Join us for our Blue Moon Anniversary Sale, Wednesday, August 30, 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM, here in the store in honor of 41 years of Book Beat!
Featuring:
• Author signings
• 20% all new hardcovers, new paperbacks, jigsaw puzzles, 2024 calendars, AND sale books
• Light snacks and refreshments in the evening
• Extended store hours until 8 pm!
Street Corner Music next door will also be sharing the event, featuring:
• Outdoor DJ spinning records from 4:00 – 8:00 PM
• Outdoor tables with special sale items and merchandise
• Indoor sale 15% off non-sale items
Local author signings between 6-8 pm!
Josh Malerman is a New York Times bestselling author of fantasy horror novels and the singer/songwriter for the band The High Strung. His debut novel, Bird Box, was the inspiration for the hit Netflix film of the same name. Clive Barker has called Malerman’s novel Goblin “a mesmerizing, terrifying tight-rope walk.”
Malerman’s latest book Spin A Black Yarn collects five harrowing novellas of horror and speculative fiction.
“Malerman (Bird Box) returns with a chilling volume of five horror novellas crafted with a perfect mix of intrigue, disgust, tension, and, of course, fear. Echoing such horror greats as Shirley Jackson, the opening tale follows a brother and sister from childhood to old age as the brother tries to make sense of his sister’s eponymous claim that “Half the House Is Haunted.” Malerman’s narratives succeed through not revealing too much—there’s no excessive gore, no jump scares or cheap tricks. Instead, he allows pressure to slowly build and refuses to let it break even when the stories conclude.” –Starred review from Publishers Weekly
• Children’s book author Kelly DiPucchio is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over 30 stories for children. Her books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold more than one million copies worldwide. Her titles include New York Times bestseller, GRACE FOR PRESIDENT, and THE SANDWICH SWAP, a book co-authored for Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, which President Bill Clinton called “a delightful story.” And the new award-winning Oona the Mermaid series. Kelly has been a featured author/speaker at numerous schools, public libraries, universities, and conferences such as: the International Reading Association, Michigan Reading Association, and the National Council of Teachers of English.
Mouse & Giraffe is Kelly’s latest storybook and illustrates how two friends with very different perspectives learn how to see eye to eye.
“With a light touch, DiPucchio’s entertaining tale addresses themes of perspective and the biases that can come with personal experience.”—The Horn Book
In Becoming Charley , a New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning illustrator team up for a striking, modern-day take on The Very Hungry Caterpillar that celebrates staying true to oneself.
Everyone is trying to teach Charley the right way to become a butterfly: Eat your milkweed! Think black! Think orange!
But Charley’s busy admiring the many beautiful things in the world. Like the swaying trees, and the tall mountains, and the turquoise sea. . . . Is there really a “right” way for Charley to become a butterfly?
Young readers will see themselves in Charley–a little caterpillar with an emerging identity–in this dazzling picture book that beautifully explores the nature of self-love.
“Convention is upended in this striking tale of individuality and change.” –Kirkus Reviews, starred review
• Young Adult Author Rebecca Mix is the New York Times bestselling author of stories about weird magic & hope. Her debut novel, The Ones We Burn, was an instant New York Times & Indiebound bestseller. Her latest book is The Mossheart’s Promise, the first in a middlegrade fantasy duology publishing from HarperCollins on September 5, 2023. Great for ages 8-12 years!
Please note: The publisher has agreed to send copies of The Mossheart’s Promise in advance so we will have them available for signing or inscribing on the Blue Moon, however they will need to be picked up on September 5th the book’s release day or after.
“An exciting, honest, and hopeful tale that speaks gently and clearly to kids’ fears and needs. It urges them to value their own experiences, reassures them that it’s OK to be angry when they’re left to pay for the mistakes of adults, and reminds them that kindness must guide us, even when we’re afraid. A wonderful story for all the scared people doing the right thing because nobody else will.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
In an interview about Mossheart’s Promise, Rebecca said, “It follows twelve-year-old Ary Mossheart, the unremarkable, anxious granddaughter of her world’s last great hero. When Ary wakes one morning to find her mother filled with the very mold eating her world alive, she sets out in search of a cure – only to learn that her entire world is trapped inside of a giant, rotting terrarium they were meant to leave a hundred years ago. Worse, her Gran knew, and never told anyone. Now Ary has five days to find the exit, or they’re trapped forever. It’s a love letter to the middlegrade that turned me into a reader – REDWALL, CITY OF EMBER, GREGOR THE OVERLANDER, etc – and filled with all my favorite things. There’s also a giant talking newt, climate change Feelings, and a whole lot of mold.” — from an interview at The Nerd Daily
• Young Adult Author Meriam Metoui (she/her) is a writer, book editor, and (when she has the time) a photographer. She graduated from the University of Michigan and Hunter College, where she received a master’s degree in English literature. After several years in School & Library marketing at Penguin Young Readers and adult editorial at Hachette, she joined Viking Children’s Books where she edits picture books, YA, and everything in between.
A Guide to the Dark is Meriam’s debut YA novel. The Haunting of Hill House meets Nina LaCour in this paranormal mystery YA about the ghosts we carry with us.
“Metoui masterfully handles perspective…themes of grief, fraught and romantic queer connections to a friend, and familial expectations are thoughtfully explored.”–The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
“A ghostly mystery and an impactful exploration of grief and loss.” –Publisher’s Weekly
“Terrifically haunting. A Guide to the Dark delves into the complexities of grief and the frightening metamorphosis of ghosts that aren’t put to rest. Meriam Metoui has created something spectacular.”–Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of These Violent Delights
Tracy Gallup is a doll maker, artist, illustrator and storyteller who lives in Ann Arbor. Her latest book is Anna’s Kokeshi Dolls.
Gallup has a strong connection to kokeshi dolls. On her fifth birthday her grandfather gave her a kokeshi with four interchangable heads. The gift sparked an interest in dolls from around the world, inspiring her to become a doll maker herself. Gallup is also the author of nine picture books including A Roomful of Questions, Stone Crazy, Shell Crazy, Tree Crazy, Snow Crazy and King Cat published by Mackinac Island Press, a division of Charlesbridge, and illustrated a book of poetry, Beastly Banquet, written by Peggy Munsterberg and published by Dial Books for Young Readers. Her most recent books are Anna’s Kokeshi Dolls and My First Book of Haiku Poems published by Tuttle Press, and Paint the Night published by Fifth Avenue Press. Visit her website at TracyGallup.com
Read an interview with the artist on the Tuttle pubishing website.
Please check back on our website on the day of the event for the finalized list of authors attending, for any schedule changes and/or updated list of attending authors (TBD!) Come celebrate another year of Book Book and this stellar cosmic event!
Happy Birthday Book Beat!