The Friends Blog

Emma Törzs, author of Ink Blood Sister Scribe Genre Fiction Category, sponsored by Macalester College Each week leading up to the 36th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. What is one detail you wanted to…

Christina Alongi, author of Citadel Genre Fiction Category, sponsored by Macalester College Each week leading up to the 36th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. What is one detail you wanted to include in this…

Timothy Cochrane, author of Making the Carry: The Lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Annette and John Whaley Each week leading up to the 36th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with…

TD Mischke, author of Winter’s Song: A Hymn to the North Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Annette and John Whaley Each week leading up to the 36th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category…

Keith Ellison, author of Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Annette and John Whaley Each week leading up to the 36th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their…

Pete Kero, author of Minescapes: Reclaiming Minnesota’s Mined Lands Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Annette and John Whaley Each week leading up to the 36th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here.…