Community Calendar

Author and former teacher Eric Hall will be here to talk about his new book, Controlled Chaos: Lessons They Didn't Teach You in Teacher School, and sharing some of the lessons, life-changing moments and hilarious stories this 3-time teacher of the year took away from his 27-year-career in the classroom!

This program will also be live-streamed on the library's YouTube channel: TADLnotjustbooks.

Come join us to hear more about the 2nd book in Gruley's Bitter Frost series, River Deep.

If you are unable to make it in person, this program will also be live-streamed on the library's YouTube channel: TADLnotjustbooks.

This 3-part class series is about getting you to take your poetry practice more seriously. Commitment to all three classes is REQUIRED.
Class One: What's Your Practice? - Wednesday, November 11th, 6-7pm

Class Two: We Write - Monday, November 23rd, 6-7pm

Class Three: Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan - Monday, December 7th, 6-7pm

Lane (Illiana) Regan, a Michelin star chef who runs The Milkweed Inn in Michigan's upper peninsula, will be reading from her newest book, "Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir" on Wednesday, November 18, from 7-8:30 pm at Bos Winery in Elk Rapids.

Advanced registration for the event is required by visiting crosshatch.org/arts, or calling 231-533-2555.

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Lane (Illiana) Regan, author of "Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir," will be leading a memoir writing workshop at the Grass River Natural Area Education Center on Thursday, November 19, from 1-3 pm.

The cost for the workshop is $10. Register at https://www.crosshatch.org/arts/antrim-writers-series or call 231-533-2555. Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged.

Regan is a Michelin star chef who runs The Milkweed Inn in Michigan's upper peninsula. She holds an MFA from The School of the Arts in Chicago.

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Welcome, Crawlers, to the Crawler Club. We are starting off with the first in the series, the titular, Dungeon Crawler Carl.

This book club is intended for both those who are new to the series or have already binged the whole thing and want to dive back in.

An evening with Daniel Kraus, author of "Angel Down," the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner – a novel written magnificently in a single run-on sentence.

Private Cyril Bagger has survived the horrors of the Great War through wit and deception, swindling fellow soldiers at every turn. Then he and four other grunts receive a deadly mission: venture into No Man’s Land to euthanize a wounded comrade. What they find in the ruined battlefield is not a man in need of mercy, but a fallen angel, seemingly struck down by artillery fire.

This celestial being may hold the key to ending the war, but only if the soldiers can set aside their own desires and work together. As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group begins to fracture, and their angelic encounter threatens to become a descent into hell. A polyphonic tale of survival, supernatural wonder, and moral conflict, Angel Down plunges readers into the heart of World War I.

About the event
Book packages are available with a discount with our book partner The Folded Leaf. The event includes a Q&A and book personalization line.