Almanac

An Evening with Geraldine Brooks

7 PM (Doors 6PM) | Tickets: One ticket/one book $31 or $41; Two tickets/one book $66 or $46

Meet beloved author and Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks. Her newest novel, Horse, is based on the remarkable true story of Lexington, a record-breaking thoroughbred. Spanning nearly 170 years of American history, it’s a sweeping novel of love and obsession and our unfinished reckoning with racism.

Join Michigan notable author Micheline Maynard for a discussion of her book, "Satisfaction Guaranteed: how Zingerman's built a corner deli into a global food community."

Books available on a first come basis. See web site for titles.

Local author James McVey will be signing copies of his latest book, Loon Rangers, at Horizon Books in Traverse City. Winner of the Prism Prize for Climate Literature, Loon Rangers is a novel set in the Adirondack Mountains during the summer of 1984. It tells the story of two wildlife biologists who conduct a common loon survey in the northern Adirondack region. The novel--part travelogue, part natural history, part reflection--addresses two major issues of our time: species extinction and what it means to live in the Anthropocene. Loon Rangers is McVey' fifth book.

7PM (Doors 6PM)  General Admission:  $20; Students $5

Meet Ruth Ware, the New York Times bestselling author who's been called the "new Agatha Christie" (Air Mail).   She’ll speak at the City Opera House about her new adrenaline-fueled thriller about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s murderer. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their prime suspect—her.

Doors open at 6 p.m. with a cash bar and live music. The event starts at 7pm, followed by a personalized book signing.
NOTE:  National Writers Series' Seating is now General Admission.  Ticket prices increase $3 at the door on event night.

Come meet local writer, workshop leader, literary presenter, and instructor, Anne-Marie Oomen, who will start you on a path to writing your own memoirs. To sign up, contact Judy King at ki8ju@aol.com or 231-590-7293. $10 donation at the door. Held at Torch Lake Township Hall, 2355 US-31, Kewadin, MI 49648. Sponsored by the Libraries & Book Clubs of Alden, Bellaire, Central Lake & Elk Rapids.

Books available on a first come basis. See web site for titles.

Books available on a first come basis. See web site for titles.

Books available on a first come basis. See web site for titles.

Books available on a first come basis. See web site for titles.