The cover photography for Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition by Kelly Suzanne Kelley (2023). Copyright Kelly Suzanne Kelley.
SAVE THE DATE! JORDAN RIVER ART CENTER on Main Street in East Jordan will host a gallery showing of the photography published in Walloon Writers Review Seventh and Eighth Editions! The show begins Sunday, June 2, 2024 from 1-4 and concludes on June 22, 2024. Be sure to check out Jordan River Art Center gallery hours during the month of June and stop in to see the stunning selections from these editions shared by the photographers!
We are honored to be invited to share the incredible photography included in these two editions!
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Please remember the booksellers, gift shops, and now the gallery supporting Walloon Writers Review!We couldn’t be here without their support – let’s show them ours!Books and Walloon Writers Review are always good gifts!
We are so grateful to all of the readers, creative writers, nature photographers, booksellers, libraries, gift givers and northern Michigan/upper Michigan fans who make this publication such a joy. Happy Holidays to every one of you and see you next year!
Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition is popping up all around Michigan just in time for holiday gift-giving, and we’re excited to share all of the places you can find this incredible collection of short stories, poetry, and nature photography throughout the region! Find the voice of northern Michigan, like the wind through the pines, the waves hitting the shores, the peaceful quiet of the forest, and the effervescence of family and friends enjoying this incredible place within the pages of this independent collection.
Since we began in 2014, Walloon Writers Review has partnered with our treasured independent booksellers throughout Michigan. Our collection is usually found in the “Michigan” section! Sometimes, you can also find us in poetry, as well. Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition makes a great gift for anyone on your list who raves about their adventures, family time, fresh water and fresh air experience found here in northern Michigan! Suitable for general audiences, our focus is on the reflection of the incredible natural beauty and exploration of this amazing region. And, there is a poem or story or photo about fishing in every edition.
Check out the tab right here on our website (Where to Find Walloon Writers Review) for northern Michigan regional booksellers and head over to enjoy and pick up a copy! Jordan River Arts Center has us on the shelves at their gift shop, too! New stores are adding in and all independent booksellers in Michigan can order a copy for you!
Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition is our largest and the feedback has been outstanding! Priced at $19.95, you can easily check a few readers, Michigan nuts, writers, and explorers off your list with copies of our latest edition!
Bookshop.org offers a massive collection of books, with author pages so you can check in on your favorite writers, and they have gift cards! Walloon Writers Review has a page on Bookshop.org – here’s our link: https://bookshop.org/shop/JenniferHuder
Can’t get to one of the stores in Michigan this season? Here’s a way to support local booksellers (you can pick which one benefits from your purchase!) and support Walloon Writers Review!
Great News! We are super excited to share the news about a new bookstore in our region! Thank you so much to Higgins Lake-area contributor Melissa Seitz for mentioning our northern Michigan & UP-inspired collection with Hidden Nook Booksellers! Hidden Nook Booksellers will soon have Walloon Writers Review on their shelves!
Located on Main Street in the downtown area of Grayling, Hidden Nook Booksellers will be open weekends-only beginning 10/29/23 – so be sure to stop by while you’re out leaf-peeping! Website is still under construction, but you can find them on Facebook.
Here is a link to an article about this exciting new bookstore from the Up North Voice (Crawford County):
Hidden Nook Booksellers are located at 207 E Michigan Avenue, Grayling.
We are so excited to share the news that Suzi Banks Baum is offering a writing workshop and a reading of her short story, MAXIE AND HER CAMERA, published in Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition, Thursday, October 19th at 4:00 p.m. at the Escanaba Public Library.
FROM ESCANABA PUBLIC LIBRARY: Award-winning author, and Escanaba native, Suzi Banks Baum, will present a writing workshop and public reading at the Escanaba Public Library October 19th at 4:00 p.m. Writers and literary lovers alike will create short stories from true facts from their own lives. Banks Baum will lead a discussion about writing from life experience and read selections from her newly published story, Maxie and Her Camera, set in the Lakeview Cemetery in Escanaba. The main character, Maxie, is based on the author’s life, with details gathered from growing up in Escanaba. Banks Baum often hears new writers profess they have no idea where to begin. “Begin where you began,” says Suzi.
