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The Last Word: Anna Quindlen & Susan Casey

By Beth Milligan
With additional reporting by Allison Peters

“There’s something seductive about the thing we believe we cannot do, the achievement that seems out of reach. I imagine it’s what keeps people climbing mountains or surfing during storms, that …

Book Signing with Ellen Airgood Friday, May 18th at Horizon Books

Ellen Airgood, author of the 2012 Michigan Notable Book, South of Superior, which is now out in paperback, will be signing her books at Horizon Books of Traverse City on Friday, May 18 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.

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NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES RECOGNIZED IN TOP THREE PUBLISHING MAGAZINES

2012 has been an exciting year for the National Writers Series (NWS).  This evening, at our sold-out event with New York Times best-selling authors Anna Quindlen and Susan Casey the National Writers Series will award its 2012 scholarships in the …

TC West Senior High School and TC Central High School Named Among Best High Schools in America!

The US News and World Report (click here for report) named Traverse City West Senior High School and Traverse City Central High School two of the top performing high schools in the state and nation this past week. TC West …

NWS May 2012 Newsletter

NWS Recognized in Top Three National Publishing Magazines

2012 has been an exciting year for the National Writers Series. This month, at our sold-out event with Anna Quindlen and Susan Casey on May 14, we will award our 2012 scholarships …

Quindlen #2 on NY Times Best-Seller List

Anna Quindlen’s new book, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Just Debuted at #2 on the New York Times best-seller list.  (Random House, $26.) The journalist and novelist, now nearly 60, looks back at her experiences and those of …

Doug Stanton included in the ‘Men’s Journal’ 20th Anniversary Archive

Doug Stanton’s feature story, “What It Feels Like To Be Yvon Chouinard,” which first appeared in Men’s Journal magazine, where Doug has been a contributing editor, is part of the just-published “Men’s Journal 20th Anniversary Archive.”

Doug traveled …

Writing program finds a home downtown

James Russell, Traverse City Record-Eagle  |  May 10, 2012
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TRAVERSE CITY — Aspiring writers will have a new place to call home.
The Front Street Writers Program — a collaborative effort between the locally based National …

Spring issue: The Seersucker

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Hemingway would have approved of the revolving door of authors who now visit Traverse City.

Northern Michigan — More Than Just Bait, Tackle and Sportsmen
Jacob Wheeler, Lake Michigan Shore  |  May 4, 2012
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“Absolutely the best trout fishing in the country . . . good northern atmosphere, no summer resort stuff,” …

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