Beyond the bragging rights, prizes for all finalists and winners included books and subscriptions to Fireball Crosswords, a night’s stay at the Crowne Plaza or DoubleTree Suites, dinner at Buca di Bepo, a gorgeous gift basket of gourmet snacks and wine from Mintahoe, brunches at M Street Café at the St. Paul Hotel, and of…
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The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library is pleased to announce the finalists in all eight categories for the 25th Annual Minnesota Book Awards, sponsored by Marvin Windows and Doors. Saturday, January 26, 24 judges from around the state – writers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and others from the literary community – selected the finalists for each of eight book categories. Read more about the finalist books and authors.
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The Minnesota Book Awards is pleased to announce Jana Pullman as the winner of the 2013 Minnesota Book Artist Award sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group. Pullman’s primary artistic work in the book arts is in the area of design bindings. She creates unique bindings for specific books using materials such as leather, wood, handmade paper,…
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North Country: The Making of Minnesota The untold history of how the land of the Dakota and Ojibwe became the State of Minnesota North Country: The Making of Minnesota unlocks the complex origins of the state—origins that have often been ignored in favor of legend and a far more benign narrative of immigration, settlement, and cultural…
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Romanian guests to visit Saint Paul as part of the Biblionet Romania program. Five staff members from Romanian public libraries and five members of newly organized library Friends groups in Romania, along with two program specialists from the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) will be the guests of The Friends of the Saint Paul…
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“Our work blends the contemporary and traditional and reflects an understanding of a centuries-old craft within the context of an artist’s book.” Working together at Cave Paper, O’Malley and Degener have been book artists for over 17 years. There are only a few contemporary artists in the world who have been making creative papers…
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