This FIGHT CLUB 2 appearance is a signing ONLY
Chuck will not be performing or reading at this event
This is a ticketed event & each ticket will include a copy of the FIGHT CLUB 2 hardcover ($29.95 plus tax)
Tickets must be purchased in order to join the signing line
In addition to FIGHT CLUB 2, Chuck will sign TWO other items (memorabilia or book)
Chuck will happily pose for photos with fans
Line formation begins at 3:00 pm; signing starts at 4:00 pm.
You may reserve your ticket in-person or by calling the store at 734-662-0600 and purchasing via credit card over the phone.
Chuck Palahniuk’s ten previous novels are the bestselling Fight Club, which was made into a film by David Fincher; Survivor; Invisible Monsters; Choke, which was made into a film by director Clark Gregg; Lullaby; Diary; Haunted; Rant; Snuff; and Pygmy. He is also the author of Fugitives and Refugees, a nonfiction profile of Portland, Oregon, published as part of the Crown Journeys series, and the nonfiction collection Stranger Than Fiction. He lives in the Pacific Northwest. Chuck’s Make Something Up, a collection of short stories and one novella, will be released in hardcover on May 26, 2015, with the softcover following in Spring of 2016 just before Fight Club 2 goes on sale!
Literati is thrilled to launch the latest issue of the Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing, produced by the Prison Creative Arts Project. You can learn more about PCAP and their work here. Selections from the issue will be read and copies will be available for sale.
This event is intended for Grades 3-8
Kate DiCamillo is one of America’s most beloved storytellers. She was the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and is a two-time Newbery Medalist. She will visit the Ann ARbor District Library to discuss her newest book, Raymie Nightingale.
Raymie Clarke has come to realize that everything, absolutely everything, depends on her. And she has a plan. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with a dental hygienist, will see Raymie’s picture in the paper and (maybe) come home. To win, not only does Raymie have to do good deeds and learn how to twirl a baton; she also has to contend with the wispy, frequently fainting Louisiana Elefante, who has a show-business background, and the fiery, stubborn Beverly Tapinski, who’s determined to sabotage the contest. But as the competition approaches, loneliness, loss, and unanswerable questions draw the three girls into an unlikely friendship — and challenge each of them to come to the rescue in unexpected ways.
Kate DiCamillo is the author of many books for young readers. Her books have been awarded the Newbery Medal (The Tale of Despereaux, 2004); the Newbery Honor (Because of Winn-Dixie, 2001), the Boston Globe Horn Book Award (The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, 2006), and several others.
This program will include a book signing, and books will be for sale courtesy of Nicola’s Books.
All invited to read and discuss their poetry or short stories. Bring about 6 copies of your work to share. Hosted by local poets and former college English teachers Joe Kelty and Ed Morin.
Literati is pleased to welcome Stevie Edwards in support of her latest collection, Humanly.
Of Humanly, Patricia Smith says, “With an unpredictability that alternately jolts and mesmerizes, Stevie Edwards has crafted an intricate exploration of life as we’d rather not know it. There is much in these stanzas to jolt and unsettle—stark crafting and a relentless respect for the possibilities of word create a tension only felt in the presence of revelation.”
Stevie Edwards is Editor-in-Chief at Muzzle Magazine and Senior Editor in Book Development at YesYes Books. Her first book, GOOD GRIEF (Write Bloody 2012), received the Independent Publisher Book Awards Bronze in Poetry and the Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award. Her second book, HUMANLY, was released in 2015 by Small Doggies Press. She has an MFA in poetry from Cornell University, and will be starting a PhD in the English Department at the University of North Texas next fall. She currently resides in Ann Arbor, MI, and grew up in Lansing, MI. Her poems have appeared in Indiana Review, The Offing, Salt Hill, Baltimore Review, The Journal, Rattle, Verse Daily, PANK, and elsewhere.
Local writer TBA. The program begins with an open mike for poets, who are welcome to read their own work or a favorite poem by another writer.
Literati is thrilled to welcome Chad Dundas in support of his debut novel, Champion of the World. Chad will be joined in conversation by Chris McCormick, author of Desert Boys.
In this stunning historical fiction debut set in the world of wrestling in the 1920s, a husband and wife are set adrift in a place where everyone has something to hide and not even the fights can be taken at face value.
Late summer, 1921: Disgraced former lightweight champion Pepper Van Dean has spent the past two years on the carnival circuit performing the dangerous “hangman’s drop” and taking on all comers in nightly challenge bouts. But when he and his cardsharp wife, Moira, are marooned in the wilds of Oregon, Pepper accepts an offer to return to the world of wrestling as a trainer for Garfield Taft, a down-and-out African American heavyweight contender in search of a comeback and a shot at the world title. At the training camp in rural Montana, Pepper and Moira soon realize that nothing is what it seems: not Taft, the upcoming match, or the training facility itself. With nowhere to go and no options left, Pepper and Moira must carefully navigate the world of gangsters, bootlegging, and fixed competitions, in the hope that they can carve out a viable future.
A story of second chances and a sport at the cusp of major change, Champion of the World is a wonderful historical debut from a new talent in fiction.
Chad Dundas earned his MFA from the University of Montana, and his short fiction has appeared in the Beloit Fiction Journal, Sycamore Review, Sou’Wester and Thuglit. Since 2001, he’s worked as a sportswriter for national outlets like ESPN, NBC Sports, The Sporting News, Bleacher Report and the Associated Press, as well as local and regional newspapers. A fourth generation Montanan, he lives with his wife, daughter and son in Missoula.
Several mystery writers are on hand to chat about and sign copies of their latest books, including Loren Estleman (Desperate Detroit), David Bell (Since She Went Away),Larry Sweazy (See Also Deception), J.C. Lane (Tag You’re Dead) and Andrew Walsh-Huggins (Capitol Murder). Refreshments.
Elizabeth George’s first novel, ‘A Great Deliverance’, was honored with the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel Awards and received the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. Her third novel, ‘Well-Schooled in Murder’, was awarded the prestigious German prize for suspense fiction, the MIMI. ‘A Suitable Vengeance’, ‘For the Sake of Elena’, ‘Missing Joseph’, ‘Playing for the Ashes’, ‘In the Presence of the Enemy’, ‘Deception on His Mind’, ‘In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner’, ‘A Traitor to Memory’, and ‘I, Richard’ were international bestsellers. Elizabeth George divides her time between Huntington Beach, California, and London. Her novels are currently being dramatized by the BBC.
This Ohio-bred, Texas-based mystery writer discusses her Amish-themed crime thrillers featuring sheriff Kate Burkholder, including the recent Among the Wicked. Signing.
