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SUMMARY:Banned Books Read-In with Libro.fm and Silent Book Club
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nWe’ve teamed up with Libro.fm and Silent Book Club to host a Banned Books Read-In in protest of censorship. Bring your favorite banned book or shop our banned books table and then spend some time in the store reading your book. After some silent reading time\, we’ll discuss ways we can take action against book banning together and share resources. \nAttendees will receive a free audiobook copy of Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Book from Libro.fm! \nWhile we will have water and light refreshments (including gluten-free and nut-free options)\, Booksweet is located in The Courtyard Shops\, filled with excellent dining options. Food and drinks are totally welcome at the meet-up; don’t feel shy about sipping boba while we read! \nAbout Banned Books Week\nBanned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries\, bookstores\, and schools. Held in the last week of September or first week of October\, the annual event highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community — librarians\, educators\, authors\, publishers\, booksellers\, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas. \nFrom the Banned Books Week website. \nAbout Libro.fm\nLibro.fm is an audiobook platform that allows you to support your favorite local bookstore while shopping for audiobooks. Sign up for a free account!
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LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
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SUMMARY:10/2: Thursday Murder Mystery Book Club
DESCRIPTION:10/2: Thursday Murder Mystery Book Club \nJoin us at Booksweet for our next Thursday Mystery Book Club! Get ready to dive into thrilling mysteries\, discuss your favorite sleuth novels\, and meet fellow armchair detectives. Whether you’re a seasoned mystery reader or just starting to explore the genre\, this club is the perfect place to share your thoughts\, theories\, and suspicions about all things mysterious. \nFor our October mystery book club\, we’ll discuss The God Of The Woods by Liz Moore. We’re meeting on Thursday\, October 2 from 7-8pm. \nYour Eventbrite RSVP is so helpful to our planning! \nAbout the book  \nWhen a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp\, two worlds collide.Early morning\, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant\, Barbara Van Laar\, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago\, never to be found.As a panicked search begins\, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow\, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. \nSo… what’s this book club like?  \nWe hope to invite a group of people who have read the book (or don’t mind a spoiler) to discuss their thoughts. We will bring prompts but invite anyone to pose a question or share their thoughts! \nAfter our discussion\, the group votes on the next session’s read. Feel free to pitch a novel you’ve enjoyed recently and would like to share with the group\, or bring a favorite that you want to share with others! \nWhile we will have water and light refreshments (including gluten-free and nut-fred options)\, Booksweet is located in The Courtyard Shops\, filled with excellent dining options. Food and drinks are totally welcome at the meet-up; don’t feel shy about sipping boba while we chat! \nWe can’t wait to do some sleuthing with you!
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/10-2-thursday-murder-mystery-book-club/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:9/28: Author Event - Taiwan Travelogue: Unearthing Stories of Identity\, Cuisine\, & Friendship
DESCRIPTION:9/28: Author Event – Taiwan Travelogue: Unearthing Stories of Identity\, Cuisine\, & Friendship\n \nJoin author Shuang-Zi Yang and translator Lin King—2024 National Book Award winners for Translated Literature—for a conversation on Taiwan Travelogue\, set in 1938 colonial Taiwan. Moderated by Frances Kai-Hua Wang\, Kaori Ohara\, and Wan-Thai Hsu\, the discussion explores histories\, power dynamics\, friendship\, and Taiwanese cuisine. A small food tasting from the book will follow\, along with a book signing. Don’t miss this immersive exploration of Taiwan’s past and present. \nAbout the Book \nA bittersweet story of love between two women\, nested in an artful exploration of language\, history\, and power \nMay 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki\, Japan\, and arrived in Taiwan. She’s been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island\, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda. Instead\, Chizuko longs to experience real island life and to taste as much of its authentic cuisine as her famously monstrous appetite can bear. \nSoon a Taiwanese woman—who is younger even than she is\, and who shares the characters of her name—is hired as her interpreter and makes her dreams come true. The charming\, erudite\, meticulous Chizuru