Community Calendar

Join us for Queer Tales Book Club where we chat about books that are by and/or about LGBTQIA+ people. Reading is not required, and everyone is welcome.

We meet on the third Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the Nelson Room.

This month's book: True Biz by Sara Nović.

Friends of Leelanau Township Library July 2026 Summer Writers's Series at Willowbrook Mill in Northport Michigan. Free to the public
7/7: "The Doublewide" by Ann Goethals in memory of Nancy Giles
7/14: "Isabela's Way" by Barbara Stark-Nemon
7/21: "An American Yankee in King Alfred's Court" by Dennis Turner
7/28: "The Vacation: A Teenage Farmworker's Experience Picking Cherries in Michigan" by Robert "Carlos" Fuentes. This is a 2026 Michigan Notable Book

Books and libations available for sale

Local author John Wemlinger will be here to talk about his new book, Finding Innocence. If you are unable to make it in person but would still like to attend, register here to join us via Zoom.

Friends of Leelanau Township Library July 2026 Summer Writers's Series at Willowbrook Mill in Northport Michigan. Free to the public
7/7: "The Doublewide" by Ann Goethals in memory of Nancy Giles
7/14: "Isabela's Way" by Barbara Stark-Nemon
7/21: "An American Yankee in King Alfred's Court" by Dennis Turner
7/28: "The Vacation: A Teenage Farmworker's Experience Picking Cherries in Michigan" by Robert "Carlos" Fuentes. This is a 2026 Michigan Notable Book

Books and libations available for sale

Author and former book editor Jillian Laine published five books with Sesame Street early in her career, but getting a novel in print was a long game. Over the course of 10 years and 12 manuscripts in various genres, she queried nearly 150 literary agents before getting that elusive "yes." Within two weeks, she had an agent.