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2:45 pm Reading Without Walls: Deborah Diesen @ Nicola's Books
Reading Without Walls: Deborah Diesen @ Nicola's Books
Apr 30 @ 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
April is Reading Without Walls month and this program asks young people to explore the world through books by breaking down barriers and celebrating diversity in children’s books. Specifically, it challenges readers to do one[...]
7:00 pm Ruth Behar: Lucky Broken Girl @ Literati
Ruth Behar: Lucky Broken Girl @ Literati
May 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is delighted to welcome Ruth Behar in support of her first book for young readers, Lucky Broken Girl. In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative—based on the author’s childhood in the 1960s—a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant[...]
7:00 pm Fiction at Literati: Jay Baron Nicorvo: The Standard Grand @ Literati
Fiction at Literati: Jay Baron Nicorvo: The Standard Grand @ Literati
May 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is pleased to welcome Jay Baron Nicorvo in support of his first novel, The Standard Grand. The Standard Grand is “a desperate masterpiece of a debut” (Bonnie Jo Campbell) that tells a huge-hearted American[...]
7:00 pm Official Children’s Book Week: Jean Alicia Elster, Ruth Behar, Jack Cheng with Shutta Crum @ Nicola's Books
Official Children’s Book Week: Jean Alicia Elster, Ruth Behar, Jack Cheng with Shutta Crum @ Nicola's Books
May 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Jean Alicia Elster, Ruth Behar and Jack Cheng with Shutta Crum as moderator Children’s Book Week is the annual celebration of children’s books and reading. Established in 1919, it is the longest-running national literacy initiative in[...]
7:00 pm 3rd Annual Community High School Poetry Reading @ Bookbound
3rd Annual Community High School Poetry Reading @ Bookbound
May 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
3rd annual reading of original poems by Community High students. 7 p.m., Bookbound, 1729 Plymouth, Courtyard Shops. Free. 369-4345.
7:00 pm Robert Fanning: Our Sudden Museum @ Literati
Robert Fanning: Our Sudden Museum @ Literati
May 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
This Mt. Pleasant poet (and U-M grad) reads from Our Sudden Museum, his new collection of elegiac poems that explore what sustains us in spite of loss. Signing.
7:00 pm Poetry at Literati: Clayton Eshleman @ Literati
Poetry at Literati: Clayton Eshleman @ Literati
May 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is please to welcome Clayton Eshleman back to the store in support of his new collection, Penetralia. The world embraced by Eshleman’s poetry is our world. As a contemporary writer, Eshleman’s history is our[...]
7:00 pm Poetry Reading: Gerry Grubbs @ Church of the Incarnation
Poetry Reading: Gerry Grubbs @ Church of the Incarnation
May 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Poet, attorney,and  Ohioana Library Award finalist Gerry Grubbs reads his poetry. On Saturday, Grubbs will conduct an experiential workshop, The Practice of Creativity, on accessing and expressing greater realms of creativity in your writing life. Workshop[...]
1:00 pm Official Children’s Book Week: Amy Shrodes, Rick Lieder @ Nicola's Books
Official Children’s Book Week: Amy Shrodes, Rick Lieder @ Nicola's Books
May 6 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Children’s Book Week is the annual celebration of children’s books and reading. Established in 1919, it is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. The program is administered by Every Child a Reader and the Children’s Book[...]
2:00 pm Ann Epstein: On the Shore @ Bookbound
Ann Epstein: On the Shore @ Bookbound
May 6 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
This award-winning local writer reads from and discusses On the Shore, her new novel about the upheaval in an immigrant Jewish family when a son lies about his name and age to fight in WWI.[...]
3:00 pm Lou Hamilton: Brave New Girl Workshop @ Nicola's Books
Lou Hamilton: Brave New Girl Workshop @ Nicola's Books
May 6 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Fear takes many forms, and when we listen to it, it can hold us back from living the kind of life we want for ourselves. But what if we could silence that fear, or even[...]
7:00 pm Patricia Lockwood: Priestdaddy @ Literati
Patricia Lockwood: Priestdaddy @ Literati
May 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is delighted to welcome staff-favorite Patricia Lockwood in support of her memoir, Priestdaddy. From Patricia Lockwood—a writer acclaimed for her wildly original voice—a vivid, heartbreakingly funny memoir about having a married Catholic priest for[...]
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