Kevin Kling

Well, they may not be the Grammy Awards, but the announcement this past weekend of the finalists for the Minnesota Book Awards  is cause for celebration for Borealis Books and Minnesota Historical Society Press and our authors! Five of our titles made the finalist list:

General Nonfiction:
I Go to America: Swedish American Women and the Life of Mina Andersonby Joy K. Lintelman

Memoir & Creative Nonfiction:
Kevin Kling’s Holiday Inn

Minnesota:
Minneapolis in the Twentieth Century: The Growth of an American City by Iric Nathanson
Opening Goliath: Danger and Discovery in Caving by Cary J. Griffith

Novel & Short Story:
A Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts by N. M. Kelby

Winners will be announced at the Minnesota Book Awards Gala on April 17, presented by the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library.

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Can’t get enough of Kevin Kling’s holiday tales? You can see him perform his celebrated Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis tonight.

Also, watch Kevin talk with with Cathy Wurzer and Eric Eskola on TPT’s Almanac about his book, Kevin Kling’s Holiday Inn and find out why his family had to eat TV dinners for Thanksgiving one year!

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Renowned Minnesota playwright and storyteller Kevin Kling will be reading from and discussing his new book Kevin Kling’s Holiday Inn at the Minneapolis Central Library on 11/12. The doors open at 6:15, and the show starts at 7:00. And it’s free! Seating is first come, first served.

For a taste of what you’ll hear on Thursday, take a look at the book’s hilarious prologue.

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Northern Lights/Southern Cross: Tales from the Other Side of the Worldopens this weekend at the Guthrie Theater’s Dowling Studio. MinnPost describes the piece as a “cosmic collaboration between artists from the United States and Australia.” Both the play and Kevin’s book The Dog Says How relate his experiences surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident. The Pioneer Press also reviewed the show.

Check out the 3-Minute Egg interview with Kevin about the show and video of Kevin at Interact Center in Minneapolis. Cathy Wurzer also talked with Kevin about the show on MPR.

Kevin’s newest collection of stories, Kevin Kling’s Holiday Inn, is in stores now. He’ll share stories from the book at the Minneapolis Central Library’s Talk of the Stacks on November 12 and at Common Good Books on November 17.

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Kevin Kling’s new play “Flight” is being performed tonight through Monday at the Open Eye theater in South Minneapolis. The play received a wonderful review from Dominic Paptola, Twin Cities theater critic in today’s St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Kevin Kling, storyteller and playwright, is also the author of two MHS Press books–The Dog Says How and Kevin Kling’s Holiday Inn, which will be available this November at a fine bookseller near you.

Kevin Kling’s Holiday Inn excerpt, for you reading pleasure…

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This November, the Minnesota Historical Society Press will be publishing Kevin Kling’s Holiday Inn—a collection of funny and heart-warming stories by the master storyteller.

This is Kevin’s second book, the first being The Dog Says How, which is available from a fine bookseller near you.For more info about Kevin, check out his website. And, for you reading pleasure, here is a quick peek into Holiday Inn.

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