We are honored that Walloon Writers Review is invited to share readings by our contributors at beautiful Walloon Lake Library! Contributors reading at this event include: Kate Allore, Monique Bova, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Mary Anna Kruch, John Lennon, Kristen Bartley Lenz, Ellen Lord, Skip Renker, DJ and Ralph Savarese, Kirk Small. We are excited to include nature photography by Tom Barrat and Kate Allore at this event!
WALLOON WRITERS REVIEW WILL BE AT ISHPEMING CARNEGIE LIBRARY IN ISHPEMING ON AUGUST 7TH! More to come!
While you are exploring all of the amazing places to enjoy up north, be sure to stop in to one of the many places you can find Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition! We are honored and excited to add the following new places sharing this treasure trove of stories, poetry, and nature photography inspired by northern Michigan and the great UP!
Welcome Trillium Woods Coffee along the Tunnel of Trees – Harbor Springs, Walloon Lake Winery Tasting Room in Petoskey, Poetess and Stranger in downtown Petoskey (mid June) and Canterbury Bookshop in Escanaba (this week)!
You can find a list of booksellers and gift shops on our tab above, titled “Where to Find Walloon Writers Review” and many of the independent booksellers in our region are happy to ship a copy home for you!
This collection is a pleasant, casual read, capturing stunning nature through creative, original stories, poetry, and stunning photography. From fish stories, to adventures, the changing of the guard at family cottages, beautiful photography, reflections, and memorable mixed media. Escape the everyday and dive in to special moments that capture the essence of this region.
Our contributors make this literary magazine so exciting every year! We include writers and photographers who live in the area, are from here, spent time here, vacation here or just came through on their way to somewhere else and the experience left a lasting impression. There is something for everyone – nature lovers, especially.
Many thanks to all of the Up North businesses and libraries that support this unique publication all about northern Michigan and Upper Michigan.
Ever wonder what’s inside of this magazine? Who might like it? Let’s take a look!
One of the most popular subjects of the submissions we receive each year is something (maybe everything!) about fishing!
In poetry or narrative, in true fish tale storytelling style or vivid description of the solitude and settings, contributors bring readers along for the moment. From the favorite fishing spot, the intensity of landing that elusive brookie or salmon or others that flow through the blue waters up here, you’ll be drawn in. The all-in for fish crowd will find a few brilliant examples of this in Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition.
Casting for Ghosts by Stephen Hooper of Negaunee, fits the bill for the fishing fans. This lively short story, set some where in the wilds of the UP, keep you intent on finding out just what happens all the way through. Hooper’s outstanding story telling skills have appeared in previous editions in the form of poetry and song lyrics.
Gary Schil’s Muskellenge as Muse draws you into the lush setting of a northern Michigan lake, and brings you to the dance between rod, reel, and fish. Gary’s talented word crafting builds the tension, and brings you so close, you can see the fish yourself. Gary Schil is a returning contributor to Walloon Writers Review and lives in Harbor Springs.
Morning Boat on Walloon, a rich poem written by new contributor Margaret Anderson (now in Vancouver, BC Canada) vividly captures those great memories that we all love to share. She begins:
Let me tell you what I remember of fishing with my father in the morning fog on Walloon, our oars silent as mink paddling, to catch breakfast in Lily Pad Bay;
What you will find in Walloon Writers Review are reflections, adventures, funny tales, exploration of new places throughout this grand region. Beautiful nature photography and new this edition, we are pleased to share exceptional mixed media of the same theme. All of it is focused on the incredible natural beauty, experiences that are uniquely northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula fill the pages.
We hope you enjoy it! You can find copies throughout this region and around Michigan! Check out our Where to Find Walloon Writers Review tab here on our website.
– Jennifer Huder, Founder
Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition is edited by Jennifer Hude and Glen Young. Produced in Petoskey, Michigan, our contributors live, work, visit, vacation, or have ties to this magical region. Walloon Writers Review reprints the selected contents by permission of the original writers and artists. 196 pages in paperback.
Find a moment to enjoy reflections, tales, memories, and adventure in our newest edition! Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition is a collection like no other – of northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula captured in creative writing and beautiful photography. This edition features the following exciting contributors:
Storm Ainsely
Kate Allore
Margaret Anderson
Julie Angeli
Pamela Atsoff
Michele Austin
Raegan Badik
Tom Barrat
Elizabeth J. Bates
Milton J. Bates
Curt A. Benson
Susan Boback
Jim Bolone
Monique Bova
Carrie Cantalupo
Nancy Carey
Tamar Charney
Thomas Ford Conlan
Brenna Dean
April DeOliveira
Sarah DiViasmeņi
Patty Durell
Elizabeth Fergus-Jean
Katherine Foote
Lisa Fosmo
Chris Gerst
CJ Giroux
Sheryl Greene
J. L. Hagen
Nancy Hayes
Caroline Helmstadt
Betsy Hayhow Hemming
Deborah Hochberg
Steve Hooper
Becky Jensen
Hank Kaufmann
Taylor Keiser
Bridget Klaasen
Mary Anna Scenga Kruch
Candace Lee
John Lennon
Kristin Bartley Lenz
Jeanne Blum Lesinski
Cassie Lindholm
Ellen Lord
Max Old Bear
Amy Pendell
George Perreault
Doug Pfaff
Anne M. Rashid
Karen Reasoner
F.W. “Skip” Renker
Jennifer Uehlein Reynolds
Katherine Roth
David James “DJ” Savarese
Ralph James Savarese
Gary Schils
Scot Siegel
Michael Sipkoski
Kirk Small
Don Spezia
K. Matthew Springfield
Ellen Schettling Whitehead
Find Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition at independent bookstores in Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Traverse City, Suttons Bay, Escanaba, Marquette, Alpena, Grand Haven, and more! You’ll also find us at East Jordan Arts Council Gift Shop and coming soon in Good Hart! See our current list under Tab “Where to Find Walloon Writers Review”. Online sales are available at most of our indie bookseller friends! See also Goodreads.com and Barnesandnoble.com!
