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Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Children’s Literature finalist: Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall Published by Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Category…

Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Young People’s Literature finalist: The Firebug of Balrog County by David Oppegaard Published by Flux/Llewellyn Worlwide Ltd. Category…

Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Poetry finalist: Borrowed Wave by Rachel Moritz Published by Kore Press Category Sponsor: Wellington Management Synopsis by Clarence White,…

Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Novel & Short Story finalist: The Patron Saint of Lost Comfort Lake by Rachel L. Coyne Published by New…

Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Minnesota finalist:   Minnesota State of Wonders, photos by Brian Peterson, stories by Kerri Westenberg Published by Mark Hirsch…

Each day leading up to the April 16 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, and in collaboration with community editors from the award-winning Saint Paul Almanac, we highlight one of the thirty-two finalists. Today we feature 2016 Memoir & Creative Fiction Finalist: The War Came Home with Him by Catherine Madison Published by: University of…