Rain Taxi, Magers & Quinn Booksellers, and Red Balloon Bookshop booths are all located near the main entry doors of the Progress Center. Please also visit Rain Taxi’s spectacular Used Book & Record Sale in the Northwest corner of the building. For information about this year’s stupendous roster of book fair exhibitors, read on!

Sponsoring Exhibitors


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Exhibiting Organizations

Visit these exhibiting organizations at the book fair!


Exhibiting Book Dealers

Visit these exhibiting book dealers at the book fair!


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Exhibitor Specials and Signings

Stop by these exhibitors for specials and author signings!

AutismLm


SIGNINGS:  All day: Lindsey Moreland and Brittany Moreland, Little Lindsey Series and Autism: A Family Lives Beyond the Label
SPECIALS:  Receive a free Little Lindsey book with purchase of a Buddy sensory plush

Beauty School Editions


SPECIALS: $3 off the cover price for Haley Lasché's One and Paula Cisewski's Ceremonies for No Repair, or both titles for $30

David Unowsky, Publishing Consultant


SIGNINGS:
10:15 – 11:45: Theresa Wanta, As I Remember It: A Memoir of Persistence, Tenacity, and Humor
10:30 – 12: Kate St. Vincent Vogl, Iron Horse Cowgirls, Lady Ref, and Lost & Found
12 – 1:30: Conrad Hanson, Pemmblebrook's Garden
12:15 – 1:45: Todd Otis, Sparks of the Revolution and James Otis and the Birth of American Democracy
1:45 – 3:15: John Hickman and Geri Nelson, Love of a River: The Minnesota
2 – 3:30: Eme McAnam, Freefalling a Senior Romance, Freefalling Thoughts, and Fly Away
3:30 – 5: Janet Horvath, The Cello Sings and Playing Less Hurt
3:45 – 5: Catherine Dehdashti, Daisy Sale Forever

FTL Publications


SPECIALS: Select books for sale for $1 each

Holy Cow! Press


SIGNINGS:  11 – 12: Greg Watson, Stars Unseen
SPECIALS: All books are $15 each, 2 for $25

Howling Bird Press/Augsburg MFA


SPECIALS: Enter raffle drawings for signed copies of our books

The Inky Bookwyrm


SIGNINGS: All day: Gina Kammer, International School of Dragon Training series
SPECIALS:  Sign up for a free "Turn Your Story into a Marketable Book" Roadmap Call

MELSA


SIGNINGS:
10 – 12: Phuoc Tran
10 – 12: Mila Velimirovich
12 – 2: Joseph Field
12 – 2: Elisa Sobolik
2 – 3:30: Kathryn Haider
2 – 3:30: Mark Therrien
3:30 – 5: Andrea Christenson
3:30 – 5: Loretta Ellsworth

Nodin Press


SIGNINGS:
11 – 11:30: Margaret Hasse, Belongings
11:30 – 12: Shelley Getten, Of Cows & Crows
12 – 1: Tim Nolan, Things I Didn’t Know I Loved
  1 – 2: Freya Manfred, When I Was Young and Old
  2 – 2:30: Bart Sutter, Cotton Grass
  2:30 – 3: Philip Bryant, Messages from the Nile

North Dakota State University Press


SIGNINGS:
10 – 1: Paul Legler, Half the Terrible Things
1 – 3: Margi Rogal, Field Notes
3 – 5: Marjorie Buettner, Dakota Dreaming
SPECIALS
• 40% off all books at our table
• Sign up for our newsletter and receive a North Dakota address book
• 50% off on our online store with conference code

PageTurnerPress


SIGNINGS:
10 – 1: Israh Azizi, Heroes of the Empire Book 1: The Cavalier
  2 – 4:  Israh Azizi, Heroes of the Empire Book 2: The General
SPECIALS: 
• Fun scratch-offs to win Heroes of the Empire merch (while supplies last)
• Take pictures with Heroes of the Empire cosplayers and your new books
• $5 OFF purchase of both released books in the Heroes of the Empire series

Publish Her Press


SIGNINGS:
10 – 1: Tina Rafowitz, Gary and Gibby's Swirling, Twirling, Whirling Worries
10 – 1: Kathryn Schleich, Missing Pieces
1 – 5: Emily Maxson, Emily's Fresh Kitchen
1 – 5: Heather Strommen, Velvet

Split/Lip Press


SIGNINGS:
1 – 2: Tasha Coryell, Hungry People
2 – 3: Jeannine Ouellette, The Part That Burns
SPECIALS:  Sign up for our email newsletter and be entered to win a book bundle of our 2024 releases!

Strive Publishing


SIGNINGS: 2 – 3: David & Keiko Mello, The Three Stones of Ebon

Trio House Press


SIGNINGS: 
11 – 12: Heid E. Erdrich, Verb Animate
All day: Dorinda Wegener, Four Fields
SPECIALS:  
•  Buy or pre-order any title and get a free copy of 30 Poems in 30 Days: Poetry Prompts
    Inspired by Trio House Press Poets
•  Pre-order a copy of Minneapolis Poet Laureate Heid E. Erdrich's Verb Animate and get
    a personalized signed copy
•  Lost Found Kept: A Memoir by Deborah Derrickson Kossmann debuts at TCBF before
    its official release date in January—buy a signed copy there while they last!

University of Minnesota Press


SIGNINGS: 
11 – 11:30: Cary Griffith, Gunflint Falling
12 – 12:30: Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson, The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book
12:45 – 1:15: Teresa Peterson, Perennial Ceremony
  2:30 – 3: Marlene M. Johnson, Rise To The Challenge
SPECIALS:  30% off TCBF show special

Hours & Location


Saturday, October 19

10am - 5pm

Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Progress Center
Getting there



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