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Literati is pleased to welcome Rachel Cassandra and Lauren Gucik to Literati in support of Women Street Artists of Latin America: Art without Fear. In this groundbreaking, in-depth look at a rarely explored perspective of[...]

Shannon Gibney was born in 1975, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was adopted by Jim and Sue Gibney about five months later, and grew up with her two (biological) brothers, Jon and Ben.  She is[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

This Ohio-bred, Texas-based mystery writer discusses her Amish-themed crime thrillers featuring sheriff Kate Burkholder, including the recent Among the Wicked. Signing.    

Reading by the 2016 Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam Team, fresh from their performance at the Brave New Voices poetry festival in Washington, D.C. The program begins with open mike readings.

This Nigeria-born U-M creative writing grad reads from The Fishermen, his debut novel, told from the perspective of a 9-year-old Nigerian boy, about 4 brothers who skip school to go fishing. At the nearby forbidden[...]

Literati is excited to join author and owner of Motor City Brew Tours, Stephen C. Johnson, for a discussion of Detroit Beer: A History of Brewing in the Motor City. This event will take place next[...]

This Michigan-born Montana-based writer reads from Vagabond Song, his new poetic travel memoir that recounts 15 years he spent hitchhiking and road tripping through Colorado, Central America, Britain, the badlands, and more. Montana Quarterly calls[...]

This Petoskey- and Ann Arbor-based writer reads from Invincible Summers, her novel-in-stories, set in a Detroit suburb in the 1960s and 70s. It follows a young woman over the course of 11 summers, from age[...]

Three local artists sign books at Next Chapter, 10-2.

This acclaimed Minneapolis novelist reads from Wintering, his new novel about an elderly man with dementia who escapes his sickbed and vanishes into the forbidding wilderness surrounding a northern Minnesota town. “If Jack London’s Yukon[...]

Literati is delighted to welcome Blair Braverman in support of her memoir, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North. Blair will be joined in conversation by UM[...]

Vermont freelance food journalist Larry Olmsted is joined by local radio personality Michael Patrick Shiels in a discussion of Olmsted’s new book about recent food frauds, such as Parmesan cheese made from sawdust. Signing. Zingerman’s olive[...]

University of Iowa Chinese literature professor Jennifer Feeley reads from her poetry and her translations of Chinese poetry, including her new book, Not Written Words: Selected Poems of Xi Xi, the 1st book by this[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome Margaret Wappler in support of her debut novel, Neon Green. It’s the summer of 1994 in suburban Chicago: “Forrest Gump” is still in theaters, teens are reeling from the recent death[...]