arranges Chizuko’s travels all over the Land of the South and also proves to be an exceptional cook. Over scenic train rides and braised pork rice\, lively banter and winter melon tea\, Chizuko grows infatuated with her companion and intent on drawing her closer. But something causes Chizuru to keep her distance. It’s only after a heartbreaking separation that Chizuko begins to grasp what the “something” is. \nDisguised as a translation of a rediscovered text by a Japanese writer\, this novel was a sensation on its first publication in Mandarin Chinese in 2020 and won Taiwan’s highest literary honor\, the Golden Tripod Award. Taiwan Travelogue unburies lost colonial histories and deftly reveals how power dynamics inflect our most intimate relationships.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/taiwan-travelogue/
LOCATION:Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown\, 343 South 5th Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
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SUMMARY:9/22: (Book)Sweet on Romance Book Club
DESCRIPTION:9/22: (Book)Sweet on Romance Book Club! \nCome join us for a cozy evening at Booksweet for our fourth Romance Book Club on Monday\, September 22nd! At our last meeting\, we selected A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna for our next book. Whether you’re an enthusiastic romance fan or just looking for a fun night out with snacks\, this event is perfect for anyone who loves a good love story and wants to enjoy some sweet treats! \nYour Eventbrite RSVP is so helpful to our planning! \nAbout the book  \nSera Swan used to be one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Then she resurrected her great-aunt Jasmine from the (very recently) dead\, lost most of her magic\, befriended a semi-villainous talking fox\, and was exiled from her Guild. Now she (slightly reluctantly and just a bit grumpily) helps Jasmine run an enchanted inn in Lancashire\, where she deals with her quirky guests’ shenanigans\, tries to keep said talking fox in check\, and longs for the future that seems lost to her. But then she finds out about an old spell that could hold the key to restoring her power…Enter Luke Larsen\, handsome and icy magical historian\, who arrives on a dark winter evening and just might know how to unlock the spell’s secrets. Luke has absolutely no interest in getting involved in the madcap goings-on of the inn and is definitely not about to let a certain bewitching innkeeper past his walls\, so no one is more surprised than he is when he agrees to help Sera with her spell. Worse\, he might actually be thawing. Running an inn\, reclaiming lost magic\, and staying one step ahead of the watchful Guild is a lot for anyone\, but Sera Swan is about to discover that she doesn’t have to do it alone…and that the weird\, wonderful family she’s made might be the best magic of all. \nSo… what’s this book club like?  \nWe hope to invite a group of people who have read the book (or don’t mind a spoiler) to discuss their thoughts about the book (the plot\, the characters\, and anything else you want to discuss!). We will bring prompts but invite anyone to pose a question or share their thoughts! \nAfter a fun discussion\, the group votes on the next session’s read. Feel free to pitch a romance you’ve enjoyed recently or want to read with the group. \nWhile we will have water and light refreshments (including nut-free and gluten-free options)\, Booksweet is located in The Courtyard Shops\, filled with AMAZING dining options. Food and drinks are totally welcome at the meet-up; don’t feel shy about sipping boba while we chat! \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/9-22-booksweet-on-romance-book-club/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:9/19: Other Worlds- A Sci-fi/Fantasy Book Club
DESCRIPTION:9/19: Other Worlds – A Sci-fi/Fantasy Book Club \nCome join us at Booksweet for an out-of-this-world book club experience! Everyone is welcome to join the discussion of our favorite scifi and fantasy reads. Whether you’re a seasoned fan or just dipping your toes into the genre\, this is the perfect place to explore new worlds with fellow readers. \nAt our April gathering\, the group voted on our next two reads! \nFor our Friday\, September 19 gathering from 7-8 pm\, we’ll be discussing The Two Lies of Faven Sythe by Megan E. O’Keefe. \nYour Eventbrite RSVP is super helpful to our snack and beverage planning! \nAbout the book // \nA search for a missing person uncovers a galaxy-spanning conspiracy in this thrilling standalone space opera from award-winning author Megan E. O’Keefe.The Black Celeste is a ghost story. A once-legendary spaceship collecting dust in a cosmic graveyard known as the Clutch. Only famed pirate Bitter Amandine knows better\, and she’ll do anything to never go near it again. No matter the cost. \nFaven Sythe is crystborn\, a member of the near-human species tasked with charting starpaths from station to station. She’s trained to be a navigator her entire life. But when her mentor