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 Natasha D’Schommer, author (with Marguerite Ragnow) of Tulips, Chocolate & Silk: Celebrating 65 Years of the James Ford Bell Library, part of the Minnesota Nonfiction category How does it…

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 Andy Sturdevant, author (with Bill Lindeke) of Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities, part of the Minnesota Nonfiction category How does it feel…

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 Junauda Petrus, author of The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, part of the Young Adult Literature category, sponsored by United Educators Credit Union How does it feel to…

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 Steve Healey, author of Safe Houses I Have Known, part of the Poetry category, sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc. 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 William Kent Krueger, author of This Tender Land, part of the Novel & Short Story category, sponsored by College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University How does it feel to…

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 Staci Lola Drouillard, author of Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe, part of the Minnesota Nonfiction category How does it…