Book Beat will be closed on Memorial Day- Monday, May 27. We will re-open on Tuesday, May 28 at 10am. Have a great holiday weekend!!
Cult hero Ian Svenonius at Book Beat, Wednesday, May 15!
We are proud to welcome musician, author and cult hero Ian Svenonius to Book Beat on Wednesday, May 15 from 7:00-8:00pm to sign and discuss his latest tome, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group. This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Please call Book Beat (248) 968-1190 for any further information.
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Elmore and Peter Leonard at W. Bloomfield Library, Wed. May 15!
Book Beat will be selling books for legendary author Elmore Leonard and his son Peter Leonard at the West Bloomfield Library (in the MAIN Library Meeting Room) on Wednesday, May 15 from 7:00-8:30pm. This event is free and open to the public. If you cannot attend this event and would like to reserve signed copies of any of the titles, please call Book Beat (248) 968-1190.
Where is Bookstore Day?
Perhaps bookstores could take a page from the playbook of record stores. Could publishers and bookstores combine a strategy to create a parallel day of international book mania ? What would a bookstore day look like? READ MORE HERE
May Reading Group Selection
Book Beat’s May Reading Group Selection is Eudora Welty’s novella The Robber Bridegroom. The Reading Group will meet on Wednesday, June 5 at 7pm in The Goldfish Teahouse (117 W 4th St #101 in downtown Royal Oak). All are welcome! Book’s will be discounted 15% at Book Beat.