disappears\, leaving behind a mysterious starpath terminating in the Clutch\, she is determined to find the truth. And only Amandine has the answers.What they will find is a conspiracy bigger than either of them. Their quest for the truth will uncover secrets Amandine has long fought to keep buried – secrets about how she survived her last encounter in the Clutch\, and what’s really hidden out there amongst the stars… \nSo… what’s this book club like? // \nScifi / Fantasy readers have been gathering bi-monthly for over a year now and it’s been a blast! Some people finish the read\, others dip in for as long as they have capacity for. All are welcome\, valued\, and celebrated. \nThe group draws a crowd of about 20-30 people; enough to keep the perspectives diverse and fresh\, but not too many that all voices aren’t heard. \nWe have a number of folks who’ve returned to us–and a number who are new. We discuss prepared prompts but we also go with the conversational flow. After a good discussion\, the group votes on the next session’s read. Feel free to pitch a book to the group\, whether it’s a new book you’re itching to read it or it’s a favorite! \nBooksweet is located in The Courtyard Shops\, filled with AMAZING dining options. We will provide water and light refreshments (including nut-free and gluten-free options). Snacks and drinks are totally welcome; don’t feel shy about sipping boba while we chat! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/9-19-other-worlds-a-sci-fi-fantasy-book-club/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
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SUMMARY:9/18: Author Event - Isabela’s Way: Research\, Travel\, and Fiber Arts Threading a Path to a New Novel
DESCRIPTION:9/18: Author Event – Isabela’s Way: Research\, Travel\, and Fiber Arts Threading a Path to a New Novel \nAward-winning author Barbara Stark-Nemon will introduce her third novel\, Isabela’s Way\, in conversation with Dr. Jonathan Trobe.  Learn about the research and travel that informed the writing of this coming-of-age tale set in 17th-century Portugal\, Spain\, France\, and Germany. Learn how embroidery was used to signal safety and danger along a network of safe houses for refugees escaping the Inquisition\, and how history is filled with women using fiber arts to communicate in troubled times. Then find out what it’s like to have an encore career as an author. \nAbout the Book \nFor fans of Ruta Sepetys’s Salt to the Sea\, this coming-of-age tale of one fourteen-year-old girl’s escape from early-seventeenth-century Portugal’s Inquisition\, achieved with the help of a clandestine band of allies\, will thrill and inspire. \nIn early-seventeenth-century Portugal\, Spain\, France\, and Germany\, dangers are plentiful—especially for those of Jewish heritage. Non-Catholics have been expelled from Spain\, and the Inquisition has come to Portugal to impose its prohibitions. Fourteen-year-old Isabela\, an obedient “New Christian” with a talent for needlework\, believes she has nothing to fear from the Inquisition. But when a mysterious woman arrives with a message from Isabela’s traveling father\, the girl must leave her home and embroider her way along the clandestine network of sanctuaries created to conduct Conversos\, or secret Jews\, to safety. \nA host of supporters and spirit guides\, as well as one special young man\, assist Isabela as she escapes the Inquisitors and makes her way across countries and cultures. As she travels\, she learns of the danger and importance of her work\, with its coded symbols\, and is shocked to discover her family’s true origins. \nIn this enthralling coming-of-age tale of resistance\, love\, and danger\, Isabela employs her talent and fierce determination to find her way despite the powerful forces that buffet her at every turn.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/barbara-stark-neman25/
LOCATION:Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown\, 343 South 5th Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
CATEGORIES:AADL Event
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SUMMARY:9/17: Author Event - Managing Emotions—So They Don't Manage You\, with Ethan Kross
DESCRIPTION:9/17: Author Event – Managing Emotions—So They Don’t Manage You\, with Ethan Kross \nDr. Ethan Kross has dedicated his career to uncovering how we can work with our emotions instead of being ruled by them. In his latest book\, SHIFT\, Kross dismantles common myths—like the idea that we should always “live in the moment” or that avoidance is inherently bad—and reframes emotions as a powerful source of information. Drawing on decades of research and riveting real-life stories\, Kross shows how\, when activated at the right time and in the right way\, our emotions can guide wise decisions\, protect us from harm\, and help us thrive. \nIn this talk geared towards parents and their children\, Kross will share simple\, evidence-based strategies for regulating emotions in everyday life. He’ll reveal how to harness the right kind of anxiety\, reframe challenges\, and use our relationships and environments to build resilience. Attendees will leave with a practical toolkit and a renewed understanding of how to shift emotions from something that holds us back into something that propels us forward. \nThis event is free and open to the public\, but registration is required.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/ethan-kross25/
