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The heart of the farm: Iowa poet publishes tribute to the beauty of the barn

Posted in Book Releases & Events
Last Updated on June 18, 2018
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Many years ago, Iowa poet Caroline Faidley put pen to paper and wrote a tribute to early twentieth-century farm life in Iowa. More specifically, Faidley, who turned 92 in July, wrote a poem that captured the liveliness and magic of the place she has always considered to be the very heart of the farm: the barn. This winter, her poem has grown into Hayropes & Hinges, the latest children’s book published by the Write Place. […]

Book Contest winner celebrates book release in holiday style

Posted in Book Contest
Last Updated on December 16, 2016
On December 3, amidst the twinkling Christmas trees at Thistles Flower Shop in downtown Pella, the Write Place’s 2016 Book Contest winner Jean De Vries signed copies of her novel, Bestow On Us Your Grace. The entire Write Place team was on hand to help celebrate the release of the book, our seventy-sixth title. […]

Globe-trotting retrievers return for African safari adventure in new children’s book

Posted in Book Releases & Events
Last Updated on June 18, 2018
Last year, author and illustrator Victoria Peterson Laird introduced readers to golden retriever brothers Lincoln and Nicholas in Retrieving Adventures! Lincoln and Nicholas Go to Alaska. This holiday season, Peterson Laird brings the furry duo back to the page in a sequel that tackles a new adventure: an African safari. […]

2016 Book Contest winner to host book signing

Posted in Book Contest
Last Updated on November 14, 2016
Book Contest Winner Jean De Vries will take part in a book signing in Pella on December 3.
Local author Jean De Vries will be signing copies of her first novel, Bestow On Us Your Grace, at Thistles Flower Shop in Pella on Saturday, December 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.! The event will celebrate the holiday release of De Vries’s book, winner of the Write Place 2016 Book Contest. […]

Putting infographics to work

Posted in Graphic Design Tips
Last Updated on November 21, 2016
There are tons of ways to use infographics in communication pieces with your customers and team members. Even if it’s not an all-out infographic, elements of the process and visuals you’d typically find in infographics can help make messages stick […]

Overcoming the impossible: Family, faith, and love triumph in 2016 Book Contest Winner

Posted in Book Contest
Last Updated on June 18, 2018
Winner of the 2016 Write Place Book Contest, Bestow On Us Your Grace by Jean De Vries of Pella, Iowa, is the latest novel published by the Write Place. Told through the eyes of a very unlikely couple, an 18-year-old expectant mother and her Amish neighbor, Bestow On Us Your Grace is a heartwarming story about family, faith, and love. […]

“Write Your Memories” course to begin November 16

Posted in Book Publishing Tips & News
Last Updated on October 17, 2016
Carol Van Klompenburg and Sarah Purdy display memoirs that have been published by the Write Place.
Pella-area residents can learn how to write about their lives in a six-session course, “Write Your Memories,” which begins November 16 in the Meeting Room of the Pella Public Library at 603 Main Street. The class begins at 10 a.m. and ends at noon. The class will meet three times in November, then take a writing recess and resume again with three sessions in the spring. […]

Jolly holiday fun: Twelve dancing horses celebrate Christmas in new book by Iowa City author

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Last Updated on June 18, 2018
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The Horse That Ate Christmas, 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 Zsir, a dancing horse, who gets into trouble on Christmas Eve when he eats all of the treats in his stablemates’ stockings […]

Class is in session: Humorous new memoir explores the changing world of education in the 1970s

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Last Updated on August 18, 2020
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A Teacher’s Tale, the latest memoir published by the Write Place, has arrived just in time for the new school year. Written by Bob Hammann, a retired public school administrator, this book chronicles Bob’s life during his first teaching assignment Lewiston, Idaho. Hammann’s humorous stories from his early days as a junior high math teacher provide a fun and inspiring glimpse into the world of education in the 1970s […]

Iowa author transports readers into Depression-era Ozarks in new novel

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Last Updated on June 18, 2018
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The House on Cadron Creek by Sheryl L. Carter is the latest novel published by the Write Place. Set in the hills, valleys, and mountains of the Ozarks during the Depression, Carter’s novel tells the story Virgie and Dan McDonald. When Dan’s job is eliminated, the McDonalds move deep into the mountains in pursuit of logging work. Married less than two years and expecting their first child, the couple is thrust into a strange backwoods world for which Virgie is totally unprepared […]

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