Book Signing

DDR Books will host the launch party for “Old Trails and New Roads in South Dakota History,” with signings by the editor, USD professor Jon K. Lauck, Tuesday, April 11, 7-9 pm. Rhodes Professor of History at the University of Oxford Pekka Hämäläinen leads off this collection of new perspectives on South Dakota history with […]

Heather Venenga will sign her new book about generational family-farm-planning on Saturday, Apr. 22, 11a-1p, at DDR Books in Downtown Watertown. Heather is an Author, Speaker, Mom, Farm Wife, and Motivational Junkie. She educates farm families on the challenges of passing the farm on and maintaining the financial strength of the operation without sabotaging family […]

DDR Books will host the release of Watertown writer Lois Hart’s third Gingerbread Gang novel, “Secret of Iron Creek Lake,” Saturday, July 15, noon to 2 pm. Based in Hart’s own memories of 1950s Watertown, the Gingerbread Gang has solved mysteries and shared thrilling adventures. In this final story, the young teens travel to the […]

DDR Books will host a talk and signing with area author Mary Woster Haug Wednesday, July 26, 7-9pm, in Downtown Watertown. Starting in 2008, Haug and fellow authors Amber Jensen and Christine Stewart-Nuñez met regularly at a coffee shop in Brookings, South Dakota, to respond to each other’s writing and give each other crucial—and critical—support. […]

Dr. Jade Ambers, Ph.D., will speak and sign copies of her recent work, “A Case Study on Gender Inequality,” Sat., Sept. 16, noon-2pm, at DDR Books in Downtown Watertown. Women are gaining education, skills, strength, and have adequate drive, yet gender inequality is still blocking their advancement into senior leadership, especially in the United States […]

Author Piper Jean will be signing her first novel, “Falling for Korea,” Saturday, Oct. 28, from noon to two pm at DDR Books in Downtown Watertown. America meets Korean drama in this rollercoaster plot with a fresh take on romance and what it means to be family. When Sydney is sent to Seoul to live […]

Retired history and government teacher Charles M. Rogers will be speaking and signing his new book, “South Dakota Stories from World War II,” Saturday, Oct. 21, noon-2 pm, at DDR Books in Downtown Watertown. This collection of the personal stories of SD’s vets delves into their experiences in war and life, both before and after […]

South Dakota author Christine Mager Wevik will be speaking and signing her newest book, “Someone Knows: Highlighting South Dakota’s Cold Cases,” Saturday, Oct. 14, noon-2 p.m., at DDR Books in Downtown Watertown. Wevik is the author of four books. Her first, “It’s Only Hair,” is a humorous self-help book about living with hair loss. Her […]