New Tour Dates, News & Podcasts, Governor (and paddler) Tim Walz and More
Dear Friends and Readers,
Apologies for the frequent emails, but there have been some changes and additions to the tour dates for the Pushing the River. Details below!
Amazon
I also have a request which I hate to make, but which is unfortunately (and algorithmically) necessary: If you read and liked Pushing the River, and have time to give it a review at Amazon, that would be very helpful. A book needs (I believe) 25 reviews before it gets put in the recommendation cycle.
Media and The Electric Typewriter
Also, if you’re interested, I put some stories and podcasts about Pushing the River below. The most rewarding piece of media for me personally came from The Electric Typewriter, which aggregates great nonfiction. Editor Dan Toller asked me to put a list of my favorite nonfiction stories together, which you can read here: Frank Bures' Favourite Articles: Classic nonfiction from one of the best in the business. He also put a list of my stories together, which felt like a huge honor: 20 Great Articles and Essays by Frank Bures
Sculpture Garden Audio Tour
Below are the updated tour dates, a photo of me giving my book to Governor Tim Walz, and here’s my new audio tour, in case you find yourself at the Walker’s Sculpture Garden: Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to Loring Park: A Public Art Walking Tour. (Other audio tours here.)
This should be the last you’ll hear from me for a while.
Take care!
Frank
UPDATED TOUR SCHEDULE
NORTHFIELD, MN
Content Books
Thursday May 8th @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
EAU CLAIRE, WI
The Local Store/Volume One, with Michael Perry
Thursday, May 15 @ 7-9 pm
BEMIDJI, MN
Bemidji Woolen Mills
Saturday, May 24 @ 12-3 p.m.
CHAMPLAIN, MN
Minnesota Paddling Opener
Sun, June 15, 1-5pm
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Mississippi Park Connection
Members Book Club, Time TBA
June 11
ST. JAMES, MN
Watowan County Library Reading & Presentation
Thursday, June 12 @ 4:00 pm
SPLIT ROCK
Split Rock State Park
June 21, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
ELY, MN
Tuesday Group at Grand Ely Lodge
July 8, @ 12 pm
ELY, MN
Piragis Outfitters
Book Signing
July 8, @ 2 pm
SPOONER, WI
Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum
Friday, July 11th, @ 6:00 pm
BAYFIELD, WI
Honest Dog Books
Saturday, July 12, @ 4pm. (Happy Hour Reading!)
DECORAH, IA
Dragonfly Books
Tuesday Jul 15th, 2025
Pulpit Rock Brewing events room @ 7:00 PM-8:00 PM
ST PAUL, MN
Minnesota History Center
North Star Voices Series
Saturday Jul 19th, 2025 (Not sure on the time yet)
WINONA, MN
Laureate Reading Series
August 6, 7:00pm
MADISON, WI
Wisconsin Book Festival
October 23-26, 2025
Excerpts, Podcasts and Interviews
Harvard’s Nieman Storyboard: In telling the story of a legendary canoe race, Frank Bures had to find a way to blend firsthand accounts with archival news coverage.
Big Red Canoe Podcast (Friends of the Boundary Waters): Pushing the River with Frank Bures
Gear Junkie: Read Some of the Wildest Canoe Stories Never Told
Buffalo Roamer: #101 Canoe Racing, World Records and Near Death Paddling w/ Frank Bures
Pioneer Press: Readers and writers, by Mary Ann Grossmann
The North 103.3: MN Reads: "Pushing the River" by Frank Bures
WJON: New Book Features Lost History Of Paul Bunyan Canoe Derby
The Lift: ‘Pushing the River’ is collection of canoe stories
Shamelessly Plugging Away
At the Strib Unbound Expo, I managed to foist a copy of Pushing the River on an unsuspecting Governor Tim Walz. Turns out he and a friend won a canoe race in Nebraska back in the day! In any case, I hope he enjoys the book. Governors Luther Youngdahl and Orville Freeman used to fired the starting pistol for the Paul Bunyan Canoe Derby. So maybe Walz will do the same when the race is revived.
