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Spring Refresh
Spring is a time to refresh—plant your garden, spruce up your home and wardrobe, buy a new book—and Park Rapids businesses are sponsoring “Spring Refresh.” Participating businesses will have a variety of promotions and special offers, along with a passport and great prizes. Details will soon be appearing on each store’s Facebook page. Our Spring Refresh events are listed below.
Nickolas Butler
June 1, 5:00 pm at Bella Caffé
We’re thrilled to be hosting an event with Nick Butler in June! Nick’s previous novels, Shotgun Lovesongs and The Hearts of Men, were favorites of staff and customers alike, and we know you’ll love his latest book, too. Little Faith is the story of Lyle and Peg Hovde, who live a quiet life in rural Wisconsin. Years earlier, their infant son died, creating a quiet crisis of faith for Lyle. Life went on, and soon he and Peg adopted a daughter, Shiloh, who left home as soon as she could. She’s back now, with a five year old son, Isaac. Lyle and Peg dote on the boy and have settled into a comfortable routine with him and his mother.However, Shiloh becomes infatuated with the leader of an almost cultish church in nearby La Crosse. Her parents worry about her, and particularly about Isaac, whom they think Shiloh’s boyfriend is using for his own purposes. The book is beautifully written and the characters dealing with issues of faith, doubt, and family seem like people you might know.
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Author Fest, our annual celebration of Minnesota authors and their books, will be June 15, 11:00 to 3:00 at the American Legion, 900 East 1st Street (Highway 34). We’ll be adding authors as they are confirmed—check back often. Authors so far: |
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Norma Knapp |
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Jill kalz |
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Patricia Linson Becoming Bob |
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Deborah Jacobs Stone Gathering: A Reader |
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Molly Beth Griffin Rhoda's Rock Hunt |
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Steven Keillor No More Gallant a Deed |
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Sarah Stonich Laurentian Divide |
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Frank Weber 1-94 Murders; Murder Book |
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P.S.Duffy The Cartographer of No Man's Land |
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Blythe Baird If My Body Could Speak |
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Martha Postlethwaite Addiction and Recovery: A Spiritual Pilgrimage |
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Matt Goldman The Shallows |
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Karen Babine All the WIld Hungers |
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Alicia Schwab and Katharine Johnson The Mukluk Ball |
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Thomas Peacock Beginnings |
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Mary Krugerude The Girl in Building C |
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Gretchen Anthony Evergreen Tidings |
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Shirley Greves Love on the Misty Isles |
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Connie LounsburyA Hobo's Wish |
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Jane St. Anthony Whatever Normal Is |
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David LeCount Book of David |
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Phyllis Root and Betsy Bowen
June 29, 1:00
Phyllis Root and Betsy Bowen will be at the store with their new book, The Lost Forest. The picture book tells the story of a lucky surveying error that preserved 144 acres of old-growth red and white pine in northern Minnesota. With gentle humor, Phyllis Root takes readers deep into a stand of virgin pine, one of the last and largest in the state, where U.S. history and natural history meet. With the help of Betsy Bowen’s finely observed and beautiful illustrations, she shows us all the life that can be found in the Lost Forest. We’ll also have other books by Root and Bowen.
Autumn Retreat
October 25 to 27
Looking ahead, our fall retreat will be October 25 to 27.
The theme and books will be announced later in the year.
2020 Night In/Morning In
January 18 and 19, 2020
Looking even further ahead...
...our annual event is so popular we've already started to plan for next year!
About our Book Signing Policy
We sponsor a robust schedule of events—this summer alone, we’ve brought over 50 authors to Park Rapids. This is possible only because of the purchases of our customers. For that reason, we ask that only books purchased from us be presented for signing at events. We appreciate your cooperation with this policy.
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