Meet Jon Stott – “Yooper Ale Trails: Craft Breweries and Brewpubs of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula “

Local Beer Guidebook Author to Visit UP Brewpubs and Craft Breweries This June, Jon C. Stott, award-winning writer of beer travel books, will be visiting brewpubs and craft breweries in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to celebrate the publication of his new book, Yooper Ale Trails (published by Modern History Press, Ann…

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Mikel Classen talks about True Tales: The Forgotten History of the U.P.

Digging deep into the past, U.P. author & historian Mikel Classen uncovers hidden stories in his newest release “True Tales- The Forgotten History of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.” Stories of piracy, lost gold mines, the origin of the Copper Boom, profiles of people of note, Starvation on Isle Royale, and one…

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R.B. Simon, author of THE GOOD TRUTH, and Chris Stark, author of CARNIVAL LIGHTS!

A Room of One’s Own welcomes local poet R.B. Simon, author of The Good Truth, and Lambda Literary Award finalist Chris Stark, author of Carnival Lights, for a virtual conversation on Crowdcast! “The Good Truth, the fiercely validating debut from R.B. Simon, is a blazing manifesto of claiming identities within…

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Creative Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World

*Time sensitive! Starting soon! Creative Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World an 8-week multi-genre creative writing class with Anya Achtenberg March 24 through May 12   For writers of fiction, memoir/creative nonfiction, poetry, essay, hybrid forms,  for an extraordinary expansion of creativity in writing as one writes more…

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Patricia Byrnes on the Donna Seebo Show

TRISH - A memoir by Patricia Byrnes

On March 2nd, 2021, The Donna Seebo Show hosted Patricia Byrnes to talk about her memoir “TRISH“. Patricia Byrnes’s life began with being reared by deaf parents during an era when the deaf community was shunned rather than supported. Poverty, alcoholism, incest and poor parenting were the underpinnings of Patricia’s…

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Christine Stark to Present at UN Panel on Women Abuse and Trafficking

by Ernest Dempsey Author, speaker, and visual artist Christine Stark will present at the United Nations panel on “Violence and Torture against Women and Girls in Sex Trafficking: Educating Service Providers” on March 12, 2019. Held at The Armenian Centre, Guild Hall, in NYC, the panel is part of UN…

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MidWest Mixed Community Spotlight: Sherry Quan Lee

Sherry Quan Lee

The MidWest Mixed Community Spotlight Series features local artists, educators, and leaders reflecting on their Mixed or Transracial identities. Sherry Quan Lee Author of Chinese Black Bird, How to Write a Suicide Note: serial essays that saved a woman’s life, Love Imagined: a mixed raced memoir (Minnesota Book Award Finalist); and…

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Sweta Srivastava Vikram – Voice of the Year 2018!

Modern History Press is proud to announce that its latest fiction title Louisiana Catch by author and speaker Sweta Srivastava Vikram has been nominated for a Voices of the Year (VOTY) Award at BlogHer. With its Women-Inspiring-Women mission, BlogHer is a women-centered movement of both the written and the spoken word by…

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Instrumental: Mindfulness. A Path Toward Healthier Creativity and Balance

by Sweta Vikram Creativity takes vulnerability. Creativity takes courage. Creativity takes honesty. As Brené Brown so eloquently says, “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on…

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U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Holds 21st Annual Conference:

For Immediate Release Contact: Tyler Tichelaar (906) 226-1543 President@UPPAA.org www.UPPAA.org U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Holds 21st Annual Conference: Publishing & Book Marketing Industry to Be Explored MARQUETTE, MI (April 15, 2018)  -In its constant commitment to informing regional authors and publishers of the latest changes in the publishing world…

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