Moving Words: Writers Across Minnesota
Featuring multi-genre, Minnesota Book Award-winning authors, Moving Words is an opportunity for writers and readers to explore various themes together: the impact of literature in their lives, their connection as fellow Minnesotans, and the lens through which we read.
See our upcoming events or watch the recordings of previous events below.
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Upcoming Events

37th Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony Tuesday, April 22 | Ordway Center for Performing Arts 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul
Learn more, get tickets, or register for the livestream here.Celebrate the state’s best book books at the 37th annual Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony, sponsored by Education Minnesota. Readers, writers, and booklovers from across Minnesota are invited to gather and celebrate the stories of Minnesotans that inspire and connect us.
6:00 p.m. – Preface Meet the finalists and mingle with your fellow book lovers. Enjoy book sales and signing and a cash bar.
7:30 p.m. – Awards Ceremony Tane Danger will serve as emcee as awards are presented to winners in ten categories and to the recipient of the Kay Sexton award, with special guests.
9:00 p.m. – Epilogue Celebrate with friends, buy featured books, and grab a treat when you leave.
The Ceremony will include ASL interpretation and live captioning.
Learn more about the finalists and their books here.
Moving Words Recorded Events
Hosted by Park Rapids Area Library on September 10, 2020, this event features Minnesota Book Award-winning authors Karen Babine, Heid Erdrich, Peter Geye and Kao Kalia Yang.
Hosted by Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative and Waseca-LeSueur Library System on September 15, 2020, this event features Minnesota Book Award-winning authors ack El-Hai, William Green, Sheila O'Connor and Gwen Westerman.
Hosted by Roseau Public Library on September 17, 2020, this event features Minnesota Book Award-winning authors Brian Freeman, Julie Klassen, David LaRochelle and Linda LeGarde Grover.
Hosted by Center City Public Library and East Central Regional Library on September 26, 2020, this event features Minnesota Book Award-winning authors Michael Hall, Laura Purdie Salas and Joyce Sidman.
Hosted by Crookston Public Library, part of the Lake Agassiz Regional Library, on October 1, 2020, this event features Minnesota Book Award-winning authors Susan Bartlett Foote, Cary Griffith, Christopher Lehman and Andrea Swensson.
Hosted by Litchfield Public Library, part of the Pioneerland Library System on October 6, 2020, this event features Minnesota Book Award-winning authors Allen Eskens, Su Hwang, Sheila O’Connor and Kao Kalia Yang.
Hosted by Worthington Public Library and Nobles County Library on October 22, 2020, this event features Minnesota Book Award-winning authors Kate Allen, Shannon Gibney, Wing Young Huie, and Ed Bok Lee.
Hosted by Perham Public Library, part of the Viking Library System, on October 26, 2020, this event features Minnesota Book Award-winning authors Peter Geye, Kaethe Schwehn, Chaun Webster and Diane Wilson.
Hosted by Grand Rapids Area Library on November 5, 2020, this event features Minnesota Book Award-winning authors Brian Farrey, Linda LeGarde Grover, Shawn Otto and Sun Yung Shin.
Hosted by Rochester Public Library on November 12, 2020, this event features Minnesota Book Award-winning authors Ellen Hart, Nicole Helget, Su Hwang and Naomi Kritzer.
Hosted by Great River Regional Library on November 17, 2020, this event features Minnesota Book Award-winning authors Shannon Gibney, Geoff Herbach, Bao Phi and Christopher P. Lehman.