New Indie in the City!

Loreen Niewenhuis is an author, adventurer, and Great Lakes speaker. She has completed a trilogy of 1,000-mile adventures exploring the Great Lakes and has written three books about the Great Lakes [A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach *a Heartland Indie Bestseller*, A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk *winner of the Great Lakes Great Reads Award*, and A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure]. To learn more about her work, or to book her as a speaker, go to http://LakeTrek.com

There is a new indie in town...

and it's in  
Detroit's 
 Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood 

on Grand River. 

Pages Bookshop in Detroit's Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood 

A very "bookish" table runner

It's lovely to see a new bookstore in the city of Detroit! Owner Susan Murphy has a passion for reading, books, and connecting this community with books and authors. 

Owner Susan Murphy holds a copy of my new book

The shelves of Pages Bookshop

I will have an event here on 
Thursday, July 16 @7pm

For a complete list of my author events, go HERE.

Sleeping Bear Dunes

I'm often asked about my favorite parts from my over 3,000-mile exploration of the Great Lakes.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 
on Lake Michigan is always on that list.

While touring with my newest book, I took some time to hike the Empire Bluff Trail along this stretch of lakeshore.

And I played around with the panorama setting on my camera to try to capture the scale of this overview...

 This last shot bowed the water out into an arc giving new perspective on that junction of land meeting water.

Leland, Michigan

Loreen Niewenhuis is an author, adventurer, and Great Lakes speaker. She has completed a trilogy of 1,000-mile adventures exploring the Great Lakes and has written three books about the Great Lakes [A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach *a Heartland Indie Bestseller*, A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk *winner of the Great Lakes Great Reads Award*, and A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure]. To learn more about her work, or to book her as a speaker, go to http://LakeTrek.com

My book tour recently took me to Leland, Michigan where I spoke at the library...

The Library in Leland

...and then signed books at the lovely bookstore in town, Leelanau Books. 

The bookstore always has fresh flowers for their authors!

Thanks to everyone who came out to hear me speak and to get their book at the lovely indie bookstore. Leelanau Books has signed copies in stock, so hurry to get yours!

Perimeter: A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan

While in Traverse City on my book tour, I had a chance to see the art installation:

PERIMETER: 

A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan

at the Dennos Museum.

The Dennos Museum

 Originally commissioned by the Haggerty Museum of Art in Milwaukee, this photographic installation by photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki is now traveling the region.

The "lake wall" 

Portraits are displayed around the room...can you find me?

There is also a screen showing some of the quotes by subjects in this project

 I was honored to be a subject in this project exploring my favorite place, Lake Michigan.

Perimeter will be on display in Traverse City Michigan through 
September 6, 2015.

Learn more HERE.