A year-round book festival dedicated to great conversations with today's best writers.

FIM Group

Financial Investment Management Group (FIM) has served clients as a global investment manager and financial planner since 1984. Their mission is to ensure that clients have the resources they need to support the quality of life they desire.  They believe in long-term investing that adopts a disciplined investment process, and emphasize protecting and sustainin clients’ wealth every bit as much as growing their assets.

FIM’s team is dedicated to making the client experience as rewarding and fulfilling as possible. In addition to providing quality investment management, they offer clients financial planning and retirement services.

FIM was founded by Paul Sutherland in Suttons Bay, Michigan, and has since grown to over 25 team members located in 3 offices: Traverse City, Michigan, Onalaska, Wisconsin, and Kahului, Hawaii.  They serve clients from around the world.

FIM is an innovative leader, actively supporting many local, regional, national and international organizations and community efforts. They are hosts of TEDxTRAVERSE CITY, bringing the best and brightest ideas and minds to Northern Michigan.

FIM has been a valuable sustaining sponsor of National Writers Series since 2010.

For more information about FIM: www.fimg.net

Record-Eagle

Founded in 1858, Record-Eagle is often referred to as “Northern Michigan’s Newspaper.”  With daily circulations between 15,000 and 40,000, the newspaper serves 13 counties in the northwest lower peninsula.

In October 2005, the Michigan Press Association named Record-Eagle the “Newspaper of the Year,” and since then, the paper has continued to win statewide awards for its reporting and community involvement.

As a sustaining sponsor, Record-Eagle has supported the National Writers Series since 2010, providing excellent ad placement and printing services.

For more information about Record-Eagle:   www.record-eagle.com

Cherry Capital Airport

We are proud to announce our newest corporate sponsor, the Cherry Capital Airport.  As a regional hub, Cherry Capital Airport, located in Traverse City, serves a growing number of tourists and business people from throughout the world.  In the fall of 2004, Cherry Capital Airport opened a new terminal that has received high praise for the arts and crafts design and unique Northern Michigan artistic touches.  Since then, it has continued to expand with various carriers adding seasonal service and destinations.

For more information about Cherry Capital Airpport:  http://tvcapirport.com

Copy Queenz

Copy Queenz is a full service copy shop owned and operated by Cindy Lyskawa in Traverse City.

In addition to providing high quality copying, printing, laminating, etc., and excellent customer service, they provide a wide variety of cards, books, and jewelry crafted by local artists.

Copy Queenz has printed all of our beautiful posters and signs since 2009.

For more information about Copy Queenz: http://gbyc.tripod.com/copyqueenz/1.htm

Friends of Traverse Area District Library

Founded in 1982, the Friends of TADL grew from an organization that supported one small library to one that now contributes support throughout the District’s six libraries, and counting.  The organization is a non-profit, dedicated to encouraging appreciation and encouraging appreciation and use of the Traverse Area District Library (TADL). building greater awareness of the TADL facilities, expanding the role of the TADL in the cultural and educational development of the district, and attracting gifts, manuscripts, bequests of books, art objects and funds to support and improve the TADL resources and services.

Friends of TADL play a significant role in the community, and have been a wonderful supporter of National Writers Series since 2010.

For more information about Friends of TADL:  www.tadl.org/friends

Marsha Minervini, Realtor/The Village at Grand Traverse Commons

Marsha Minervini is a well-known and highly-respected professional real estate agent, specializing in properties at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, where one of the largest, historic preservation and reuse redevelopments in the country is underway. The Village is the unique renovation of dozens of historic buildings formerly known as theTraverse CityStateHospital. This 63-acre site is centered in one of theMidwest’s most desirable locations, with unparalleled beauty of magnificent, century-old Victorian-Italianate architecture, and park-like surroundings.

Each month, courtesy of Minervini, our authors are housed in elegantly appointed condominiums in the The Village, with access to the rejuvenating grounds, as well as high-end boutiques, stores, and exquisite dining.

For more information about Minervini: www.marshaminervini.com

For more information about The Village: www.thevillagetc.com

Traverse City Eye

Traverse City Eye is a comprehensive eye care clinic and optic boutique.  Staffed by four highly experienced and skilled physicians, TC Eye offers laser correction, no stitch cataract surgery, cosmetic eyelid surgery,diabetic eye disease treatment, glaucoma management, low-vision services, macular degeneration treatment, and general eye exams.  Their full service optical boutique is second to none.

TC Eye has been a great supporter of National Writers Series since 2011.

For more information about Traverse City Eye: www.tceye.net