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Author Terri Martin pens Straw Horse

January 30, 2026 emmapalova Leave a comment

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“Writing has always been a persistent call throughout my life.”

-Author Terri Martin-

Straw Horse is a witty and suspenseful romantic mystery set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where life for Kathryn “Kat” Wilde is anything but tranquil. Though only in her mid-twenties, Kat finds herself juggling the many demands of a struggling horse operation, Wildwood Stables, while navigating a perplexing romance with her “sort-of” boyfriend, DNR officer, Nikko Olsen.

Sponsored by Modern History Press, Moravian Sons Distillery and Doc Chavent.

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Author Jean Davis pens I9 science fiction

January 25, 2026 emmapalova Leave a comment

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Burning season on the exile world of Anduvea means the space station at the edge of the empire is full of rich, drunk tourists and their idiotic antics. When Senior Security Officer Rita Stabinov spots a thief wanted dead or alive by Empaetor Iradio VIII himself, she envisions a hefty reward or maybe a promotion anywhere else.

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A deathbed promise to keep the goods out of the Empaetor’s hands puts Rita in possession of a stolen treasure with a value far greater than she’s ever dreamed. The heavy-handed ruler will do everything in his power to get it back, and his agent is already on the way.

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Author Kathryn DenHouter pens Beyond Betrayal

January 19, 2026 emmapalova Leave a comment

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Beyond Betrayal is set in Baltimore, Maryland at the turn of the century. Abigail and Bill are married and starting a family. Peter, their first born, dies at three months of age.

Sponsored by Moravian Sons Distillery, author Terri Martin and Doc Chavent.

Peter’s death is an inciting catalyst for Abigail’s mental illness. She taps, counts, and counts and taps feverishly. Her husband Bill and her mother-in-law pursue a way to help Abigail regain her stability. The nascent theories of William James and Sigmund Freud are on the horizon.

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Third Coast Author & Book Festival set for March 21

January 10, 2026 emmapalova Leave a comment

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Happy New Year everyone.

Created from a passion for literacy by Mike O’Brien, owner of the Book Cellar in Grand Haven, the Third Coast Author & Book Festival is one of the fastest growing book festivals in Michigan.

Sponsored by Moravian Sons Distillery, authors Diana Magnuson, Terri Martin and Doc Chavent.

The Third Coast Author & Book Festival in Grand Haven, Michigan is a large annual literary event held in the city’s vibrant downtown. It features 200+ well-known local, national, and international authors offering free signings, panels, and meet-and-greets. Readers can explore books across all genres while enjoying Grand Haven’s shops, food, and lakeshore atmosphere. The festival celebrates reading, writing, and community in one of Michigan’s most scenic towns.

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Author Todd Otis pens Sparks of the Revolution

December 19, 2025 emmapalova Leave a comment

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I had heard from an early age that we were related to James Otis the Patriot and had the impression he was important in Boston before the American Revolution. I was always curious in the back of my mind about what happened to him; why was he famous then but forgotten in the centuries that followed?

Sponsored by Modern History Press, Moravian Sons Distillery, authors Terri Martin, Diana Magnuson and Doc Chavent.

As I began to research James Otis and then the patriots he influenced, such as Samuel Adams and John Hancock, I came to see he was an extremely powerful force in resistance to the British. As a brilliant lawyer, Otis argued against the use of warrants called the Writs of Assistance which allowed British custom officials to barge into homes or businesses willy nilly looking for smuggled good. Young John Adams was in the courtroom that fateful day and later wrote that Otis’ argument of that case was when “the child Independence was born.” So, you could say that John Adams convinced me to write this book.

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Author and illustrator Diana Magnuson pens Garden Sleeping, Garden Growing

December 12, 2025 emmapalova Leave a comment

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Explore the visible and hidden world of Noriko’s garden from her garden’s point of view, in and around all year long. After the deep snow of winter, her soil is prepared for planting.

Sponsored by Modern History Press, Moravian Sons Distillery, authors Terri Martin, Diana Magnuson and Doc Chavent.

Green leaves sprout as plants ripen to fruits and vegetables. Hungry forest animals prowl and pad-pad in to eat them. Insects and birds also aggravate garden, but others are important assistants to her growth. Exuberant and lyrical

Garden’s story explores nature’s wonders that support our lives.

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Author Raymond Luczak pens Ironhood

December 5, 2025 emmapalova Leave a comment

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“Deaf and rejected, Luczak longs for visibility among those who erase him: class bullies, teachers, and even his mother, who goes to the grave unable to accept her gay son. I found myself rereading Ironhood, wanting to savor his writing.”

— Beverly Matherne, author of Potions d’amour, thés, incantations / Love Potions, Teas, Incantations

Sponsored by Modern History Press, Moravian Sons Distillery, author Terri Martin and Doc Chavent

In Ironhood, the acclaimed poet Raymond Luczak recalls the neighbors and shopkeepers he once knew while growing up in Ironwood, Michigan during the 1970s and 1980s. They included a scruffy man who smoked cheap cigars while tending to his fragrant backyard garden, a cat-eyed woman who stood watch over a sea of typewriters, a bald jeweler whose dexterous fingers repaired a watch’s minuscule innards, and tired cashiers in red smocks who dreamed at the western edge of town.

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Author Suzanne Sunshower pens Still Wild poems from Bear Shack

November 10, 2025 emmapalova Leave a comment

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“Are You Okay

being the only one?

My favorite downstate teller asks,

holding photos of the lonely U.P. camper

and noting my nervousness.”

Sponsored by Modern History Press, Moravian Sons Distillery, Doc Chavent

At the age of sixty, Suzanne Sunshower moved into an ancient hunt camp trailer that no one had attempted to live in year-around before, which she named Bear Shack, in a remote area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This poetic collection is her story of adventure and adjustment.

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Author Andrew Allen Smith pens Yet Another Slice of Fear

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Happy Halloween

Yet Another Slice of Fear, book no. 3 in the horror series

by Andrew Allen Smith

Fear never truly fades, it evolves.

Sponsored by author LeAnn Kelley, Moravian Sons Distillery, Doc Chavent

In Yet Another Slice of Fear, Michigan author Andrew Allen Smith returns with a chilling

new collection of psychological and supernatural tales that twist reality, morality, and the

fragile human mind. Each story cuts deep into the quiet moments before terror takes hold,

where a whisper in the dark becomes a scream, and comfort turns to dread.

From haunted memories to the horrors born of obsession, Smith explores the places we

dare not look, and the truths we wish we could forget. With precise prose and unnerving

insight, he reminds us that fear is not always found in monsters, but in the reflection staring

back at us.

Turn the page… if you dare.

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Author A.J. Parks pens The Blade of Destruction, Champ’s Amazing Day

October 24, 2025 emmapalova Leave a comment

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The Blade of Destruction takes place two years after the Creator’s Temple. It sets Marty Evans on a course of discovery, learning the mysteries of the Goddess Zin, the sword he is cursed with, and his family’s dark past.

Champ’s Amazing Day is a children’s book inspired by Parks’ Dog Champ, whom he lost in June. It is a happy tale of Champ going to the store and the park. All Proceeds go to AKC Health Foundation for Canine Cancer Research.