(Read more about Suzi Banks Baum in the linked article above!)
“There’s No Place Like Home” is open to ages 12 and above and can be found under “Offerings” on her website or on the Full Calendar at Escanaba Public Library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Escanaba Library, the writing workshop offers an exciting opportunity. Bring a journal or paper and something to write with!
We are so honored that Suzi submitted her story to us to share in our collection of short stories, poetry and nature photography rooted in northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition with Suzi’s story, is available at Canterbury Bookstore in Escanaba, Snowbound Books in Marquette and several independent bookstores throughout lower Michigan. Please note that Walloon Writers Review is suitable for general audiences and inspired by the natural beauty of this incredible region. Enjoy Maxie and Her Camera and Walloon Writers Review!
Suzi Banks Baum lives in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. Her writing has been published in Walloon Writers Review Fourth Edition, as well as several other publications.
It’s official! Autumn has arrived and what an incredible time to explore northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.
Up here, the vast forested canopy of trails and open sky along the coasts inspire you to breathe out the days expectations and let fresh air, pines, fish and wildlife, wildflowers, sunshine and the fragrance of fall take over. The rush of waterfalls, gentle curve and flow of rivers, and eagles soaring above the lakes all bring focus to the incredible beauty out here to explore.
“Exploration” is the theme of this edition of Walloon Writers Review and we hope you will experience something different or some place new in the region. It is an absolute honor to share so many talented Michigan writers and Michigan nature photographers on this collection. Walloon Writers Review is best described as a “pick up and put down” ,savor-some-for-later, go back and enjoy it again kind of publication. We hope you really enjoy the incredible selections included in this new collection. Need a copy? Please support independent bookstores in Michigan by picking up a copy at the growing list on our Where To Find Walloon Writers Review tab or order online at Bookshop.org, Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
At the reading at Indian River Area Library, we got to hear a few of our contributing writers share their poems from the collection, as well as their ‘pieces in progress’. Thanks to Monique Bova, Hailey French, Gary Schils and Co-Editor Glen Young for making this event so exciting and so uplifting. This was a first event for us and nicely attended. We are so grateful to Kelsey Rutkowski, Director of Indian River Area Library for inviting us.
As always, your support of Michigan authors, poets, writers, musers, memoirists, story tellers, singers, and nature photographers is honored.
Thanks for visiting our page and for your support of Walloon Writers Review.
We are super honored to be invited by Indian River Area Library for a reading from our recently released Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition! Come listen to Co-Editor Glen Young, Hailey French, Monique Bova and Gary Shils read their selections from the magazine!
Earlier this month, Contributor Ellen Lord read one of her selected poems on FM 90 Public Radio at WNMU in Marquette and sat down with Host Kurt Hauswirth to talk about her writing! Check out the link to the interview and Ellen’s reading here:
Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition is available at independent bookstores throughout Michigan and online at Bookshop.org and barnesandnoble.com, as well as Amazon.com. Check out all of the outstanding writers and nature photographers included in this really big edition – 196 pages featuring FIFTY NINE contributors!
Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition offers an exploration of up north and the Upper Peninsula in a unique collection of poems, short stories and nature photography all about and inspired by this incredible region. The selected works of fifty nine contributors reaches 196 pages this time, making this edition our largest ever.
Join us for an exploration of the inspiring northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula regions through these original creative writing and photography moments – capturing the adventure, the beauty, family and friends, the imagination and reflections prompted by spending time up here, amongst our clear blue waters, stands of deep tall pine forests, winding rivers, deep snows, great lakes, gentle winds, special places and incredible moments.
We are so honored to share this collection with you! Suitable for all readers, the magazine in meant to be shared -left on the reading table at the cottage, the shelf in the cabin, in the beach bag or on the table at camp.
Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition is available at independent book stores throughout the region:
McLean & Eakin – Petoskey
Between The Covers – Harbor Springs
Horizon Books – Traverse City
Bay Books – Suttons Bay
Parallel 45 Books and Gifts – Alpena
Snowbound Books – Marquette
Canterbury Book Store – Escanaba
Walloon Lake Winery – Petoskey
The Bookman – Grand Haven
Reader’s World – Holland
and more!
EXCITING NEWS BEGINS RIGHT NOW!
Walloon Writers Review on the radio! Thanks to our friends at PUBLIC RADIO FM 90 at WNMU in Marquette for talking with poetry contributor Ellen Lord! The link to hear from her, her reading of Fish Tale: An Elegy and to share news of her newly released chapbook, Relative Sanity is below!
Walloon Writers Review at Indian River Area Library on September 14th! Associate Editor Glen Young and a few of our local contributors will read their submissions at the library at starting at 6:00 p.m.! We are honored to be invited!
Indian River Area Library
3546 S. Straits Hwy, Indian River, MI 49749
There is so much more to share from our talented contributors! Please visit our website again soon for updates!
Thank you for supporting Walloon Writers Review, an independent literary magazine celebrating the natural beauty and creative inspiration of northern Michigan and the UP! – Jennifer Huder, Founder
EXCITING NEWS! Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition is officially released! Congratulations to all of our 59 ( yes, 59!) awesome Contributors! Be sure to scroll down to see who’s included in this impressive 196-page edition! Be sure to read the opening note by Associate Editor Glen Young when you get your copy. It sets the stage for the delightful collection you are about to experience.
We are still independent and that means upon our official Release, we are reaching out to booksellers and libraries across Michigan to let them know this exciting collection of northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula inspired short stories, poetry and nature photography is ready to order for their stores! Keep an eye out at your favorite bookseller! There’s something for everyone in this exploration of our incredible region.
Look at our tab: Where to Find Walloon Writers Review for updated places, like CANTERBURY BOOKSTOREin Escanaba! JORDAN RIVER ARTS CENTER in East Jordan! And, since we goofed their name (cue eyeroll) and are blaming our cat, ADAMS MADAMS in Central Lake!
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Booksellers and Gift Shops – please know that we are available on Ingram right now! Our ISBN bar code is printed right on the back. Email editor@walloonwriters.com for a Sell Sheet with pertinent details!!
We have gathered an exciting collection of original poetry, short stories, reflections and nature photography from the following writers and photographers. While most are from Michigan, we also welcome and include those with strong ties to this great region.
With great appreciation to the following for allowing us to share their talents with you, here is our list:
CONTRIBUTORS
Kate Allore
Elizabeth J. Bates
Milton J. Bates
Suzi Banks Baum
James Bogan
Monique Bova
Thomas Ford Conlan
Art Curtis
Mono D’Angelo
Dan Dueweke
Linda Nemec Foster
Hailey French
CJ Giroux
Katie Gray
Sheryl Greene
Isabella Gross
Caroline Helmstadt
Betsy Hayhow Hemming
Stephen Hooper
Deda Kavanagh
Taylor Keiser
Kelly Suzanne Kelley
Elizabeth Kerlikowske
Bridget Klaasen
Katy Klimczuk
Gloria Klinger
Katie Koziara
James Lenfestey
Jeanne Blum Lesinski
Ellen Lord
Raymond Luczak
Paul Maxbauer
Karen Nemecek
Doug Pfaff
Jeremy Proehl
Greg Rappleye
F.W. “Skip” Renker
Jennifer Uehlein Reynolds
Philip Rice
Carol Ritter
Katherine Roth
Kim Ruley
David “DJ” Savarese
Ralph James Savarese
Gary Merrill Schils
Moon Seagren
Melissa Seitz
Becky Serrano
Michael Sipkoski
K. Matthew Springfield
Edd Tury
Robert Vivian
Karen Walker
Lindsay Way
Neil White
Ellen Schettling Whitehead
Sara Wright
Glen Young
Greg Young
Watch for Walloon Writers Review Eighth Edition Release Date – June, 2023!
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