Haiku Contest Winner Announced

Landmark Books along with Squirrel Cane Press have sponsored an annual haiku contest since 2015 open to all ages. It is popular form of poetry created in Japan and a form that lends itself well to any subject. The form has morphed into many varieties, but we have requested haiku that fit the 5/7/5 format […]

Landmark Books Celebrates Four Years

Landmark Books celebrates our fourth year in business on October 1st. It has been an exciting year of readings, workshops and typing fun! We have come a long way from our humble beginnings in 2013. We opened our shop in a three hundred square foot fishbowl of a space and have now doubled in size […]

Landmark Books Has Latest From Squirrel Cane Press

Back in 1989 I had an idea that would become Squirrel Cane Press.  I wanted to publish broadsides and postcards by poets whom I respected and enjoyed their work.  I was in college at the time and so I didn’t really have the funds to publish much.  I managed to publish a couple of postcards […]

2016 Haiku Contest Winning Poem On Sale Now!

Last year Landmark Books partnered with Squirrel Cane Press to offer our first ever Haiku contest.  For those who are unsure what a haiku is, here is the definition from the Academy of American Poets: A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. We had few expectations when […]

Landmark Books Presents Terry Wooten Friday Evening

Landmark Books is proud to have poetry legend Terry Wooten in the store for a special reading and book signing Friday July 17th. Terry has been a part of the poetry community in Northern Michigan for over thirty years. Over that time he has taken his poetry from sea to shining sea reading all over […]

What Is A Broadside and Why Are They Collectible?

The dictionary defines a Broadside as: A large sheet of paper printed on one side only Historically, broadsides were posters, announcing events or proclamations, or simply advertisements. Today, broadside printing is done by many smaller printers and publishers as a fine art variant, with poems often being available as broadsides, intended to be framed and […]