LOCATION:Greenhills\, 850 Greenhills Dr.\, Ann Arbor\, 48105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhills
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SUMMARY:9/17: Rainbows and Unicorns- An LGBTQ+ Book Club
DESCRIPTION:9/17: Rainbows and Unicorns- An LGBTQ+ Book Club at Booksweet \nJoin us for a fun evening of discussion and community at Booksweet for our fourth LGBTQ+ Book Club on September 17th! For our September book\, we’ve selected Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree. Whether you’ve read the book more than once or are just coming to chat with like-minded readers\, this event is for you! \nYour Eventbrite RSVP is so helpful to our planning! \nAbout the book  \nAfter a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed\, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh\, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success — not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality\, she won’t be able to go it alone.But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic\, flaky pastry\, or a freshly brewed cup\, they may become partners\, family\, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed. \nSo… what’s this book club like?  \nThis is our fourth LGBTQ+ book club meeting! We hope to invite a group of people who have read the book (or don’t mind a spoiler) to discuss their thoughts. We will bring prompts but invite anyone to pose a question or share their thoughts! \nAfter our discussion\, the group votes on the next session’s read. Feel free to pitch a book you’ve enjoyed recently or want to read with the group! \nWhile we will have water and light refreshments (including nut-free and gluten-free options)\, Booksweet is located in The Courtyard Shops\, filled with AMAZING dining options. Food and drinks are totally welcome at the meet-up; don’t feel shy about sipping boba while we chat! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/9-17-rainbows-and-unicorns-an-lgbtq-book-club/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:9/11: Author Event - How To Form a Habit of Universe Construction with Nathan Pyle
DESCRIPTION:9/11: Author Event – How To Form a Habit of Universe Construction with Nathan Pyle \nBooksweet is thrilled to partner with the Ann Arbor District Library for an upcoming library event! Nathan W Pyle will describe the habits that can lead to imagining a new universe. He’ll show the inner workings of his comics and reveal his 4 favorite methods of constant creation and how they helped him make Strange Planet and dozens of other things\, including his 2025 children’s book\, Tuck Me In! \nAbout the Book \nIt’s bedtime for beaches everywhere–and the Moon is ready to tuck them in. But when one shoreline snuggles up under the cozy blanket of the ocean…the other goes without cover! This hilarious bedtime story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Strange Planet is sure to lull little ones and their frazzled grown-ups to sleep. \nHave you ever wondered how a beach goes to bed? \nIt has to be tucked in\, of course! \nSo\, who tucks in all the beaches around the world? The Moon! \nThere’s just one problem–tucking in one shoreline means another one doesn’t have enough cover. Will the Moon find a way to satisfy everyone so that they can all finally get some sleep? \nThis tender\, laugh-out-loud picture book perfectly captures the bedtime struggle while also teaching kids a pinch of science about the Moon and the tides. And adults and kiddos can check out the backmatter to learn even more about the science behind the tides! \nAbout the Author \nNathan W. Pyle is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Strange Planet\, Stranger Planet\, NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette\, and 99 Stories I Could Tell. He is based in NYC with his wife\, Taylor\, but travels the country speaking about creativity and storytelling.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/nathanpyle25/
LOCATION:Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown\, 343 South 5th Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
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SUMMARY:8/30: Author Event - Cary Gitter
