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Jingo Fever, a historical novel by Wisconsin author Stephanie Golightly Lowden, has been nominated for a Book of the Year Award, a competition to honor best titles by indie presses, in the Juvenile Fiction category.

In Mista, a funny and deeply insightful book, John Kaminski tells the story of a year in the life of an inner-city English teacher at an alternative high school in New Jersey. The book tackles many issues of urban education at the classroom level.

A War of Her Own, a historical novel by Sylvia Dickey Smith, has been chosen for First Prize as the best novel of the year by the Press Women of Texas, a statewide organization of women journalists and writers.

Like should be an adventure! No, life should be a walk on the beach! For a Michigan author, it was both. The result is a new book, A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach: One Woman's Trek of the Perimeter of Lake Michigan.

Crickhollow Books of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has just posted an article by Philip Martin, author of A Guide to Fantasy Literature, about the Harry Potter books, exploring the popularity and literary legacy of J.K. Rowling's blockbuster fantasy series.

Just in time for Halloween comes SpookyWeb, a blog for all things fun and (just a little) spooky. SpookyWeb delights in sharing the fun-to-read ghostly story, found in folklore or literature.

Just in time for Halloween, Dripping Blood Cave and Other Ghostly Stories is a new collection of humorous ghost stories by noted children’s author Raymond Bial.

On Saturday, October 9th, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee will officially dedicate a new solar panel array, part of an ambitious campaign with a focus on renewable energy production, conservation, and education.

Austin-area author Sylvia Dickey Smith will be appearing to launch her new novel, A War of Her Own, at bookstores and shops in the Austin/Georgetown area in Sept./Oct. The book is a historical novel set in Orange, Texas, in 1943, during World War II.

In Saving Sailing (now available in eBook formats), Milwaukee sailor and author Nicholas Hayes builds an inspiring case for choosing to spend free time better, with families and friends in rewarding, active, lifelong pastimes – like sailing.