MENOMINEE — Menominee County Library is pleased to host Ellen Airgood, author of “Tin Camp Road,” which received a 2021 Michigan Notable Award.

ThE program will be at the library in Stephenson on Tuesday, May 24, beginning at 5 p.m. with a reception for the author. The program starts at 6 p.m.

Airgood will be doing a reading and discussing her books. The program is part of the Michigan Notable Books tour, which is sponsored by the Library of Michigan, Michigan Center for the Book, and funded in part by the Michigan Humanities Council. Local arrangements and refreshments are provided by the Friends of the Menominee County Library.

Airgood grew up on a farm in Michigan’s thumb area and loved reading, riding horses, and writing stories. She currently lives near Grand Marais and manages a diner with her husband Rick, where she serves as waitress, pastry chef, and bouncer. She has written another adult novel “South of Superior” and two youth novels “Prairie Evers” and “The Education of Ivy Blake.”

BOOKLIST had this to say about “Tin Camp Road”:

“Airgood’s characters feel true and rich, outwardly simple-the hardworking, salt-of-the-earth types found in every community-but internally complex as they strive for happiness, connection, fulfillment, and comfort in each other, their surroundings, and themselves. A leisurely read with a strong sense of place that is ideal for pairing with the stony beaches of Lake Superior or the sharp crackle of a campfire, or for experiencing the shift in atmosphere reading fiction provides.”

This event is free and open to the public. The author will have books available for sale.

For more information, call 906-753-6923 or visit the Menominee County Library at S.319 Railroad St. Stephenson or online at www.menomineecountylibrary.org.