In 2011, the bald eagles of Decorah became an internet sensation when researchers at the Raptor Research Project began live streaming footage from a webcam installed near their nest. Seven years later, millions of viewers around the world still tune in each spring to...
Serás tú mi amigo?: Pella author publishes bilingual children’s book celebrating friendship
In her latest children’s book—Will You Be My Friend?/Serás tú mi amigo?—Pella author Karen Fitzsimmons has a simple message: While it feels good to have a friend, it feels great to be a friend. “I wanted to get across to young readers what being a true friend is all...
Fishermen live longer: Iowa author publishes book on beloved sport
“If you truly love the sport of fishing, you are no longer the one doing the catching,” said author and lifelong fisherman Ben Chiodo. “The fish have bagged you.” In his book Fishing: More Than a Passion—published this fall by the Write Place—Chiodo uses a mix of...
Join the Write Place for a two-in-one event at Pella Library
Carol Van Klompenburg, author and retired Write Place owner, and Sarah Purdy, our book editor and publishing consultant, will be featured presenters for an event at the Pella Public Library Meeting Room on September 11 at 7 p.m. The evening kicks off with a short...
Rooting for the under-horse: New children’s book celebrates hope and courage
Fortunate: The Fabulous, Fantastic Filly, written by Debbie Brady Shellady and illustrated by Victoria Peterson Laird, is the latest children’s book published by the Write Place. It tells the true story of Fortunate, a foal that is born three weeks before she is...
Pella author illuminates the inner and outer worlds of gardening
Carol Van Klompenburg, author and retired Write Place owner, started her first flower garden 25 years ago. “When I announced my plans to plant flowers in front of our house, my husband was skeptical,” she recalled. “I had tried a vegetable garden years earlier, and it...
The world, the flesh, and the devil: Bussey author publishes book on Christian spirituality
“We all have problems,” said author Paul V. Zylstra of Bussey, Iowa. “We have these enemies at the root of our trials—the world, the flesh, and the devil—and through study of Scripture I’ve found that God has ways of helping us deal with them.” This is the main...
Animals, insects, amphibians, oh my!: Iowa author publishes nature-inspired children’s book
Flitterfly, written and illustrated by Barbara Schultz of Rose Hill, Iowa, is the latest children’s book published by the Write Place. It tells the story of Flitterfly, a dragonfly who lives on the land surrounding Schultz Pond. Over the course of a few sunny summer...
91 years in the making: Memoir of celebrated Northwest Iowa veterinarian wins 2018 Write Place Book Contest
For lessons on calf roping, the memoir of Orange City veterinarian Dr. A.J. Neumann may not be an expert resource. But if the fascinating tale of a life that stretches through the Depression, World War II, and a decades-long career serving the farm families and...
Pella author explores the power of forgiveness in juvenile fiction novel
The Joy of Forgiveness, written by Karen Fitzsimmons and illustrated by Rowena Hoover, is the latest juvenile fiction book published by the Write Place. It tells the story of Angel and Trouble, two teenagers who become best friends in spite of being as different as...
New children’s book takes readers on a mammoth-sized adventure
In 2010, a landowner in Mahaska County discovered the thirteen-thousand-year-old femur of a woolly mammoth lodged in the bank of a stream. The surprise find launched a massive dig that eventually uncovered bones from three different mammoths. Today, this...
Fantasy adventure transports readers to a new realm
A World in Tales: From Dance to Death, Volume 1 by David Wagnon is the latest e-book published by the Write Place. Set in the magical land of Longferrow, Wagnon’s fantasy adventure—told in three parts by three very different narrators—takes readers on a journey full...
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