Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are, 1963
Dear Friends and Readers,
Happy October!
At Book Beat, we’ve been focused on ordering great books and hosting some fun events as we enter the fall season. Follow the events by clicking on the date links below and reading more about them. Thank you for supporting Book Beat, reading, community, and independent small business.
• October 6, Thursday from 5:30-7:45 pm: Meet me by the Fountain with author Alexandra Lange. An author book and panel discussion sponsored by Docomomo Michigan, the Southfield Public Library, and Book Beat. There will be a panel discussion on the past and future of Northland Mall.
• October 7, Friday at 7:00 pm: Award winning crime novelist Stephen Mack Jones and Award winning newspaper columnist Neal Rubin will be in conversation together at the Hawk Blackbox, at the Farmington Hills Community Center. Book Beat will be selling books at the event.
• October 8, Saturday at 2:00 pm: Scottish writer Donald S. Murray, author of As the Women Lay Dreaming, and In a Veil of Mist, will be reading at the Kilgour Scottish Centre. Book Beat will be selling books at the event.
• October 9, Sunday at 3:00 pm: Book Beat will be hosting poet and novelist Barbara Henning author of Ferne, and Sally Howell editor of a new Detroit/Arab writing anthology: Hadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging. Guest reader Peter Werbe will be helping Henning reconstruct Ferne’s
unique history of Detroit.
• October 13, Thursday at 6:30 pm: Join filmmaker John Walter (How to Draw a Bunny), and Ray Johnson scholar and author Ellen Levy (A Book About Ray) as this years guests at the Ray Johnson (Un)birthday, a celebration of the art and life of Ray Johnson.
• October 16, Sunday from 12-4 pm Meet seven local authors and illustrators who all have new books out this fall, at this year’s Teacher and Librarian Appreciation Day. Authors attending will include; Heidi Woodward Sheffield, Shelley Johannes, Matt Faulkner, Brynne Barnes, Amy Nielander, Andrea Contos, and Supriya Kelkar. Dr. Linda M. Pavonetti from Oakland University will give a talk about her experience on the ALA Award committees. A great opportunity for educators and the public to meet and celebrate these amazing area authors and their new books.
Read an interview with photographer Bruce Harkness on the occasion of his career retrospective monograph: Photographs From Detroit: 1975-2019, one of our favorite new fall titles.
Our reading group selection this month is the fantastic and spooky Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.
Stop by soon to check out the new Fall books. Wishing everyone a spooktakular October!
Love, Peace, and happy readings,
~Cary, Colleen and the Book Beat staff
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