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Midwest Book Awards – President’s Remarks

On the evening of June 13, we celebrated the gala for the 36th annual Midwest Book Awards. The evening was […]

Welcome to May, MiPA Members! On the last Saturday in April, we celebrated Independent Bookstore Day. My bookstore welcomed many,

Jason Gillikin / February 27, 2026

We’re in the final few weeks of accepting submissions for the Midwest Book Awards. The deadline is March 15. So far,

Happy February, MiPA Members! As Jason mentioned in his letter last week, we’re excited to welcome a different Jason—Dr. Jason

The photo accompanying this post came from my bookstore, in November. You can still see greens and browns outside the

The last few months at MiPA have been a bit of a whirlwind of behind-the-scenes activity. The MiPA team has

Happy New Year from MiPA! The last six months has brought us a lot of under-the-hood improvements to MiPA as

Jason Gillikin / September 2, 2025

September is already here. In Michigan, where I live, we’ve had a sudden burst of false fall after having been

M1p@ / May 13, 2019

WINNERS OF THE 29TH ANNUAL MIDWEST BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED SAINT PAUL, MN, MAY 4, 2019: The Midwest Independent Publishing Association