Recent events at Beagle and Wolf Books & Bindery

2016 Events

Mary Casanova
November 5

book Mary Casanova, author of Frozen, signed copies of her latest book, Ice-Out.

Inspired by real events in early 1920s Minnesota, and by Mary Casanova's own family history, Ice-Out is a story of young romance against terrible odds and true grit on the border between license and responsibility, rich and poor, and right and wrong in early twentieth-century America.

Trick or Treat Downtown Park Rapids
October 31

Halloween books

Downtown businesses welcomde trick or treaters. To help kids wait until the big day, we put together a selection of fun Halloween books.

Fall book
retreat
October 28, 29

The theme was “Nurturing Women’s Friendships.” We’ll be discussing The Trouble with Jellyfish, My Brilliant Friend, and Let’s Take the Long Way Home. Contact us if you’d like information about future retreats.

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Karen Babine
October 22

Halloween books
Karen Babine signed copies of her Minnesota Book Award-winning book, Water and What We Know.

Karen read an apple-themed essay and we served Karen’s family cider along with cookies and apples!

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William Kent Krueger and Jess Lourey
September 24

A dynamic duo was with us! William Kent Krueger signed copies of the newest Cork O’Connor mystery, Manitou Canyon.

book And Jess Lourey signed copies of Salen’s Cipher.

Tim Jollymore and Richard Broderick
September 3

Jollymore signed copies of The Advent of Elizabeth. We were drawn into a story in which an old murder intrudes on the 100th anniversary celebration of Santa Reina High.

Richard Broderick read from his latest book of poetry, Jesus of Walmart, followed by a signing and conversation.

An early reader of the book said, “These poems can make paint bubble and burn. Read them in broad daylight, to be on the safe side.” We kept all our lights on!

Paul Sailer
August 20

Paul Sailer is the author of the newly released I had a Comrade, a collection of ten linked stores from World War II. Although aerial combat in the European theater is the primary backdrop for I Had a Comrade, the stories also include action in the Pacific, soldiering across Germany, sacrificing on the home front, life in a wartime village in Bavaria, and the gracious appreciation of the liberated people in a small commune in northern France.

book The Oranges are Sweet, Sailer's earlier book, is a deeply moving story about twenty-two-year-old Major Don M.

LIT BITS!
August 9

An evening designed for book groups
and book lovers.

Our Penguin Random House rep was with us, presenting books which are great for discussion. We had goody bags and refreshments, and spent the evening with other folks who love books—what could be better? book

Penguin Random House books are among our favorites!

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Olympic Fever
August 6

We celebrated the Olympics here!

The Rio Olympics will began on August 5, and the very next day Patrick Mader was in the store signing copies of Minnesota Gold. The book celebrates the perseverance and triumphs of fifty-seven diverse homegrown athletes from Paws Points Events logo 1948 to 2014 as they pursued their dreams to compete in the greatest international competitions. In this book of inspiring biographies, Patrick Mader shares the memorable conversations he had with the remarkable men and women who honored their sport, their state, and their country on the world stage over the last seven decades. Discover true Minnesota gold!

Waldo in Park Rapids
July search,
July 30 party

Waldo and Wenda hid in 25 locations in Park Rapids.

Beagle and Wolf Books & Bindery was Waldo Headquarters, providing passports, awarding prizes, and hosting the celebration on July 30.

Eric Dregni
July 23

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Eric Dregni's new book, Let’s Go Fishing, is an illustrated volume of the lore and legacy of fishing in the northland. Anyone who’s ever wet a line will be entertained by this book—as we were by Eric’s presentation!

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Game Nights
July 18 and August 15

We get out our game demos for a lively family hour of play.
(If you don't know how, that's OK. We show you.)

Mike Maurer
July 16

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Mike Maurer, a Viet Nam vet, was with us to sign copies of Perfume River Nights. The novel is both an engaging story and a must read for anyone seeking to understand the ordeal of combat.

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Mary Sharratt
July 8

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Mary Sharratt (an American who lives in England) was with us—in costume—for a presentation that made Elizabethean England come alive! Her new book, The Dark Lady’s Mask, is historical fiction imagining the life of the Shapespeare’s dark lady. Think you don’t like Shakespeare? Prepare to be surprised!

