BOOKS
Writers in spotlight
Four talented local authors will be featured in the upcoming “Local Author Extravaganza” at the Perham Area Public Library on Saturday, March 6.March 04, 2010
‘Author Extravaganza’ features four area writers March 6 at Perham library
Four talented local authors will be featured in the up-coming “Local Author Ex-travaganza” at the Perham Area Public Library on Sat-urday, March 6.March 01, 2010
Minnesota history brought to life–for young readers
He doesn’t live in East Otter Tail County; he has no direct connections to the New York Mills and Perham areas; and he hasn’t even a drop of Finnish blood in his ancestry.February 26, 2010
‘Golden Pens’: Area senior citizen creative writing group goes to press with new book 
Limericks, poems, memoirs, tidbits of history and odes to coffee–these are but a few of the works of the Golden Pens.
By Louis Hoglund , December 18, 2009
Fiction writer Mahmud Altaie is Dec. Artist-in-Residence
The New York Mills Arts Retreat is pleased to announce the residency of Mahmud Altaie. He is an Iraqi novelist who has published 20 novels and short story collections.
December 16, 2009
Local senior writing group ‘Golden Pens’ publishes book–just in time for holidays
The Golden Pens, a senior citizen creative writing organization, has published a new book consisting of the member’s works in 2009.
November 24, 2009
For men of the Great Depression era, Civilian Conservation Corps was ‘hard work, good deal’
For hundreds of thousands of unemployed men during the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps was “Hard Work and a Good Deal.”
By Louis Hoglund , November 13, 2009
Hardwater angling: Ice fishing author speaks in Perham Oct. 10
To the uninitiated, ice fishing seems improbable, wacky, and dangerous. But every winter, more than 2 million hardy northerners go to their place on the lake: literally on the lake.
October 02, 2009
A taste of Burma in East Otter Tail County
Try sampling some skewered prawns, diving into some Danbauk chicken, or tasting some tamarind pork— as photos of malnourished, war-torn, and disease-ridden people flash in front of you.
To say it’s unsettling is a gross understatement.
By Heidi Kratzke , August 20, 2009
Local author ‘picks the bones’ of past U.S. presidents
Retired newspaperman and longtime seasonal resident of Little Pine Lake, Jerry Moriarty, will be signing his new book June 24 in Perham.
By Louis Hoglund , June 22, 2009
Hennagir pens second book in fantasy adventure series
Two Perham grads have combined their talents to produce “The Knights of Aledgen,” the second book in author Jace Hennagir’s Adventures of Ages series.
By Heidi Kratzke , June 05, 2009
‘I Love to Read’
There may have been a few funny looks by New York Mills Elementary students coming out of the breakfast line last week - not quite sure what to do about eating green eggs - but most dove right in to the novelty.
By Kevin Cederstrom , March 04, 2009
Harlan Wien to sign books at Dean’s
A book-signing with Harlan Wien will be hosted on October 17, at Dean’s Country Market in Perham.
October 08, 2008
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