Library fans, many libraries including Walloon Lake Library, Hoyt Library -Saginaw, Ishpeming Carnegie Library, Charlevoix Public Library, Petoskey Public Library, and more have a copy on hand for you to enjoy.
Walloon Writers Review gives a big “Thank You!” to all of the independent booksellers we’ve met during the last ten years. Indepdent bookstores are not just awesome to visit, they actively support local authors and collections like ours of local and regional Michigan writers and photographers. We count our indie bookstores as friends, where we can always find something new and special.
On this site, under the “Where to Find Walloon Writers Review” tab, you’ll find a list of our favorite great independent booksellers here in Michigan who have been very supportive of our contributors and us!
Many have asked how can you support the work we do at Walloon Writers Review? Remind them its a pleasant collection sharing our collective passion for northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, suitable for general audiences.
Stop in to one of these stores and pick up a copy of our newly released Ninth Edition!
Call one of them and place a special order to ship a copy to a friend or family member – especially if you’re in it. It’s not “shameless self-promotion”, it’s inviting them along on your journey!
Know a vacation property owner up this way looking for something unique to have available at their place? Suggest they include Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition for their guests. Leave it on the reading shelf, the magazine table, on the side table near the fireplace! Local writers and beautiful color photography and Mixed Media, local and regional content, suitable for a general audience – sold locally at indie bookstores!
Walloon Writers Review is sold in amazing bookstores throughout Michigan. It’s in your favorite vacation places – stop in and pick up a copy as a souvenir of your adventures in northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula this summer!
Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition sells for $24.99 and is our largest collection ever. Thank you, independent bookstores for all of your support of local authors, local photographers, our publication and the community.
Wow, this is going to be an exciting event! Contributors to Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition and our Eighth Edition will share their original poetry and short stories and we will also have a couple of prints of nature photography from the magazine as well! Join Jeanne Blum Lesinski, CJ Giroux, Catherine Helmstadt, Robert Vivian, Katherine Foote, Deda Kavanagh, Melissa Seitz, Kristen Bartley Lenz, Julie Angeli, David “DJ” Savarese and Founder Jennifer Huder this Tuesday evening at Hoyt Library, in Saginaw!
THE BARDS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN at CHARLEVOIX PUBLIC LIBRARY in CHARLEVOIX ON TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND AT 6:00!
Wow, this is such an exciting time for Michigan writers! Please check out this exciting event in Charlevoix also this Tuesday evening featuring a number of Walloon Writers Review contributors and Editor Glen Young! Hosted by poet Ellen Lord and Charlevoix Public Library, this event was a hit last year.
In celebration of National Poetry Month and the richness of regional poetry talent, The Charlevoix Public Library hosts a delightful event, The Bards of Northern Michigan Reading and Workshop! Walloon Writers Review is well represented at this event including Editor Glen Young, Contributor and Host Ellen Lord, and several of our contributors! A poetry workshop featuring Glen Young is also scheduled for April 22nd – follow the link below! This event is free and open to the public Tuesday, April 22nd at 6:00 p.m. Copies of many of the writers books, including Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition will be available at the event. Check out the flyer for more information. Links are after the flyer.
Join us! Please come and hear our Saginaw area and Up North contributors read their selections from Walloon Writers Review on Tuesday, April 22nd at 6:00 p.m. at Hoyt Library in Saginaw!
“Up North” means so much to so many people. Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition offers something for everyone to enjoy and features incredible contributors with an eye for creative expression and a touch of familiarity.
Thanks to the wonderful support of Michigan independent booksellers, you can find Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition on the shelves AND available for shipping! We are on the shelves at Between The Covers in Harbor Springs, McLean & Eakin in Petoskey, Horizon Books in Traverse City, The Bookman in Grand Haven, and more and available for order at Between The Covers, McLean & Eakin, and Snowbound Books- Marquette! Adding to your pile of TBR’s? Consider Bookshop.org, BarnesandNoble.com and of course, Amazon.
Big shout out to libraries in Michigan including Hoyt Library in Saginaw (see below for a Walloon Writers Review reading event!), Petoskey Public Library, Walloon Lake Library, Charlevoix Public Library, and Peter White Library in Marquette. These libraries will have Walloon Writers Review Ninth Edition on the shelves in April! Check out a copy or stop in to enjoy reading a copy while you’re visiting these great libraries.
Save the date!
April 22 – Walloon Writers Review will be hosted by Hoyt Library in Saginaw from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm for contributor readings, a panel discussion, and refreshments! Copies will be available and can be signed at the event. Come out and experience Walloon Writers Review at this wonderful library!
Other Exciting Events for National Poetry Month
Bards of Northern Michigan at the Charlevoix Public Library will include readings by area poets, a special guest, and a few of our Walloon Writers Review contributors! Watch for more details!
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