Walloon Writers Review edition 6 is making its way to some exciting locations this year! This edition of Walloon Writers Review is on the shelves or on order /available to order at so many exciting independent bookstores around Michigan! Wow! To name a few:

• McLean & Eakin – Petoskey
• Between The Covers – Harbor Springs
• Saturn Booksellers – Gaylord
• Snowbound Books – Marquette
• Bay Books – Suttons Bay
• Horizon Books – Traverse City
• The Bookman – Grand Haven
• Island Books – Mackinac Island
• Reader’s World – Holland
• Nicola’s Books – Ann Arbor

There are a lot of amazing indie booksellers around this great State. Please check back for updates on Where to Find Walloon Writers Review edition 6! A recent online search pulled up delightful list of amazing booksellers around Michigan and even a description from an indie bookstore in Southern California and OMG – Sweden!? Tack tack, Bokus.com!

Please be sure to visit a Michigan independent bookstore. We are so grateful for their support and for all the exciting events they offer for readers and writers.

Out of the area or not quite ready to hop inside? Please check out Bookshop.org and choose a favorite regional independent bookstore to support. Walloon Writers Review edition 6 is also available on Barnes & Noble.com.

While we all breath a small sigh of relief that these iconic bookstores have persevered, maybe we can show our appreciation by doing some of our holiday shopping in July this year!

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Eh hem, (shameless self promotion alert!). Walloon Writers Review edition 6 is a collection to be enjoyed and shared by everyone! Suitable for general audiences, our contributors share impressions, stories, beautiful poetry and amazing nature photography of and about Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula – and we even feature a section of young writers award winning poetry and prose from the local school district. You’ll find a pleasant reading experience with many different perspectives.

Walloon Writers Review edition 6 is edited by Associate Editor Glen Young. Enjoy this selection of original writing and photography by Michigan writers, authors, photographers and those who have ties to the region.

Walloon Writers Review edition 6 is published by Mission Point Press of Traverse City, Michigan. All rights remain with the original authors and photographers.

WALLOON WRITERS REVIEW edition 6 just released the print edition and it’s on the shelves at area independent bookstores throughout Northern Michigan and beyond! This exciting collection, edited by our Associate Editor Glen Young, focuses on nature and has a few nice surprises… including opening with a selection from a poem by Jim Harrison, “Solstice Litany: Part 5”, (reprinted with permission).

Setting the tone for an enjoyable read for general audiences, this edition features mostly Michigan writers and photographers, with a few included who spend time here seasonally, used to live here and or have ties to the region. Walloon Writers Review proudly includes the award winning selections from the 2020 Crooked Tree Arts Center Juried Young Writers Exposition in a special section.

This edition features the following contributors:

Priscilla Atkins, Elizabeth J. Bates,
James J. Bogan, Jr., Yuan Changming, Thomas Ford Conlan,
Nancy Cook, Art Curtis, Lisa Fosmo, CJ Giroux, Grace
Giroux, Jonathan Jordan, Deda Kavanagh, Kelly Kazmierski,
James P. Lenfestey, John Lennon, Ellen Lord, Chris Lucka,
Raymond Luczak, Kenneth Pobo, Kacey Riley, Katherine
Roth, Melissa Seitz, Shelley B. Smithson, Bev Steckert,
Phillip Sterling, Edd Tury, Karen Walker, Michael S. Walker,
Allen M. Weber, Buff Whitman-Bradley and Glen Young.

This edition is our longest at 104 pages and the selected photography is in four color. Walloon Writers Review is meant to share which is why we release in print. Feel comfortable leaving your copy on the cottage bookshelf, back porch magazine table – it is suitable for general audience and captures the unique experiences of up North.

If you are out of state or in an area where an independent bookstore is hard to reach or you are just not ready to get out and shop yet, you can order a copy from Bookshop.org and select an independent bookstore to benefit from your purchase up here or where you are to order. We ran a test on this and ordered a copy for a reader in Arizona and her copy arrived quickly and in excellent condition.

AT YOUR FAVORITE BOOKSTORE SOON!!

Featuring Michigan writers and photographers, stories, poetry and nature photography all about and inspired by Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula – we are so excited to offer WALLOON WRITERS REVIEW “edition 6” in PRINT!

