Festival of Trees
2022-11-12 09:00 - 2022-11-13 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Minnesota
Mark is back at the largest holiday arts and crafts show in Duluth. Come join him at the DECC, talk to the author, and buy signed copies of his latest books, Duck and Cover, a memoir, and Kulkuri (Vagabond) and Other Short Stories.

Meet the Author
2023-01-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Rosemount Public Library (14395 S. Robert Trail Rosemount, MN 55068)
Mark will present a PowerPoint regarding the creation of his memoir, Duck and Cover: Things Learned Waiting for the Bomb at the lovely Steeple Center in Rosemount, MN. He’ll talk a bit, read a bit, and answer questions from the audience regarding memoir and his book.

Reading and Discussion of Finnish American Fiction
2023-01-28 13:00 - 14:00 | North Wind Bookstore Hancock, MI
Mark will be a featured guest of North Wind Bookstore on the campus of Finlandia University in Hancock, MI as part of Heikenpäivä (winter fest) at the college.

2023 Laiskianien (Finnish Sliding) Festival
2023-02-04 09:00 - 2023-02-05 16:00 | Minnesota
Come and have a winter’s worth of fun in two days at this great little Finnish festival in Palo, MN. Mark will be on hand both days hawking his books, Finnish and non-Finnish, to everyone who walks by!

Finn Fest 2023
2023-07-27 - 2023-07-30 | Duluth Entertainment and Event Center, 350 Harbor Drive, Duluth, MN, 55802, United States
Mark will be appearing at Finn Fest in Duluth as a vendor in the tori from 07/17-07/30. All of his books, including the Finnish Trilogy (on sale for $50 for the trio!), and his latest books, Duck and Cover: Things Learned Waiting for the Bomb, and Kulkuri: Vagabond (and Other Short Stories), plus most of his earlier works will be available for signing and purchase. Plus, Mark will be part of a distinguished authorial panel on Friday, July 28 from 10:30-11:30am.

Northwoods Arts and Books Festival
2023-08-12 08:00 - 16:00 | Hackensack Community Center, 3rd Street and Lake Avenue, Hackensack, MN, United States
Mark is returning to one of his favorite book/art fairs in the state. Come see his table in the Hackensack Community Center Building and pick up a signed copy of any of 13 great “reads”!

Ma and Pa Kettle Days
2023-08-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Suomalainen Kirkko on Hwy 73, north of Kettle River, Kettle River, MN, United States
Mark will be speaking and taking questions about the Finnish immigration experience as chronicled in his best-selling his Finnish American trilogy at this annual, great event in Kettle River, MN. He’ll have all of his books along to sign and sell as well.

Embarrass Regional Fair
2023-08-26 09:00 - 2023-08-27 15:00 | Embarrass Community Center, Embarrass, MN, United States
Mark is returning to one of his favorite Northwoods fairs. You’ll find him, rain or shine, in the Community Center building, selling copies of all of his books. Come in and pick up a signed copy!

Temple Talk at Temple Israel
2023-09-07 12:00 - 14:00 | Temple Israel, 1602 E 2nd St, Duluth, MN, United States
Join members of the congregation and Mark as Mark explores his Finnish American trilogy, with special emphasis on Sukulaiset: The Kindred, and the Holocaust in Estonia. Free and open to the public but please, as lunch will be served, email your attendance to: office@jewishduluth.org . It should be a great discussion!

Country Faire
2023-09-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Steeple Center Rosemount, MN, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount, United States
A great little art and craft fair, including dozens of regional authors, at the Steeple Center in Rosemount, MN.

Laiskiainen Is Back!
2024-02-03 09:00 - 2024-02-04 16:00 | Loon Lake Community Center, Palo, MN
Join Mark and all his Finnish friends for the best outdoor Finnish festival in Minnesota! Mark will be i the tori selling and signing his books. Plenty of food, music, arts, crafts, and yes, the vaunted sliding hill that launches your out onto the ice of Loon Lake!

Lunch in Cotton
2024-02-07 11:30 - 13:00 | Cotton Community Center, Cotton, Minnesota
Come join Mark and the nice folks from Cotton at the Cotton, MN Community Center. Eat, laugh, talk, and ask Mark tough questions about his books and his writing. Free and open to the public.