DESCRIPTION:8/30: Author Event with Cary Gitter \nCary Gitter will join us at Booksweet from 4pm to 6pm for a book signing event for his novel Cammy Sitting Shiva which was just released this week! \nRSVP\nAbout the Book \nWhen Cy Adler dies\, it’s a shock to everyone\, especially his daughter\, Cammy. Almost thirty\, slightly aimless\, and stuck in a basement apartment in Queens\, she’s forced to return to River Hill\, her one-square-mile New Jersey hometown\, to sit shiva. Cammy’s fraught relationship with her mother\, Beth\, has never been easy. And now\, with her beloved father gone\, she would rather be anywhere but back in her childhood room\, in a house filled with guests noshing on snacks and offering their condolences. So Cammy does whatever she can to make it through seven turbulent days of mourning. \nAmid getting stoned\, reconnecting with her best friend and her high school crush\, evading the rabbi\, and spending a debauched night in Atlantic City\, Cammy must reckon with her roots—with the place she fled for the glamour of New York\, where she thought she belonged. But is she really any better off than those she left behind? While navigating the swirl of emotions that accompany grief\, Cammy also uncovers hidden truths about her father\, which lead her to doubt how well she knew the man she adored. Then again\, does she even know herself? \nFueled by wry\, lively prose\, Cammy Sitting Shiva is a deeply relatable fish-out-of-water story\, grappling with how it feels to be adrift and to find that a hard trip home may be what it takes to anchor you.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/8-30-author-event-cary-gitter/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
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SUMMARY:8/29: Ann Arborville Horror Book Club at Booksweet
DESCRIPTION:8/29: Ann Arborville Horror Book Club \nJoin us at Booksweet for our next Horror Book Club! Get ready to dive into chilling thrillers\, discuss your favorite creepy stories old and new\, and connect with fellow horror lovers. Whether you’re a seasoned horror reader or just starting to explore the genre\, this club is the perfect place to celebrate the macabre. \nFor this gathering\, we’ll discuss The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher (a Booksweet book club favorite author!). We’ll meet on Friday\, August 29 from 7-8pm. \nYour Eventbrite RSVP is super helpful to our planning! \nAbout the book // \nA young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house\, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel from the author of the “innovative\, unexpected\, and absolutely chilling” (Mira Grant\, Nebula Award–winning author) The Twisted Ones.Pray they are hungry.Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly divorced and living back at home\, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring this peculiar area—only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts…and the more one fears them\, the stronger they become.With her distinctive “delightfully fresh and subversive” (SF Bluestocking) prose and the strange\, sinister wonder found in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth\, The Hollow Places is another compelling and white-knuckled horror novel that you won’t be able to put down. \nSo… what’s this book club like? // \nThis is our sixth horror book club! We hope to invite a group of people who have read the book (or don’t mind a spoiler) to discuss their thoughts. We will bring prompts but invite anyone to pose a question or share their thoughts! \nAfter our book discussion\, the group votes on the next session’s read. Feel free to pitch a horror or thriller you’ve enjoyed recently or want to read with the group. \nWhile we will have water and light refreshments (including nut-free and gluten-free options)\, Booksweet is located in The Courtyard Shops\, filled with AMAZING dining options. Food and drinks are totally welcome at the meet-up; don’t feel shy about sipping boba while we chat! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/8-29-ann-arborville-horror-book-club-at-booksweet/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:8/29: Author Event - Nick Baumgardner Presents The Program at AADL
DESCRIPTION:8/29: Author Event- Nick Baumgardner Presents The Program at Ann Arbor District Library \nBooksweet is thrilled to partner with AADL to celebrate Nick Baumgardner’s new book\, The Program: Michigan\, A Curated History of the Wolverines. Join us as Nick discusses writing his new book and Michigan football. This event will include author Q&A and book signings! \nAbout the Book \nIn The Program: Michigan\, take a more profound and unique journey into the history and culture of Wolverines football.This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans’ history of the celebrated program\, going beyond well-worn narratives of yesteryear to uncover the less-discussed moments\, decisions\, people\, and settings that fostered the team’s iconic identity.Through wheeling and dealing\, mythmaking and community building\, explore where Michigan football has been\, how it rose to the pinnacle of college sports\, and how it will continue to evolve and stay in contention for generations to come.Wolverines fans in the know will enjoy this personal\, local\, in-depth look at team history. \nAbout the Author \nNick Baumgardner is a senior football writer and NFL Draft analyst for The Athletic. He previously covered Michigan football for the Detroit Free Press and MLive Media Group.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/8-29-author-event-nick-baumgardner-presents-the-program-at-aadl/
