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
Moving Words: Author Discussion Thursday, November 21 | 6:30 p.m. Saint Peter Public Library | 601 S Washington Ave, Saint Peter MN 56082 Free | Registration not required Enjoy a lively discussion with three Minnesota authors: CM Alongi, VV Ganeshananthan, and Chaun Webster. 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. Moving Words is a program of The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library as the Library of Congress-designated Minnesota Center for the Book. This program is made possible in part by the State of Minnesota through an appropriation to the Minnesota Department of Education, The Harlan Boss Foundation, and the generous support of Bernadette and Jeffrey Janisch.
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.