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=41e6e3b585&e=fd2c186103">www.uppaa.org</a>.
UPPAA welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a UP
connection who is interested in writing and publishing books. <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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