Leelanau Press

08/11/2025

This hefty book, all 360 pages, has just been sent to the printer. It should be here by the end of July. You may order it now at your favorite local bookstore for $50.

08/11/2025

This is a special book certain to entertain and inform.

Leelanau News

08/06/2025

"Stepping Off the Boat! Stories From North Manitou Island" book signing with Susan Hollister Wasserman at Port Oneida Fair this Friday and Saturday, 10-4 at the Kelderhouse home location.

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07/07/2025

What a great friend to host this party for Christine Byron on her new release "Perfect Omena Day!"

06/28/2025

See Leelanau Press books during the Cottage Book Shop's 40th Anniversary, Saturday, June 28th, from 5-7 pm. Two of the four new releases will

be showcased.

06/12/2025

With Cottage Book Shop – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

05/18/2025

The first of the four new books published this year will be available soon at your local independent bookstore.
“Perfect Omena Day!” Selections from the Summer Diaries of Rebecca L. Richmond, 1907-1920,” edited by M. Christine Byron, ISBN 978-0-9785465-2-6, Hardcover, $28
Rebecca L. Richmond’s diaries were written in Omena, Michigan, where she owned two cottages. She lived in Grand Rapids, where she was well known for charitable gifts. Rebecca’s uncle, Abel T. Page, promoted Omena as an ideal resort community. In 1897, she built a cottage on Omena Point and named it “Bonnie Banks.” In 1907, she purchased the adjacent cottage, “Camp Lookout.” Her active social life included two cousins, Libby Bacon Custer, wife of General George Custer, and painter Frederick Stuart Church. She writes about leisurely daily activities, visits from friends and relatives, local events, and nature. Never married, she traveled by train from Grand Rapids several times during the warm months, often accompanied by friends.

02/16/2025

Follow-up news on the three Leelanau Historical Society Leelanau Press Fellows.
Susan Wasserman has completed her book which is being published by the Leelanau Press and designed by artist David Westerfield. It will be available summer of 2025.
Keven Brooks during his research was able to get in touch with black homesteaders Levi and Anna Johnson’s relatives in the east. They are a side story in his Welch family history. A documentary has just been released of their visit to Leelamau County by the Leelanau Historical Society.
Christine Byron has completed her book also being published by Leelanau Press and designed by Rob Burdick. It will also be available the summer of 2025.

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03/10/2024

It's been a long time since our last post. We are nearing completion of three books.
Frederick W. Dickinson's Sleeping Bear Dunes Historical Photographs by his daughter Grace Dickinson Johnson.
A history book long in the making of Glen Arbor Township until 1920 edited by Andy White with contributions also by John and Mary Tris and Barbara Siepker. It's amazing how much was found through the internet, maps, events, and even wonderful first-person accounts.
A historic journey of North Manitou filled with photographs and family memories of a cottage row family written by Susan Wasserman, winner of Leelanau Press's first Fellowship, 2022, granted by Leelanau Historical Society.

06/27/2022

It has been some time since posting our activities. We are working on three books: Revised edition of "Historic Leelanau: Recognized Sites and Places of Historical Significance" by M. Christine Byron and Thomas R. Wilson: Fred Dickinson's Photographs by Grace Dickinson Johnson; First Seventy Years of Glen Arbor Township by Andrew White, John and Mary Tris and Barbara Siepker.

01/24/2020

Randy is an amazingly creative and excellent chef. He has begun working with us on creating a book. Linda Dewey is interviewing and writing his words and vision. Stay tuned and meanwhile sample his creations!

Since 2008, Chef Randy Chamberlain has wowed audiences in Northern Michigan with his restaurant Blu, from the beautiful little coastal town of Glen Arbor. Chef Randy joins us to talk about growing up