Calendar

Performance by this Ypsilanti-based writer and cartoonist, a National Poetry Slam champion best known for his spoken word poem “I Am That Nerd.” His most recent book, 2011’s Spoken Nerd Revolution, revels in the nerd culture of[...]

Join us for an event we could all use, as retired Eastern Michigan University professor Gigi Langer presents her book, 50 Ways to Worry Less Now: Reject Negative Thinking to Find Peace, Clarity, and Connection. Gigi[...]

Literati is delighted to welcome award-winning author Richard Russo for a discussion his newly released essay collection The Destiny Thief: Essays on Writing. Richard will be joined by Sam Krowchenko for a post-reading discussion. About The Destiny[...]

Elaine Weeks and Chris Edwards share images from their new coffee table book, which contains over 1400 images of Detroit from 1939-1980. Also, a raffle and book signing hosted by 107.1 FM morning host Martin[...]

On June 8th at 5pm, Literati is thrilled to welcome David Sedaris back to Ann Arbor and to Literati Bookstore as he tours independent bookstores across the country in support of his latest essay collection, Calypso! PLEASE READ[...]

Panel discussion with young adult writers TBA, and a teen writing workshop hosted by the Neutral Zone. Also, announcement of the winners of the annual AADL “It’s All Write” teen short story writing contest, which[...]

Literat is excited to welcome author and artist Anne & Jerzy Drozd who will be sharing their new action-packed graphic novel, Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity! About Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity: Blast off! Discover the history[...]

Join us for a book talk and signing with John U Bacon for his new book The Best of Bacon.  Says John,  “I wrote these stories between 1992 and 2018. They cover a dozen different sports for[...]

All invited to read and discuss their poetry or short stories. Bring about 6 copies of your work to share. 7-9 p.m., Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main. Free. 665-2757  

This Canadian mystery writer briefly discusses her 2 most recent books. The Spook in the Stacks, the 4th in her Lighthouse Library Mystery series (written under the pen name Eva Gates) is centered around a crime-solving librarian[...]

Celebration of Chelsea-area authors with brief talks by children’s writers Marilyn Kuehl and David Brzezinski, teen writer S.D. Grimm, nonfiction writers Alex Weddon, Kate Bancroft, and Patrice Johnson, poets Jennifer Burd and Katherine Edgren, and[...]

Performance to be determined! 7 p.m. Espresso Royale, 324 S. State. $5 suggested donation. facebook.com/AnnArborPoetry.    

Debbie Taylor’s Over In Motown! is an energetic picture book celebrating the musical genres and rhythms of the industry that fueled Detroit in the Motown era.  Based on the Over In The Meadow rhyme, this counting book features[...]

Talk by local writer Beverly Jenkins, recipient of the 2017 Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. She sets her African American historical romance novels in the decades after emancipation to emphasize black history after[...]

Join us for a talk and signing with Wayne State University emeritus professor and historian E. Lawrence Abel, author of John Wilkes Booth and the Women Who Loved Him. When John Wilkes Booth died—shot inside a[...]

Literati is honored and especially excited to host author, bookseller, and number one human being Lillian Li who will be sharing her debut novel, Number One Chinese Restaurant. About Number One Chinese Restaurant: Named a Most Anticipated Book[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome author Nick Dybek who will reading and discussing his new novel, The Verdun Affair. About The Verdun Affair: “The Verdun Affair is ravishingly beautiful, and as much about love as about war. Nick[...]

Petra Kuppers will read from her short story collection Ice Bar at Aut Bar/Common Language Bookstore. Visit with post-apocalyptic science fiction and psychedelic fantasy, featuring a cast of queer, vulnerable, beautiful characters. Disability becomes an[...]

Paul Selig, who says he receives “clairaudient dictation from unseen intellects called Guides,” reads from his new book. Signing. 6-7:30 p.m., Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main. Free. 665-2757.

Literati is excited to welcome author Mark Beyer who will be reading and discussing his new novel, Hired Man. About Hired Man: What would you do if a dying stranger begged you to save his daughter and[...]

Benefitting The Humane Society of Huron Valley Bountiful Bowls Program Join us for a talk and signing with Stephanie Feldstein, the Population and Sustainability Director at the Center for Biological Diversity, for her book, The Animal[...]

All invited to listen to guild members swap stories or bring their own to tell. 2-4 p.m., AADL Downtown 3rd-floor freespace rm., 343 S. Fifth Ave. Free. annarborstorytelling.org, 997-5388    

These 2 Michigan picture book writers read from their new books. Crum’s Mousling’s Words is about a young mouse’s first trip out of the nest. Greene’s Let’s Go ABC! Things That Go, from A to Z celebrates machines that[...]

 Social Theorist Peter Gabel will speak about his new book The Desire for Mutual Recognition: Social Movements and the Dissolution of the False Self, published by Routledge Press, 2018. Free to attend. For more info:[...]

This local husband-and-wife writing team reads from ‘Til Death: Marriage Poems, their jointly written collection exploring the ups and downs of suburban monogamy from their dual perspectives. The program begins with open mike readings. 7-8:30 p.m., Sweetwaters,[...]

Local writer Sarah Zettel reads from her new historical fiction novella set in 1839 China at the outset of the 1st Anglo-Chinese Opium War. Tea & snacks. 7-8:30 p.m., AADL Downtown multipurpose rm., 343 S.[...]

Literati Bookstore is excited to welcome author Fatima Farheen Mirza, who will read and discuss her debut novel, A Place for Us. About A Place for Us: Fatima Farheen Mirza’s masterful debut novel gathers together the lives[...]

Readings by these 2 novelists. Title 13 is local writer Ferro’s satirical debut novel about an alcoholic bureaucrat who struggles with mounting paranoia, his relationships with concerned family members, his dying grandmother, and a budding office romance.[...]

Widely-published Detroit poet Lauren Bernstein-Machlay reads from her latest book, Travelers, a collection of autobiographical poems. Foreword (Traverse City) writer Susan Waggoner notes “it’s through the bravery of the concept-going back to the place where you grew up to[...]