Lawton T. Hemans – Life and Times of Stevens Thomson Mason: The Boy Governor of Michigan
Pickford Author Going on Summer Book Tour to U.P. Libraries

by Ernest Dempsey For the well-known novelist Sue Harrison of Pickford, Michigan, this summer translates into book bliss. Between the final week of May and mid-September, Harrison is scheduled to tour eight libraries and a learning center in various towns in the Upper Peninsula region to participate in workshops, book…
An Irish Odyssey: from Despair to Hope – by M.F. Erler
Paint An Inch Thick / Eddie London Mysteries by Adam Dompierre

Review by Sharon Brunner Adam Dompierre’s Paint An Inch Thick revealed a madcap mystery in which the main character, Eddie London, encountered murder, greed, dark secrets and mind-boggling acts of deception. The story takes place in California during the 1980s. Other characters, who made multiple appearances throughout the book were…
Review One Spring Up North By John Owens
Wild Blueberry Summer: More Upper Michigan Moments and Memories by Jon C. Stott

Review by Sharon Brunner Jon C. Stott embraces the advent of the seasons, the mysterious and magical allure of nature and many treasured memories in his book “Wild Blueberry Summer: More Upper Michigan Moments and Memories.” Some of the main characters in his book were woodland creatures, waterfowl, old friends…
Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass, by M. Kelly Peach
Evangeline, Where are You? [Sheriff George Series #5], by A. Jay
Lake Superior in the Moonlight: Yooper Tales, by Sharon Brunner
matwân cî …wondering about now and then and everything everywhere by Nia To there

Reviewed by Sharon Brunner Nia To Go There’s matwân cî …wondering about now and then and everything everywhere poetry book portrays an innate intimacy between animals, birds, humans and inanimate objects between worlds. Stories, language, dances and visions exist and were experienced everywhere with everything. In other words, the time…
Letters Home: A Memoir of Michigan’s “Up North” Country, by Tom Leonard

Review by Mack Hassler “Mark Twain’s Huck Finn underlies all American Literature” Character of Hemingway in Midnight in Paris (2011) by Woody Allen When he writes, produces, and directs film, Woody Allen can be brilliant. In the epigraph above, he captures an idea about Hemingway often found in scholarly work. …
What You Find in the Woods and other stories, by J.D. Austin
Rescuing Crash, The Good Dog: A Novel By Sue Harrison

Rescuing Crash, The Good Dog: A Novel By Sue Harrison Review by Deborah K. Frontiera ISBN 979-8-89656-015-9, Modern History Press, 2025, Ret. $18.95 paperback In Rescuing Crash, The Good Dog, eleven-year-old Britta had life smack her in the face. Her mother has left the family to chase her own dreams. Dad is…
The Hole They Dug for You, by Jodi M Hinman
The Real Two-Hearted: Life, Love, and Lore Along Michigan’s Most Iconic River by Bob Otwell
A Lesser Light: A Novel by Peter Geye

Review by Michael Carrier Peter Geye, in his novel A Lesser Light, has served up to his readers a well-constructed and entertaining chunk of his heart—and it’s a sizable chunk at that. Here Geye not only demonstrates his amazing ability to put words and sentences together in a deeply compelling fashion…
Death’s Door: The Truth Behind the Italian Hall Disaster and the Strike of 1913 (Second Edition) by Steve Lehto

Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Steve Lehto’s “Death’s Door: The Truth Behind the Italian Hall Disaster and the Strike of 1913 (Second Edition)” offers a detailed account of the 1913 Christmas Eve mayhem and the corruption behind the strike in the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan. The peninsula is located in the northwestern…