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Arbutus Press Publishing award-winning books on travel, history, & food, and mysteries since 1998. Winner of 4 Mi

Nestled on the wooded shore of Arbutus Lake, near Traverse City, Michigan, our independent publishing house began producing books and tapes about Michigan in 1998. Our first title, The Road Guide: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, although out of print, was a popular guide book. Since that first book, we have been honored with awards for quality book publication. In 2002, Historic Cottages o

f Mackinac Island won the Michigan Notable Book Award. Asylum for the Insane: History of Kalamazoo State Hospital by William Decker, M.D. has won the coveted Notable Book award from the Michigan Library in 2009. In 2011, Vintage Views Along the West Michigan Pike was honored with the Michigan Notable Award and

In 2013, Fishtown, the history of the fishing community in Leland, now preserved through the Fishtown Preservation Society, snaged the Michigan Notable Award. Notable Arbutus Press authors in the fiction genre include Nancy Barr, Charles McLravy, Jennifer Sowle, and many more.

05/02/2022
24/06/2020
Rosie's Rescue: Rosie the Roseate Spoonbill is a finalist for the Florida Authors and Publishers Presidents Award. Liste...
19/06/2020

Rosie's Rescue: Rosie the Roseate Spoonbill is a finalist for the Florida Authors and Publishers Presidents Award. Listen to Rosie's Rescue on Youtube. https://youtu.be/DbjmQ5PZiWY

A picture book for kids. Preschool. Finalist in the Florida Authors and Publisher's Association 2020.

Death at the Lighthouse -- The book on Amazon.com
17/02/2020

Death at the Lighthouse -- The book on Amazon.com

The death of a Grand Island lighthouse keeper near Munising has remained an odd whodunit since 1908. CLICK IN to read about this unsolved Michigan mystery...

We are honored to attend the Jax Book Fest!! Feb 29th 2020!
20/12/2019

We are honored to attend the Jax Book Fest!! Feb 29th 2020!

Rosie's Rescue is now available for sale at the National Wildlife Refuge (Visitor's Center) on Merritt Island in Florida...
15/04/2019

Rosie's Rescue is now available for sale at the National Wildlife Refuge (Visitor's Center) on Merritt Island in Florida.🌴

Reviews
04/02/2019

Reviews

A wilderness island in Lake Superior calls Vic Foerster to cross the world's largest Great Lake ,land on the island's Rocky shore, Hike its bony spine, fish its...

The spoonbills are coming! Rosie lives!
02/02/2019

The spoonbills are coming! Rosie lives!

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The crew - Jan Oliver and Edward Ritts
15/12/2018

The crew - Jan Oliver and Edward Ritts

15/12/2018

Rosie's Rescue: Rosie the Roseate Spoonbill by Edward Ritts ([email protected]) . Coming January 17th, 2019.

15/12/2018

We love Rosie and you will, too. Big big hugs to talented illustrator, Jan Oliver from Traverse City, MI. She made Rosie fly!!!!

Working hard on our new books for kids.Rosie's Rescue, Rosie the Roseate Spoonbill by Edward Ritts, illustrated by Jan O...
03/11/2018

Working hard on our new books for kids.
Rosie's Rescue, Rosie the Roseate Spoonbill by Edward Ritts, illustrated by Jan Oliver. It's a beauty. Available in January 2019.

03/11/2018
03/11/2018
Naked in the Stream
05/08/2018

Naked in the Stream

John Borkovich at Outdoorama March 1-4
23/02/2018

John Borkovich at Outdoorama March 1-4

From March 1-4, the Suburban Collection Showplace will host the 45th edition of OUTDOORAMA.

Author John Borkovich was on Michigan Out of Doors TV. Here's the tape. His interview starts at minute 18:27 if you wan...
12/01/2018

Author John Borkovich was on Michigan Out of Doors TV. Here's the tape. His interview starts at minute 18:27 if you want to fast forward.

https://youtu.be/DSnYbJZT4hA

Sue McVey signing her book A Guide to the Traverse City Area Craft Beer. Sue says “so many brews, so little time, get b...
28/10/2017

Sue McVey signing her book A Guide to the Traverse City Area Craft Beer. Sue says “so many brews, so little time, get busy”.

Your occasional newsletter is here!
27/10/2017

Your occasional newsletter is here!

Doc!!
25/10/2017

Doc!!

Recognizes an outstanding published body of work by an author who is either from Michigan or has substantial ties to the state.

It's here
04/09/2017

It's here

Buckley Old Engine Show, Fifty Year History release date Aug 14, 2017
09/08/2017

Buckley Old Engine Show, Fifty Year History release date Aug 14, 2017

From Independent Publisher
12/07/2017

From Independent Publisher

Arbutus Press is a project turned publishing house with the heart and soul of the Midwest. With over 75 titles, including Michigan Notable Book Award winners, the press flourishes in its regional non-fiction niche. Publisher Susan Bays explains how she used her expertise to develop a single self-pub...

Writer, Vic Foerster is outdoorsy, to say the least.
08/07/2017

Writer, Vic Foerster is outdoorsy, to say the least.

Vic Foerster has traveled north to the wilderness of Isle Royale for 35 years. He first wrote about his adventures in Naked in the Stream: Isle Royale

The new books are here! The books are here! Hidden in the Trees: An Isle Royale Sojourn by Vic Foerster and Wildlife 911...
18/06/2017

The new books are here! The books are here! Hidden in the Trees: An Isle Royale Sojourn by Vic Foerster and Wildlife 911: on patrol by Conservation Officer John Borkovich. Watch for em' or seek them out!

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Nestled on the wooded shore of Arbutus Lake, near Traverse City, Michigan, our independent publishing house began producing books and tapes about Michigan in 1998. Our first title, The Road Guide: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, was a popular guide book. Since that first book, we have been honored with awards for quality book publication. In 2002, Historic Cottages of Mackinac Island won the Michigan Notable Book Award. Asylum for the Insane: History of Kalamazoo State Hospital by William Decker, M.D. has won the coveted Notable Book award from the Michigan Library in 2009. In 2011, Vintage Views Along the West Michigan Pike was honored with the Michigan Notable Award and In 2013, Fishtown, the history of the fishing community in Leland, now preserved through the Fishtown Preservation Society, snaged the Michigan Notable Award.