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Literati helps launch John U. Bacon‘s latest book, Endzone, with a reading by the author, Q&A, and signing at Rackham Auditorium. Start time listed is tentative. Endzone tells the story of how college football’s most successful, richest and[...]

All poets invited to compete in a poetry slam judged by a randomly chosen panel from the audience. The program begins with a poetry open mike and (occasionally) a short set by a featured poet.[...]

On Sept. 10, local young adult fiction writer Lara Zielin and short story writer Alex Kourvo are joined by U-M Press marketing director Renee Tambeau and Michigan & Great lakes acquiring editor Scott Ham to[...]

Aunt Agatha’s co-owner (and BookFest president) Robin Agnew discusses the 13th annual BookFest (September 13) and introduces The Art of the Book, a new AADL exhibit organized in conjunction with the BookFest that showcases entries in its[...]

Started in 2003, the Kerrytown BookFest is an event celebrating those who create books and those who read them. The primary goal is to highlight the area’s rich heritage in the book and printing arts[...]

All poets invited to compete in a poetry slam judged by a randomly chosen panel from the audience. The program begins with a poetry open mike and (occasionally) a short set by a featured poet.[...]

Literati welcomes Matt Bell  in support of his latest novel, Scrapper. Matt Bell’s last novel, The House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods, was a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award,[...]

Literati welcomes Professor Caryl Flinn (BFI Film Classics: The Sound of Music), Professor Markus Nornes (Staging Memories: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s A City of Sadness), Professor Yeidy Rivero (Broadcasting Modernity: Cuban Commercial Television 1950-106), Associate Professor Matthew[...]

Literati welcomes Patrick Wensink in support of his latest novel, Fake Fruit Factory (September 2015, Curbside Splendor). Reading with Patrick will be friend of the store Aaron Burch, the editor of Hobart: Another Literary Journal and author[...]

Nicola’s Books will join other bookstores across the country to celebrate ‘Curiosity Day,’ an annual event that promotes the joy of reading and learning with everyone’s favorite monkey, Curious George. For two hours it will[...]

All poets invited to compete in a poetry slam judged by a randomly chosen panel from the audience. The program begins with a poetry open mike and (occasionally) a short set by a featured poet.[...]

Monthly open mike storytelling competition sponsored by The Moth, the NYC-based nonprofit storytelling organization that also produces a weekly public radio show. Each month 10 storytellers are selected at random from among those who sign[...]

Local young adult fiction writer Lara Zielin and short story writer Alex Kourvo  host an open house for writers to connect with each other and/or work on their projects.

Literati welcomes Robert James Russell for the launch of his western novel, Mesilla. Reading with Robert will be Chicago-based author Ben Tanzer. A born and bred Michigander, Robert James Russell is the co-founding editor of the literary journal Midwestern[...]

All poets invited to compete in a poetry slam judged by a randomly chosen panel from the audience. The program begins with a poetry open mike and (occasionally) a short set by a featured poet.[...]

Julie Babcock is a Pushcart Prize nominee and recipient of grants and fellowships from the Indiana Arts Commission and the Vermont Studio Center. Her poems have appeared in various journals and anthologies including The Iowa[...]