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Every 1st & 3rd Sun. 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[...]

Literati is pleased to celebrate two of the works chosen as 2016 Michigan Notable Books:Yamasaki in Detroit by John Gallagher and The Orbit Magazine Anthology by Rob St. Mary. Although his best-known project was the World Trade Center[...]

Kristine Kruppa is a mechanical engineer at Ford Motor Company, writer, and world traveler. Her days are spent designing cool new car parts, but her evenings are filled with writing and cats. She has traveled[...]

Michigan Moth GrandSLAM championship. 8 pm; doors open 7 pm. $. More info.  

Former federal prosecutor Leotta, an MSU grad best, discusses The Last Good Girl, a mystery set in a thinly veiled Ann Arbor that’s the latest in her series of legal thrillers featuring sex-crimes prosecutor Anna[...]

Ann Arbor Community High School students read their poetry.

Literati is delighted to host the launch of Chris McCormick’s debut, Desert Boys. A vivid and assured work of fiction from a major new voice, following the life of a young man growing up, leaving home,[...]

Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal are joined by retired AADL librarian Shutta Crum, author of more than 1 bookd for kids, to discuss writing children’s books and getting[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome Jennifer Haigh in support of her latest novel, Heat and Light, a staff favorite and our Literati Cultura pick for May! Jennifer Haigh returns to the Pennsylvania town at the center[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome poet Maggie Smith in support of her most recent collection, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison. Delving into the depths of fairy tales to transform the daily into encounters[...]

    Nicola’s Books is an official Children’s Book Week store and we have put together a great Special Story Time for you. We will have local picture book authors Shanda Trent and Melanie Zwegers[...]

Literati is delighted to welcome Wendy BooydeGraaff, author of Salad Pie, to a very special story time. Kids of many ages are welcome to attend. Free and open to the public. About the book: There is nothing sweeter[...]

Join us for this event and bring dry dog and cat food with you for donation to the Humane Society of Huron Valley Bountiful Bowls Program to help people keep their pets instead of surrendering[...]

Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven was chosen as the 2015-16 Great Michigan Read! This event is sponsored by the Michigan Humanities Council and is free and open to the public. Station Eleven is an audacious, darkly[...]

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 thrilled to support the launch of Victor J. Strecher’s Life on Purpose: How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything. A pioneer in the field of behavioral science delivers a groundbreaking work[...]

Viola Shipman is a pen name for Wade Rouse, a popular, award-winning memoirist. Rouse chose his grandmother’s name, Viola Shipman, to honor the woman whose charm bracelet and family stories inspired him to write his[...]

Literati is happy to welcome Garrard Conley in support of his memoir, Boy Erased. Boy Erased is a beautiful, raw and compassionate memoir about identity, love and understanding. The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church[...]

An open mike for poets, who are welcome to read their own work or a favorite poem by another writer. The program begins with a reading by a featured local poet TBA.  

 Literati is proud to partner with The Neutral Zone to present an Open Mic Night for writers ages 19 and under!

Gina Luttrell is an Associate Professor of Public Relations and Social Media at Eastern Michigan University with over 15 years of experience in the communications field. Her extensive background includes strategic development and implementation of[...]

Four writers of historical mysteries are on hand too talk with their fans about their work, including Chicago-based Susanna Calkins (A Death along the River Fleet), California writer Sharan Newman (Defending the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the[...]

Literati is delighted to be the bookseller for Mary Norris’s visit to Ann Arbor! This event is sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library, and will take place at its downtown branch. Mary Norris (also known as The[...]

Every 1st & 3rd Sun. 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[...]

Literati welcomes Toni Nealie, author of the essay collection The Miles Between Me,  and Zoe Zolbrod, author of The Telling: A Memoir, for a special night of literary nonfiction from Curbside Splendor Publishing. Toni Nealie is[...]

Reading by this Muzzle magazine editor-in-chief, the South Carolina-based author of 2 poetry collections, including the recent Humanly. The program begins with open mike readings.

Hopwood-winning U-M grad Steve Hamilton, now an Edgar-winning veteran mystery writer, discusses his new book, a noir thriller set in Chicago about a man recently released from prison. Signing.

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[...]

John Hart is the author of the upcoming REDEMPTION ROAD, and of four New York Times bestsellers, THE KING OF LIES, DOWN RIVER, THE LAST CHILD and IRON HOUSE. The only author in history to[...]

Literati is pleased to host Teen Spirit, an award-winning publication of the Skyline High School Writing Center. Teen Spirit is a literary magazine that allows the entire school’s creative community to exhibit their writing, artwork, and[...]

Ten Years Later… The 10th Annual Spring Celebration of the Made in Michigan Writers Series featuring series co-editors Michael Delp and M. L. Liebler, along with authors Desiree Cooper, Zilka Joseph, and L. E. Kimball Complimentary light appetizers[...]

Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal host an open house for writers to connect with one another and/or work on their projects.

K.A. (Kelly) Barson earned her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of 45 Pounds (More or Less) and Charlotte Cuts It Out, both from Viking Children’s,[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome Michael Byers, Peter Ho Davies, Michael Delp, M.L. Liebler, Thomas Lynch, and Gloria Whelan for a discussion of Bob Seger’s House and Other Stories, recently published by the Made in[...]

Oakland University political science professor Robert Goldstein Robert Goldstein discusses his acclaimed new book, Discrediting the Red Scare:  The Cold War Trail of James Kutcher, The Legless Veteran. Signing.  

Shelley Schanfield’s fascination with Buddhism and yoga arose fifteen years ago, when she and her son were pursuing black belts in Tae Kwon Do in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Tae Kwon Do, like all the Eastern[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome Ross Business School professor Gerald F. Davis in support of his most recent book, The Vanishing American Corporation: Navigating the Hazards of a New Economy. It may be hard to[...]

Dr. Monica Starkman, author of The End of Miracles, is a psychiatrist who is a faculty member of the University of Michigan Medical School Department of Psychiatry in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is a clinician[...]

Canton resident Will Swartz, a retired teacher and librarian, discusses his book about his experience making a 19-day trek along the 233-mile Michigan Shore-to-Shore Riding and Hiking Trail.

Literati is pleased to welcome Elizabeth Hinton in support of her book From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America. Elizabeth Hinton is Assistant Professor of History[...]

Reading by Marygrove College English professor emeritus Donald Levin, the author of 2 poetry chapbooks, the Martin Preuss mystery series, and the novel The House of Grin. Followed by a poetry and short fiction open mike.    

This New York City-based poet reads from The Ghost Assembly Line, her forthcoming chapbook that is part of Finishing Line Press’s New Women’s Voices series. Signing.

Literati is pleased to welcome Christina Quintana and Sarah Sala in support of their recent chapbooks from Finishing Line Press. Raymond McDaniel and Keith Taylorwill also read. Christina Quintana is a writer and theatre artist with Cuban[...]