February Meeting Minutes 2026

Hello Everyone, today we held our February 2026 meeting.

PRESENT:

Sharon, Mike, Ryan, Erin, Sue, Jan, Austin.

TALKING STICK 35:

We are slowly collecting submissions. Be sure to get yours in! The deadline for submissions is coming up fast—March 1.

PRLAAC MEETING:

They got a grant for Art Leap in September. They also discussed Northern Lights Opera, Community Ed trips, noon hour concerts, PR Community Band, Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning, Nemeth Art Center; NLOC will be putting on Caberet this summer.

WRITING EVENTS:

     Authors for Minnesota Day (February 28, 2026) is a, collaborative event featuring over 50 Minnesota authors appearing at 24 independent bookstores to raise funds for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota and Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. Key authors participating include William Kent Krueger, Lorna Landvik, Jess Lourey, Allen Eskens, Matt Goldman, and Sarah Stonich.

     Rosemount Writers Festival and Book Fair, March 14, 2026. Workshops and books for sale. Stei0010@protonmail.com for information. To register, https://www.rosemountwritersfestival.com/events-workshops.

     The Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference will return to Bemidji State University this summer, with six intensive writing workshops June 23-26, 2026. Information: Mark Spero at participantcoord.mnwc@gmail.com.

     Mike will also be at an author fair at Lykke Books and Coffee in New Ulm on Saturday May 2.

MISCELLANEOUS:

     Sue is working on North Country Journal, a personal narrative historical journal with writings from many people. There is a big oral history project coming to northern Minnesota.

     Sharon and Tarah are working on 3 books at the same time—a poetry book, a book of essays, and a novel. They are hoping to complete them soon before they need to start working on TS35.

It was a lovely warm day for northern Minnesota. We had a great meeting with excellent conversation and we had a good time critiquing each other’s poems and stories. Welcome, Austin. Hope to see you all next time!