Frank Bures is an award-winning writer and essayist. He is the author of The Geography of Madness and the editor of Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology.

Bures has spoken at the Chicago Book Festival, the Wisconsin Book Festival, the Twin Cities Book Festival, The Eaux Claires Festival, the American Association of University Women, the Theater for Public Policy and many others. He also frequently talks to at Rotary Clubs, as a long-time essayist for Rotary Magazine, where his essays have won many awards

Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bures is available to speak on a wide variety of subjects, including:

What is Culture? What is cultural diversity? Why does it matter?

The Storied Species: How we build ourselves, our groups and our cultures out of stories

Writing from Here: Midwest writers and the search for greatness

Find your Digital Walden Pond: How to be creative in a sea of distraction

Strange Loops: How to write about weird things and make a living at it.

The Bright Side of Life: The power of optimism and the danger of declinism

Other topics available. To schedule, please contact him at frankbures_at_yahoo.com.