Meet the Author – James L. Peters

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Meet author James L. Peters and if you ask he’ll read a bit of his book newest book for you. He’ll have all of his books for sale and signing. The Dancer and the Swan comes out August 1. Deborah Deneaux is dying… ​…but hospice volunteer Pauline Swanson won’t let DeeDee’s story die with her.  What […]

Mother Hubble’s Cupboard – Poetry Reading

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Join author Sandra Lindow as she reads from her latest book of poetry. She’ll have books for sale and signing after the reading. Her latest: Mother Hubble’s Cupboard and Other Poems About Inner and Outer Space … From macrocosm to microcosm, even the multiverse, there are no utopias here. However, this universe of poems is […]

From Frazzled to Focused: The Sleep-Stress Connection

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Join Amanda Eastvold, from Invicta Wellness, for an eye-opening evening at Dragon Tale Books as we explore how stress hijacks your sleep—and what you can do about it. Discover why your brain won’t shut off at night, what’s really behind those 2 a.m. wakeups, and how to create real, lasting change without medication or complicated routines. […]

Meet the Author – Steve Betchkal

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Meet author Steve Betchkal. He’ll have books for sale and signing. The Books: Walk the Walk, Camp the Camp, Bird the Bird (The Fantastic Quest to Meet Every Species of Bird on Planet Earth, Spend a Year Outside My Comfortable Little House, & Follow the Trail to Its Logical Conclusion) The Blessing of the Beasts […]

Building Happier Communities (and Making Great Friends Along the Way)

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Dr. Richard Kyte, Director of the D. B. Reinhart institute for Ethics in Leadership and Endowed Professor of Ethics at Viterbo University, will discuss ways to build happier communities and finding third places to make friends. His Book: Finding Your Third Place An exciting new look at the essential gathering spaces in our society where […]

Meet the Author – Ann Schreiber

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Meet author Ann Schreiber; she'll have books for sale and signing. The Books Emily is a writer, a mother, and a woman who knows heartbreak. Still healing from her divorce, she’s spent the past few years quietly rebuilding her life. Lucas is a dedicated father and architect who’s grown used to solitude after his own […]

Meet the Author – Pete Gallagher

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Meet author Pete Gallagher, he'll have books for sale and signing. His Book: A contemporary crime mystery set in Saint Paul, Minnesota, BACKWASHED finds young Dion Drury confronting his past twenty years after the murder of his father. Kady L'Orient, a pretty police investigator with a troubled history of her own, believes the disappearance of […]

Storytime with Author Katie Venit

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Children's book author Katie Venit, will be in the store to read her two books as well as sell and sign them. Her Books: Forts A lyrical ode to all the secret spaces in our world. The world is filled with forts. Tiny worlds within this world, safe as coat pockets. Everyone needs a room […]

Oscar Wilde: The Legacy of a Scandal

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UW-Stout Professor of English and Oscar Wilde scholar, Joan Navarre, will introduce and moderate an Oscar Wilde Birthday Event:  live streaming from the British Library. Merlin Holland, the grandson of Oscar Wilde, will be speaking with noted actor Rupert Everett about Oscar Wilde’s life and legacy. Oscar Wilde’s life in the limelight is well known. He continues […]

Learn Origami with Erika

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After the UW-Stout Homecoming parade and during the Downtown Fall Frolic, drop-in to learn origami with Erika. Erika is a student at UW-Stout and pictured below are a few of her creations - fox, crane and dragon. We'll have paper waiting for your creations.

Less Salt, More Sugar, a Little Wine: Cooking in Old Age – Release Party

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Celebrate the release of the community cookbook, “Less Salt, More Sugar, a Little Wine: Cooking in Old Age,” collected and written by Susan Thurin. Susan will talk about the cookbook briefly and then have a conversation with all present about cooking in old age– how we’ve changed our food and cooking habits and so on. […]