Tag Archives: Literary Events
Writers Converge at AWP Conference in Chicago
Check out this year’s fabulous list of presenters at the 2012 AWP Conference & Bookfair. The event takes place in Chicago from February 29 – March 3, 2012 and promises more than 550 presses, publishers, and “nonstop literary commotion!” Held … Continue reading
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Everyone’s Reading ‘Lethal’ by Sandra Brown
Lethal is the book that Everyone’s Reading in the metro area this year. The annual “Everyone’s Reading” program, which is sponsored by the Detroit public libraries in Oakland and Wayne counties, have chosen author Sandra Brown’s novel Lethal as their … Continue reading
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Bruce Allen Kopytek Brings “Jake’s” Back to Birmingham – ‘Jacobson’s: I Miss It So!’
I clearly remember sunny strolls through the streets of Birmingham as a young girl. Hoping to hit my dad up for a new pair of Levi’s at Here and Now, popping into Machus for their famous savory salad, or ogling … Continue reading
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Heather Sellers Delights at Writers Live! Event
Consider yourself one of the lucky ones if you were fortunate enough to attend Baldwin Public Library’s recent Writers Live! event. Hope College professor Heather Sellers wooed the audience with her intelligence, wit, and sincere charm while promoting her latest … Continue reading
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Writers Live! Features author Heather Sellers
Chances are, if you meet author Heather Sellers she won’t recognize you later – even five minutes later. This is not an act of snobbishness on behalf of the Hope College professor however, but rather the bizarre consequence of a … Continue reading
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Friends Don’t Let Friends Read Alone!
Friends don’t let friends read alone, at least that’s what Baldwin Public Library’s Kathryn Bergeron believes. Bergeron is Baldwin’s systems librarian and also acts as the main facilitator of the BPL’s “Friends Don’t Let Friends Read Alone” book club. The … Continue reading
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Everyone’s Reading ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’
The Baldwin Public Library will once again be taking part in the “Everyone’s Reading” program this year. The Metro Detroit public libraries in Oakland and Wayne counties have just announced author Michael Connelly’s thriller The Lincoln Lawyer as their 2011 … Continue reading
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Brad Meltzer Brings ‘Inner Circle’ to Birmingham Borders
Best-selling author Brad Meltzer will be presenting a reading and signing of his new book The Inner Circle at Borders in Birmingham tonight, January 20, 2011 at 7:00 pm. The author will also be sharing footage from his new TV … Continue reading
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‘The New Yorker’ Offers Taste of Chef Hamilton’s Style
After catching Gabrielle Hamilton’s personal history piece The Lamb Roast in my favorite mag last week, I thought I would re-run NLR’s recent post on the famed chef/author. If you are tempted by Hamilton’s upcoming book release, you can get … Continue reading
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