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The National Writers Series Presents: An Evening With Chris Bohjalian on Thursday, April 29 One week before the official release of his new novel Hour of the Witch, #1 New York Times best selling author Chris Bohjalian will join the National Writers Series of Traverse City on Thursday, April 29th. It's been a busy few years for ...

The National Writers Series Presents: An Evening With Karla Cornejo Villavicencio on Thursday, April 8 As the nation's collective attention begins to turn once again to issues of immigration reform, there's no better time to join the National Writers Series 2021 Spring season for a conversation with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, author ...


Meet Jillian Manning, the New Executive Director at the National Writers Series The longer I walk in the world, the more I begin to believe that everything really does come full circle. When I left Traverse City for my freshman year of college, I would never have been able to predict the series of events that led me here, to this ...

Tricia Frey encourages new writers to “sit down and write.”
By Grace Meyer While there are a lot of dog books out there, this is one of the best. -The BookLife Prize 2021. Tricia Frey’s memoir River Love: The True Story of a Wayward Sheltie, a Woman, and a Magical Place Called Rivershire, explores redemption, love, and being enough—just as ...

Political activist and award-winning author Albert Woodfox joins Traverse City’s National Writers Series on Thursday, December 3, beginning at 7 p.m. to discuss his debut biography, “Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement.”

The journey has only just begun for indigenous playwright Larissa FastHorse.

At the time of the Journal’s Kent State coverage, Bob Giles had been left to pilot the paper alone, while his executive editor was away on business. His parting words to Giles? “You’re in charge—don’t screw it up!”