The Friends Blog

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with Bao Phi, author of My Footprints, part of the Children’s Literature category, sponsored by Books for Africa How does it feel to be a Minnesota Book Award finalist? I’m…

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with Jacqueline West, author of Last Things, part of the Young Adult Literature category, sponsored by United Educators Credit Union How does it feel to be a Minnesota Book Award…

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with Ed Bok Lee, author of Mitochondrial Night, part of the Poetry category, sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc. How does it feel to be a Minnesota Book Award finalist? It’s…

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with Benjamin Percy, author of Suicide Woods, part of the Novel & Short Story category, sponsored by College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University How does it feel to be a…

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with Marguerite Ragnow, co-author of Tulips, Chocolate & Silk: Celebrating 65 Years of the James Ford Bell Library, part of the Minnesota Nonfiction category How does it feel to be…

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with Rebecca K. S. Ansari, author of The Missing Piece of Charlie O’Reilly, part of the Middle Grade Literature category, sponsored by Education Minnesota How does it feel to be…