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10th Annual John Michael Lerma
4th of July
Pie Baking Contest & Auction

For the 10th consecutive year, Beagle and Wolf hosted this fundraiser for the Park Rapids Library. We raised a total of $1,090!

Auctioning pies. The auctioneer is Chef Tom Geraedts, the head pie judge.

The winners and their pies:

1st place Single Crust- Mark Bridge with Strawberry Frangipane Tart
2nd place Single Crust – Katie Laxson with Key Lime with a chocolate crust
1st place Double Crust – Mark Bridge with Bumble Berry
2nd place Double Crust – Terry Novak with Apple Pie with a bit of moonshine
1st place Cream/Custard – Olivia Wallace with Strawberry Dream
2nd place Cream/Custard – Kyra Eischens with Lemon Custard
1st place Juvenile Division (any pie baked by a 8-12 year old) – Olivia Bakke with Dark Chocolate pie with a chocolate chip cookie crust
2nd place Juvenile Division – Emma Lieser with Lemon Chiffon with a lemon white chocolate cookie crust

BEST IN SHOW went to Olivia Wallace with Strawberry Dream

The highest bid on a pie at the auction was $110 for the Blueberry with a little bit of Bailey’s pie.

32 pies were entered:

Strawberry Frangipane Tart
Key Lime with chocolate crust
Bacon Maple Bourbon Pecan
Chocolate Truffle
Almond Pecan
Strawberry Fudge
Snickerdoodle Cupcake
Best Ever Rhubarb
Maple Bourbon Brown Butter Peach
Strawberry Rhubarb
Bumble Berry
Grandma Elsie's Apple Pie
Blueberry Lime
Peachy Rhubarb
Apple Pie with a bit of moonshine
Aunt Dodo's Peach Pie
Rootbeer Float Pie
Strawberry Pie with a rustic crust
Lemon Chiffon with a lemon white chocolate cookie crust
Mango Coconut custard with a sweet pastry crust
Dark Chocolate with a chocolate chip cookie crust
Raspberry Chiffon (chocolate surprise)
Shortbread Lemonade Cream
Alex's Super Good Pumpkin Pie
Peaches & Cream
Blueberry with a little bit of Bailey's
Mango Chiffon
Sour Cream Peach
Margarita
Lemon Custard
Strawberry Dream
Chocolate Thin Mint

Mary Casanova
June 25

book Mary Casanova signed copies of her new children’spicture book, Wake Up, Island. This lovely book tells the story of plants and animals on an island awakening and beginning their day. We’ll also had copies of Mary’s earlier books, One-Dog Canoe and Frozen available.

Armory Square Author Fest
June 18

One day with over 30 Minnesota authors means a great opportunity to chat with writers and discover new books. We held the event at Armory Square, just around the corner from Beagle and Wolf. Vallartas was present with a taco/nacho bar and beverages. book

	Peter Geye Wintering	Lucie Amundsen Locally Laid	Karen Babine Water and What We Know
	Melanie Hoffert Prairie Silence	Marley Kaul Letter to Isabella: Paintings by Marley Kaul	Carol Bowman Tucked Under
	Elliott Foster Whispering Pines	Cathy Madison The War Came Home with Him	Justin Holley The Gullies
	Connie Claire Szarke Delicate Armor	Midge Bubany Crow WIng Dead	Linda Grover The Road Back to Sweetgrass
	Jeanne Cooney A Potluck of Murder and Recipes	Rebecca Kanner Esther	Lou Schultz Basic Business
	Teresa Marrone Dishing up Minnesota	Maryann Weidt Mama Loved to Worry	Tom Isbell The Capture
	David Housewright Stealing the Countess	Carl Brookins Case of the Yellow Diamond	Brooke Dierkhising Many Ways to See the Sun
	Rhonda Fleming Hayes Pollinator Friendly Gardening	Carla Pederson Forever Love Lifeless	Eric Bergeson A Treasury of Old Souls
	Debbie Hoven Light Up the Year	Dawn Rossbach and Linda Henry The Cookie Garden	Doug Lewandowski Woman River
	Connie Pease Mrs. Covington's Sunday School	Ambrose McQuine Snowplow Polka	Eleanor Jane Overdue Healing
	Sheryl Peterson The Best Part of a Sauna	Barbara Renner Lonnie the Loon	Peter Pearson How to Eat an Airplane
Authors read throughout the day!
	11:30 Karen Babine Water and What We Know	Noon Peter Geye Wintering	12:30 Lucie Amundsen Locally Laid
	1:00 Rebecca Kanner Esther	1:30 Connie Claire Szarke Delicate Armor	2:00 David Housewright Stealing the Countess

