MN Reads

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Author interviews connecting you with the latest books by Minnesota authors.

Find out who's writing in Minnesota on Minnesota Reads. The North 1033 spotlights books by Minnesota authors every week.


419 Pieces

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Author and Illustrator Chris Monroe talks about her new book "Sasquatch and Squirrel"

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 08:30
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Author Michael Schumacher talks about his new book "Too Much Sea For Their Decks: Shipwrecks of Minnesota's North Shore and Isle Royale"

  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 09:29
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Author Margi Preus talks about her Northeastern Minnesota Book Award nominated picture book "Lily Leads the Way"

  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 08:39
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Author Erin Soderberg Downing talks about her NEMBA nominated book "Controlled Burn"

  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 07:40
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Eva Apelqvist talks about her award-winning book "Mörker Över Skateparken" and the upcoming release of her English-translation of "Fire From the Sk...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 07:49
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Crime fiction writer Mike Faricy talks about his latest release "Retirement Scheme"

  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 11:51
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Alayne Hopkins talks about The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library and the Minnesota Book Awards

  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 11:33
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Father and daughter Kurt and Ellie Johnson talk about their Minnesota Book Award winning novel "The Barrens"

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 10:06
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Author Jess Lourey talks about her Minnesota Book Award winning thriller "The Quarry Girls"

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 06:30
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Author Gary Eldon Peter talks about the Minnesota Book Award winner "The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen"

  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 11:09
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Minnesota Book Award winner Brian Farrey talks about his book "The Counterclockwise Heart"

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 07:47
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Author Mary Logue talks about her new book "The Big Sugar"

  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 08:52
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Author Marlene Wisuri talks about the latest edition of "To Be Free"

  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 06:45
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Author Karen Fults Kaler talks about her new book "Eastcliff"

  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 08:52
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Author Julie Jo Larson talks about her new book "100 Things to Do in Minnesota Before You Die"

  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 08:22
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Shannon Gibney talks about her new picture book "Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight"

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 08:04
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Author Adam Herman talks about his new book "Villa Leila"

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 08:34
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Author and veterinarian Jody Lulich talks about his new memoir In the Company of Grace

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 09:33
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Heather Wilde talks about her new memoir "Tumbled"

  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 09:45
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Beth Probst talks about her book "Now What? Navigating Life After Loss"

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 08:42