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Congratulations to Ted Kroeten!

We’re excited to share that 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛: 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚 is now listed as the #1 bestseller in Soccer Coaching for both Kindle and paperback.

Ted’s book challenges the way we think about youth sports, player development, creativity, free play, and what it really means to help young athletes grow. Drawing from decades of coaching and his work with Joy of the People, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 makes a powerful case for giving the game back to kids.

Congratulations, Ted — and thank you to everyone who has supported the book!

Find it here:

The Talent Thief: Underloading, the Language of Movement, and the Search for the Perfect Game The Talent Thief: Underloading, the Language of Movement, and the Search for the Perfect Game

A Relic Thriller With Global Stakes When terrorists attack her home, journalist Charlotte Ansari receives a coded email for her Asperger’s son from the grandmother he has never met. The message sends them into India and Kashmir, hunted by assassins as the CIA, Mossad, terrorists, and the Vatican race for two relics powerful enough t...

Pulitzer Prize judges have awarded the fiction prize to Daniel Kraus for ‘Angel Down,’ a World War I narrative told in one long sentence

A Relic Thriller With Global Stakes When terrorists attack her home, international journalist Charlotte Ansari receives a coded email for her Asperger’s son—from the grandmother he’s never met, vanished for decades. The message launches them into India and Kashmir, hunted by assassins as the CIA, Mossad, terrorists, and the Vati...

We’re thrilled to share that "Minnesota’s Phoenix: From the Ashes of Braniff to Sun Country" is now available on Amazon.

Even more exciting, the book has reached ** #1 bestseller** status in Amazon’s **Aviation & Nautical Biographies** category.

Congratulations to Karyn Fernandes, Maggie Hill, and Jennifer Kimball Gasperini on this wonderful achievement.

Order your copy here:
[https://www.amazon.com/dp/1962834727](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1962834727)

We’re honored to share an essay from the Minnesota Reformer that also appears in ICE OUT: MN Writers Rising Up.

Steve Mayer examines Operation Metro Surge through a historical lens, challenging readers to think seriously about propaganda, intimidation, civil liberties, and the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy. It is bold, timely, and deeply in keeping with the mission of ICE OUT.

Read the essay here:

Is the United States becoming like Germany in the 1930s? Yes and no. • Minnesota Reformer There’s no doubt that our rights and freedoms are under threat

Join us on May 12 at 7:00 PM at Magers & Quinn Booksellers for an in-store author reading event with Susan Koefod celebrating "Albert Park" and "Escapes and Other Stories." Cass Dalglish, author of "Ring of Lions," will be in conversation with Susan for what promises to be a memorable evening of literature and discussion.

Registration is required for this event. Reserve your spot here:
https://www.magersandquinn.com/event/Susan-Koefod-presents-Albert-Park-and-Escapes/614

Western Wisconsin Journal: Hudson Author Gary Porter 2025 Join host Bobby Pominville on the Western Wisconsin Journal as she welcomes back Hudson author and career educator Gary Porter to discuss his newest release,...

Elf on a Shelf (aka Little Rex), now available at Ed & Eva's on the Square! Still time to get a copy for Christmas and New Year's, for yourself or as a gift. Stop in and support your local business and hometown author Gary (aka Otis) Porter.
Read on! Duffy: The Tale of a Terrier Town Kid Griff: My Life As Drake's Top Dog 📚📖🎁
Josh Weber Calumet Editions Adair County Free Press Adair County Iowa Historical Society

Dear authors and friends of Calumet Editions, LLC

Here’s a picture of some CE staff and authors at the 2025 Twin Cities Book Festival on November 8th.

Calumet Editions had a fine, productive 2025, launching 28 titles, the last out of the chute being “Greetings from Bullhead Country”—brilliant Minnesota poems by Scott Vetch, preceded by:

A Place to Be: Vignettes From a Life — JK Cheema
Albert Park — Susan Koefod
Be the Mentor Who Mattered — Colleen Stanley
Black Dirt, Bright Stars — Will Weaver
Damn Near Perfect Cocktails — Doug Berdie
Das Grab in der Ferne — Gary Heyn (German translation by Johannes Strohschank)
Drawing Influence — Robin Schwartzman
Echoes of a Global Life — Kathy Gamble
Escapes and Other Stories — Susan Koefod
James Madison’s Religion — Stephen Vicchio
John Ross — Gary Lindberg
Limbo: The History of an Idea or Place — Stephen Vicchio
Little Rex: A Night at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery — Gary Porter
Mein Beirut — Cathy Sultan (German translation by Johannes Strohschank)
The Mount — Gary Lindberg
My Father Against the N***s — Steven E. Mayer
The New Buffalo — Gary Lindberg
Phoenixbirds — Jane Dickerson
Pivotal Moments — Jill Konrath
Return of the Manitous — Robert Saxton
Ring of Lions — Cass Dalglish
Seeing God in Many Mirrors — Gary Lindberg
Street Brotherhood — A.D. Metcalfe
Thunderbirds — Michael Barnes
Tilt-a-Whirl — Scott Vetsch
The Unspoken — Gary Lindberg
Where You Come From Is Gone — Christopher Johnston

Consider reading and reviewing these titles on Goodreads, or Amazon.com if you’re not yet a CE author.

Our titles were well received during awards season—wins and nominations across several categories—and we showed up in the real world, too: book fairs, conversations and hand-to-hand bookselling, including RAINTAXI’s wonderfully successful Twin Cities Book Festival at its smart new location in the Saint Paul Union Depot. We were proud to sponsor the event, share tables with Afton Press, and watch our attending authors sell a lot of books and have a great time doing so. We also gave away 500 free books—because sometimes the best marketing is a good book in someone’s hands.

We canceled our holiday party due to a snowstorm, but we will try to host a gathering in the new year where authors—new & established—and vendors can rub shoulders in person.

Our publishing model—launched in 2014, the first of its kind at the time—continues to go from strength to strength in an ever-changing (and often frustrating) publishing climate.

2026:
We’ll attend the London Book Fair, March 10-12 to present selected titles to foreign publishers, and launch the first novel in a high-octane trilogy by teenage Lithuanian/British author Adrijus Kveda.
Our books will also be represented throughout the year at rights shows in New York, Beijing, Frankfurt, and Guadalajara.

And, as promised, we’re undertaking a complete rebuild of our website—state-of-the-art, with the explicit goal of giving our authors more visibility and hopefully sell more books.

We already have over 20 new titles slated for 2026, so if you have a new project in the works, please contact us soon. We’re expanding our publishing program, and we’d like to consider your next book for inclusion. Soft deadline: January 31.

Our offices will be closed on December 24-26, and January 1-2.
On behalf of Gary, Josh, Blake, Georgia, Emily, Rick and Susan, I wish you all the most pleasant of season’s greetings, and here’s hoping that everyone involved with the Calumet Editions enterprise prospers in the new year!

Warmly,
Ian Graham Leask
Publisher
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Edina MN 55435
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