May 13
R.T. Rybak, former mayor of Minneapolis

R.T. Rybak came and signed copies of his new book, Pothole Confidential: My Life as Mayor of Minneapolis, a memoir that is both a political coming-of-age story and a behind-the-scenes look at the running of a great city.

May 21
Park Rapids Preview/Lisa Bolt Simons

Lisa Bolt Simons, the author of Faribault Woolen Mill: Loomed in the Land of Lakes presented a program on this fascinating bit of Minnesota history and signed copies of the book.

April 30
Independent Bookstore Day

430 bookstores!
16 exclusive books and art pieces!

Laura Lobo was at the piano in Beagle and Wolf: Lou Schultz signed copies of his new book, we offered a free book with every purchase, and we celebrated the Beagle and Wolf one year birthday with cake, coffee and lemonade all day long.

April 10 to 16
The Week of the Young Child

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We presented “Very Hungry Caterpillar: Story! Puppets! Activities!” You and the child(ren) in your life are invited to join us.

Please call 237-2665 to reserve a spot as space will be limited.

April 2
Book retreat

Paws Points Event Our first ever book retreat! We gathered at the Jewel of the Northwoods, the B&B between Hubbard and Menahga. We explored our theme, “What/Who is Family?” discussing Bottomland by Michelle Hoover and Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco by Judy Rose.

Jewel of the Northwoods Bed and Breakfast

March 2
Chili challenge

The 7th Annual Chili Challenge at the American Legion, sponsored by Park Rapids Enterprise, supported the Hubbard County Food Shelf. Last year, over $16,000 was raised—with $1,000 coming from our entry.

February 6
This is a Test

Beagle and Wolf's manager, Jen, teamed up with Julie Kaiser to form a creative partnership named Vision Theatre. To kick things off, Beagle and Wolf hosted Vision Theatre's first performance, "This is a Test." Dinner was catered by Good Life Cafe. Julie and Jen shared readings, music, and a surprise or two as the creative venture Vision Theatre got off the ground!

January 16
Night In

What do book lovers do on a frigid January night with a wind chill of -43? In Park Rapids on January 16, they flocked to Armory Square for our annual Night In! Really! Jen and Sally recommended 21 books for book groups, there were refreshments, and a huge number of prizes. The list of books is below, and we’ll be reviewing them in the newsletter this month and next. They’re currently on display in the store, along with the brochure which we produced for the evening. If you’d like an electronic copy of the brochure, email sally@sisterwolfbooks.com.

Here are the books we recommended:

H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald (available in paperback in March)
Wolf Winter by Cecelia Ekbäck
The Road Back to Sweetgrass by Linda LeGarde Grover
Mrs. Engels by Gavin McCrea
We are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
Deep Down Dark by Hector Tobar
Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Descent by Tim Johnston
The Conversation by Angelo Volandes
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
Section 60 by Richard Poole
The Magician’s Lie by Greer Macallister
Leaving before the Rains Come by Alexandra Fuller
Marvel and a Wonder by Joe Meno
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Gutenberg’s Apprentice by Alix Christie
What was Mine by Helen Klelin Ross
Stolen from the Garden by William Swanson
The Song of Hartgrove Hall by Natasha Solomons
A Sudden Light by Garth Stein
Splitting an Order by Ted Kooser

Note: Night In recommended books are tagged in this newsletter with an asterisk.*

Marylen and Jen at Night In
Marylen won the prize for coming the furthest. The former Park Rapids resident planned a trip back to the area around the Night In date!

Prizes for Night In participants.

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