Please look for it at your favorite bookseller soon! We will update our page with sightings on bookstore shelves of this stunning 104 page collection, opening with a very special reprint of a stanza from a Jim Harrison poem, reprinted by special permission of The Permissions Company, on behalf of Copper Canyon Press. Our cover Photography is by UP Photographer Elizabeth J. Bates and inside, you’ll find an array of reflections on nature, this amazing region, good stories – a few fishing references and a lot to enjoy.

If you love Northern Michigan and the UP, the tales we share, the natural beauty that surrounds, astounds and inspires us, you’re in for a treat. The content is suitable for general audiences and a special section features award winning poetry and prose by young writers from the region.

Great for Father’s Day, cottage bookshelves, beach reading, side table’ pick and up and come back to’ over the whole four seasons – and enjoyable for everyone.

Walloon Writers Review features an array of accomplished and emerging writers and photographers. Check with your local independent bookseller this month!

It’s no secret Walloon Writers Review has a thing about our literary and writing community. This Spring brings us really exciting events that continue throughout this summer and fall in Northern Michigan. No matter where you are, you can join in and be a part of these events!

Walloon Lake Reads April 1st started a community read of The Nick Adams Stories by Ernest Hemingway, which runs through May 13. This community read includes numerous speakers, historians and opportunities to learn more about Hemingway and family ties to Northern Michigan. Several events are planned for this Community Read and the “2021 Hemingway Homecoming”. Follow this link for more information: https://www.walloonlakemi.com/walloon-lake-plans-hemingway-homecoming-activities-in-2021/

Harbor Springs Festival of The Book hosts ” One Bay, One Book Community Read” , a new element of their Festival programming. The Removed by 2018 Festival Presenter and National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson was selected for this year. Hobson will discuss his book in a virtual community event Wednesday, April 28th at 7:00 pm. The online event will be moderated by Margaret Noodin, poet and Professor of English and American Indian Studies at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Register and get your copy of The Removed here: https://www.hsfotb.org/products/1bay1book-brandon-hobson. Learn more about Harbor Springs Festival of the Book events at hsfotb.org.

Be sure to check back in with Walloon Writers Review soon! Good news is on the horizon!

While we usher in March, hoping for the burst of Spring birds, warmer winds and peeks of grass and mud (haha), we wait patiently as gale winds flail about, and ice seems to just keep us on our toes. Thanks to Steve Huder for the phenomenal photo shown here.

We are waiting, too for the print release of Walloon Writers Review edition 6! Expect an update soon – but production is ongoing and finishing touches are coming together while we move off our free digital edition and onto our print version!

Check back with us soon!

Walloon Writers Review announces the following writers and photographers will be featured in the upcoming Walloon Writers Review edition 6 ! This digital edition is expected out in December!

Priscilla Atkins

Elizabeth J. Bates

James J. Bogan, Jr.

 Jim Bolone

yuan changming

Thomas Ford Conlan

Nancy Cook

Art Curtis

Lisa Fosmo

CJ Giroux

Grace Giroux

Jonathan Jordan

Deda Kavanagh

Kelly Kazmierski

James P. Lenfestey

John Lennon

Ellen Lord

Chris Lucka

Raymond Luczak

Kenneth Pobo

Kacey Riley

Katherine Roth

Melissa Seitz

Shelley B. Smithson

Bev Steckert

Philip D. Sterling

Edd Tury

Karen Walker

Michael S. Walker

Allen M. Weber

Buff Whitman-Bradley

Glen Young

Walloon Writers Review would like to give thanks to all of our contributors who have made our little lit magazine grow and blossom and all of our bookseller friends who have shared the incredible poetry, stories and photography over the years.

We are so excited to share that Walloon Writers Review edition 6 – our first digital only release is under production. While this (like every. single. thing. in 2020) is taking a little longer than expected, we know it’s worth the wait.

This edition is edited by Glen Young, who has contributed poetry to Walloon Writers Review and serves as Associate Editor, which is so exciting because his fresh voice, exceptional talent and dedication to good writing makes for a really incredible edition.

After Thanksgiving, we will list the edition 6 Contributors you can look forward to reading and enjoying their photography upon release. Thanks to you, readers, writers, photographers, booksellers, graphic designers, friends and newcomers, we can look forward to a step away from the rough edges of this year and immerse ourselves in focusing on Northern Michigan, the beckoning Upper Peninsula and all of it’s natural beauty.

We give thanks to all and wish you a peaceful week.