Open Book was founded in 2000 by The Loft Literary Center, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and Milkweed Editions, three literary nonprofits that wanted to combine their creative forces to promote literary arts locally. They became the first in the nation to build such an facility. They endeavored to create an environment that was welcoming […]

Minnesota Center for Book Arts started (MCBA) as a dream in 1983 by a group of local book enthusiasts who wanted to promote the art of writing in the local scene. Two years later, in 1985, the MCBA, a literary nonprofit, was opened in the McKesson Building. Fifteen years later, it outgrew its space, so […]