Maurice Sendak illustration for the Nutcracker
December 1, 2022
Dear Friends and Book Lovers,
Thank you for your continued support in our fortieth year.
Our newsletter features a double column of small press reviews by Tom Bowden, an announcement for our eighth year of fundraising (we call it ‘bookraising’) for the Gesu School Library of Detroit, and a holiday gift guide featuring catalogs from our affiliate page on Bookshop.org.
We’d like to to remind Metro Detroit that the Kresge Fellowship Awards in the Literary and Visual Arts has a January 19, 2023 deadline.20 Artist Fellowships of $25,000 and 10 Gilda Awards of $5000 for emerging artists will be awarded. Please share this with writers and artists you may know.
Sadly, we’d like to report the passing of our good friend George Barry who died at home last Saturday, November 26. George was a father, filmmaker, film historian, and a seller of antiquarian books who worked out of his home in Royal Oak for many years and at a storefront bookshop on Orchard Lake and 14 mile in West Bloomfield. The African proverb says, “When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.” George had an abundance of specialized knowledge and was a living library. We remember him for his kindness, as a custodian of books and book knowledge, and a generous supplier to many collectors and libraries in the USA and around the world.
We hope you can find time to peruse the current crop of fall books filling our shelves. Our hours and contact info are noted below.
We wish you a beautiful and blessed holiday season and continued good readings.
Peace, Love and Good Health,
~Cary, Colleen and the Book Beat staff
BOOKSTORE HOURS & ORDERING INFO
• Our hours are: Mon – Sat 10 AM-6 PM, Sun: 12-5 PM, Subscribe to our newsletter here.
• Order Direct: for books or questions, call us at (248) 968-1190 or email BookBeatOrders@gmail.com. Most books can be mailed Media Mail at a discount rate for $4.99 for the first book and .50 for each additional book. Cut off to arrive before Christmas is December 14.
• Book Beat Backroom is our store central with News Events and all things Book Beat.
•Order almost any book in print from our affiliate page at Bookshop.org.
• Order out-of-print and rare books at Biblio.com.
• Our webpage for local authors, signed books, and collector’s items: Book Beat Gallery
• For fans of Audio Books; most titles are $14.99 and your purchases will support Book Beat at: Libro FM, Thank you!
The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.
–Louisa May Alcott, Little WomenCurrier and Ives: Winter scene cutting ice, 1864
