Lakeside Dinner Series - Paddling to Winter
09/24/2014 05:00 PM - 07:30 PM CT
Admission
- $24.00 - Member
- $29.00 - Non-member
Location
Summary
Julie Buckles, Northland College's Public and Media Relations Specialist and Adjunct Professor, brings a book and wonderful story to life through speaking, presenting, reading and signing. In 1999, Julie's set off with her new husband on a 1,700 mile canoe honeymoon, traveling in a handmade wood and canvas canoe from Lake Superior to Wollaston Lake in northern Saskatchewan where they stayed for the winter.
An evening including social, speaker, and dinner, dessert and coffee. Locally catered, and hosted in the Discovery Center's Main Lodge.
An evening including social, speaker, and dinner, dessert and coffee. Locally catered, and hosted in the Discovery Center's Main Lodge.
earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. Buckles has worked as a reporter and freelance writer and teaches journalism as an adjunct professor at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin. She is a regular contributor to Lake Superior Magazine and WPR's Wisconsin Life. "Paddling to Winter: A Couple's Wilderness Journey from Lake Superior to Northern Canada" is her first book, and recently was awarded winner of the 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Action/Adventure.