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Teresa Scollon – an avid reader, teacher and poet who happily, has managed to create and maintain a writing life.
Teresa Scollon is the author of To Embroider the Ground with Prayer, a poetry collection published by Wayne State University Press as part of its Made in Michigan series. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts ...
Local writer Cari Noga will discuss her recent novel, Sparrow Migrations, at the Traverse Area District Library, 7 pm, Tuesday, January 21. Sparrow Migrations was a semifinalist for the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition. TADL reports that Noga will "talk about her novel and share her amazing story of life, writing and how she ...
Dave Moore, President of Village Press will present “Leading Your Team to Sustainable Success.” This month's featured book is Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track—And Keeping it There by Les McKeown. Author Les McKeown provides a framework for diagnosing the stage and behaviors of your organization or department ...
If Traverse City had an ‘artist laureate’, the leading candidate would probably be renowned artist and illustrator Glenn Wolff. On Saturday, December 21st from 2―5pm, Brilliant Books is offering you the opportunity to stop by, meet him, and have him sign any of his extensive body of work for you. He will be signing his posters, cards, and ...
Poetry in Michigan/Michigan in Poetry, is a new collection featuring over ninety Michigan poets and artwork; it is edited by William Olsen and Jack Ridl. A number of these poets will read from the collection on Saturday, November 30, 7 pm, at Brilliant Books. Sparkling wine and raclette from Leelanau Cheese will complement this event ...
Daniel Hendrix - A commercial diver, geologist and avid reader who realized that the history of Beaver Island would make the perfect backdrop for a book of fiction.
Emerging local writer Daniel Hendrix has recently released his first book, The King’s Daughter, a historical fiction set on Beaver Island during one of the strangest episodes in ...
The Traverse City Central High School's Black & Gold student newspaper was just awarded a "Spartan," the state's highest award for high school newspapers. This Spartan is for the 2012-2013 school year, and is on top of the several dozen awards the staff and paper had won for last years's work. Congratulations to the staff and to Missi ...
The Bear River Writers Writing Conference—workshops on fiction, poetry, memoir, essay--will be held May 29-June 2, 2014 at Camp Michigania, on Walloon Lake. For information, call 734.764.4139. Visit here for more information.