The Friends Blog

Each day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Novel & Short Story finalist:   Wintering by Peter Geye Published by: Alfred A. Knopf/Penguin Random House Category Sponsor: Fitzgerald in Saint Paul Wintering spans thirty-some years…

Each day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Minnesota Nonfiction finalist:   Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation by Virginia M. Wright-Peterson Published by: Minnesota Historical Society Press Category Sponsor: Saint Mary’s University of…

Each day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Middle Grade Literature finalist:   Sticks and Stones by Abby Cooper Published by: Farrar Straus Giroux/Macmillan Category Sponsor: Education Minnesota Ever since she was a baby, the…

Each day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Memoir & Creative Nonfiction finalist:   The Thunder Before the Storm: The Autobiography of Clyde Bellecourt by Clyde Bellecourt, as told to Jon Lurie Published by: Minnesota…

Each day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 General Nonfiction finalist:   The War on Science: Who’s Waging It, Why it Matters, What We Can Do About It by Shawn Otto Published by: Milkweed Editions…

Each day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Children’s Literature finalist:   Yellow Time by Lauren Stringer Published by: Beach Lane Books/Simon & Schuster Category Sponsor: Books For Africa Lauren Stringer celebrates the coming of…