Laurie Hertzel signed copies of her memoir News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist alongside fellow Minnesota author (oh, and former Vice President) Walter Mondale, who has penned his own memoir The Good Fight : A Life in Liberal Politics. They were both at the Midwest Booksellers Association trade show this past weekend.If you … Continue reading The Big Time

Minnesota’s Will Weaver has been a hunter since he was a young boy, following in the footsteps of his father, a dedicated and seasoned outdoorsman. As he writes in The Last Hunter, “in the fall, when Canada geese came through and when partridge season opened, [we] heard the far-off thudding report of shotguns--and in November … Continue reading Will Weaver Visits M&Q

Peter Smith lives in Hopkins, Minnesota. He is a weekly contributor to Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Edition with Cathy Wurzer. A Porch Sofa Almanac is the first collection of Smith’s essays for MPR, and you can meet the author himself--Tuesday, October 12, 7:30pm, at Magers & Quinn Bookellers. These are stories that keep close to … Continue reading So you live in Minnesota, eh?