This year Heartland Fall Forum is in Detroit, Michigan from Oct. 18-20. HFF is the premiere gathering place for those interested in independent bookstores throughout the Midwest. Hosted jointly by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. UNP will be on the trade show floor; see below for some highlights! Visit the HFF website for the full schedule.
Wednesday, Oct. 18
4:00–5:00 pm ET: Book Awards Celebration | Room: Mackinac (5th floor)
Featuring host Isaac Fitzgerald, celebrate the award-winning authors of the Heartland Booksellers Award and the Voice of the Heartland award. View the award-winning authors here. An extra special congrats to our UNP finalists: Ted Kooser’s Cotton Candy and Jill Christman’s If This Were Fiction.
5:00-6:30 pm ET: Opening Reception | 42 North (3rd floor)
Terese Svoboda is one of the seventeen authors who will be signing books during the opening reception. Her new book, Dog on Fire, was called “a lyrical midwestern gothic” by Publishers Weekly and was reviewed in The Wall Street Journal, Electric Lit, and the Washington Independent Review of Books.
Thursday, Oct. 19
2:30–5:30 pm ET: Day 1 of trade show floor
Come visit the UNP booth (#515) and see what new books are available and what’s to come this holiday season!
In-booth Author Signings
2:30-3:30 pm ET: Carla Ketner will be signing copies of her new book Ted Kooser: More Than a Local Wonder. For young readers, this biography of poet Ted Kooser is a celebration of the power of stories and of finding oneself through words.
Friday, Oct. 20
In-booth Author Signings
10:30-11:30 pm ET: Sue William Silverman will be signing copies of her new book Acetylene Torch Songs which is a guidebook for writers who want their honesty, social engagement, and intimacy to reach beyond the page and transform the lives of readers with searing, indelible, and unquenchable words.
12:30–2:00 pm ET: The Moveable Feast | Mackinac (5th floor) | TICKETED EVENT
This annual tradition showcases 36 of the season’s hottest upcoming authors as booksellers enjoy lunch and hear about new titles directly. Carla Ketner will be attending to speak about her new book Ted Kooser: More than a Local Wonder. View the authors participating in the Moveable Feast.
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