Advertisement Author: Eric Dregni
Book event: Reading and slide show at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Pearl Street Books, 323 Pearl St., (608) 782-3424
Book event: Book signing at noon Saturday, Dec. 6, at Norskedalen, Coon Valley, (608) 452-3157
About the book: The book is a vivid portrayal of modern Norway through the eyes of a fourth-generation Norwegian American from Minnesota. In this cross-cultural memoir, Eric Dregni tells the hair-raising, hilarious and sometimes poignant stories of his family’s yearlong Norwegian experiment. “In Cod We Trust” is one Minnesota family’s spirited excursion into Scandinavian life, where the land of the midnight sun is far stranger than they previously thought, and their encounters show that there is much we can learn from its unique culture.
About the author: Eric Dregni, born in La Crosse, teaches creative writing at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn., and Italian at Hamline University and at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of several books, including “Minnesota Marvels” (Minnesota, 2001) and “Midwest Marvels” (Minnesota, 2006).
More information: www. upress.umn.edu/Books/D/dregni_cod.html.
Book: “Stargazing Basics: Getting Started in Recreational Astronomy”
Author: Paul Kinzer of Galesville
Book event: Book signing and viewing of the night sky through a telescope, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, Galesville Public Library, 16787 S. Main St.
Book event: Book signing and talk about telescopes from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 13, Galesville Public Library
Cost: Available at both signings for $19
Information: (608) 582-2552
Book: “Mad City Bust”
Author: J.L. Fredrick
Book event: Book signing during the Take a Poem to Lunch Potluck from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Deke Slayton Space and Bicycle Museum, Sparta.
Information: (608) 269-0033.
