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Amy Spitzley a writer, daydreamer and mom who loves to write for teens.
Amy Lynn Spitzley lives, writes, daydreams, and walks by the shores of a Great Lake in Traverse City, Michigan. She has two goofy children and one British husband. She finds writing for teens is where it’s at because they tend to be informal, character-driven, and casual. ...
Bill Montgomery – a businessman turned memoirist who enjoys summers on Lake Skegemog and whose best advice for writers is to just sit down and write and then write some more.
A Detroit native, Bill vacationed in the Traverse City area from 1949 until 2012 when he and Anne permanently relocated to Traverse City from Dallas. Bill has an honors ...
Valerie Himick – a voracious reader and a writer with stories constantly in her head – as well as a person who is inspired and awed by the beauty of northern Michigan.
When Valerie Himick was in high school at Bay City Central, she was involved in the production of a play based on James Hilton’s classic book Lost Horizon. A few weeks ago, she ...
Brown will host a conversation about the state of poetry, what's up with poetry these days, what's a "good" poem, not a "good" poem, what the heck poetry IS anyhow.
Tuesday, April 22 at the Woodmere Library in TC at 7:00 pm
You can help by showing up and getting into the conversation. She will read some poems, but this isn't a traditional ...
Nationally recognized poet Fleda Brown reads from her work and discusses fundamental questions we all have about poetry: What is a poem? What makes a poem good or bad Why is poetry important? How different is the poetry publishing industry?
Poet Laureate of Delaware from 2001 to 2007, Fleda's most recent collection of poems, No Need of ...
McLean & Eakin Booksellers
307 E. Lake Street
Petoskey, MI 49770
231-347-1180
books@mcleanandeakin.com
mcleanandeakin.com
Owners: Jessilynn and Matt Norcross
Hours:
9am – 8pm Mon-Sat
10am-5pm Sunday
A customer at McLean and Eakin Booksellers in Petoskey once said that when the staff searches for a book for them it feels like it’s a life ...
Susan Newhof –an author, consultant and teacher, who has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil. She is also passionate about animals and helping people communicate effectively.
Newhof was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI and remembers writing poems and stories as soon as she could hold a pencil. After sampling three ...
Landmark Books
1200 W. 11th Street, Suite 116
Traverse City, MI 49684
231-922-7225
Email: landmarkbookstc@gmail.com
Owner: Paul Stebleton
Hours:
10am-6pm Mon-Thurs
10am-7pm Fri-Sat
12pm-4pm Sunday
Paul Stebleton has been involved in the book business for more than twenty years, so it was hardly a surprise when this bibliophile opened his own ...