LOCATION:Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown\, 343 South 5th Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
CATEGORIES:AADL Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250825T180000
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SUMMARY:8/25: Poetry Event with Claire Weiner\, John Freeman\, & Richard Tillinghast
DESCRIPTION:8/25: Poetry Event with Claire Weiner\, John Freeman\, & Richard Tillinghast \nJoin us at Booksweet for a poetry reading event! We will have readings\, author Q&A\, and light refreshments! \nYour RSVP through Eventrbite helps us with planning. \nAbout For a Chance to Walk on Streets of Gold by Claire Weiner: \nFor a Chance to Walk on Streets of Gold is a personal history that weaves deftly across time\, place\, and generations. It moves from Poland and Russia where the poet’s grandparents were born and escaped persecution\, to Chicago and its suburbs\, where the poet grew up\, to Florida\, where her parents retired. Without sentimentality\, but with respect and tenderness\, these poems speak of a family’s vulnerabilities as well as joys. The reader experiences a deep sense of empathy for suffering and an equal ability to celebrate success. \nAbout Claire Weiner: \nClaire Weiner’s work has been published in After Hours Press\, Burningwood Literary Review\, Michigan Jewish History Society\, Peninsula Poets and others. She spent her non-writing career as a clinical social worker helping people make more sense of their life stories. She splits her time between Ann Arbor\, and Tucson grateful to be in both places. \nAbout Richard Tillinghast: \nNight Train to Memphis\, 2025\, is the most recent of Richard Tillinghast’s many books of poetry. He has also published five works of creative nonfiction including literary travel books on Istanbul and Ireland and a critical biography of the poet Robert Lowell\, with whom he studied writing at Harvard. Tillinghast has received a number of awards and honors\, including grants from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the Amy Lowell Trust\, the NEA\, the Irish Arts Council\, and the British Council. He has taught at Harvard\, the University of California at Berkeley\, Sewanee\, the college program at San Quentin Prison\, Trinity College Dublin\, and the University of Michigan\, where he is now an emeritus professor. His work has been published in The New Yorker\, Paris Review\, the Atlantic\, The New Republic\, Best American Poetry and elsewhere. A native of Memphis who has traveled widely and lived abroad\, including six years in Ireland\, Richard now makes his home in Hawaii and spends his summers in Sewanee\, Tennessee. \nAbout Cal Freeman: \nCal Freeman (he/him) is the author of the books Fight Songs (Eyewear 2017) and Poolside at the Dearborn Inn (R&R Press 2022). His writing has appeared in many journals including Atticus Review\, Image\, The Poetry Review\, Verse Daily\, Under a Warm Green Linden\, North American Review\, Panoply\, Oxford American\, Berkeley Poetry Review\, and Advanced Leisure. He is a recipient of the Devine Poetry Fellowship (judged by Terrance Hayes)\, winner of Passages North’s Neutrino Prize\, and a finalist for the River Styx International Poetry Prize. Born and raised in Detroit\, he teaches at Oakland University and serves as Writer-In-Residence with InsideOut Literary Arts Detroit. His chapbook of poems\, Yelping the Tegmine\, has just been released\, and his hybrid full-length collection\, The Weather of Our Names is due out this year from Cornerstone Press.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/8-25-poetry-event-with-claire-weiner-john-freeman-richard-tillinghast/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250822T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250822T190000
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SUMMARY:8/22: Social Justice Poetry Reading and Discussion at Booksweet
DESCRIPTION:8/22: Social Justice Poetry Reading and Disussion at Booksweet \nBooksweet is thriled to welcome authors Sunu P. Chandy\, Minal Hajratwala\, Dr. LeConté Dill\, & Isabella Morena to read from their works and discuss their writing in celebration of the launch of Sunu P. Chandy’s My Dear Comrades. We will also have audience Q&A\, book signings\, and light refreshments! \nYour RSVP through Eventbrite helps us with planning. \nAbout the Book \nIn this poetry collection\, Sunu P. Chandy includes stories about her experiences as a woman\, civil rights attorney\, parent\, partner\, daughter of South Asian immigrants\, and member of the LGBTQ community. These poems cover themes ranging from immigration\, social justice activism\, friendship loss\, fertility challenges\, adoption\, caregiving\, and life during a pandemic. Sunu’s poems provide some resolve\, some peace\, some community\, amidst the competing notions of how we are expected to be in the world\, especially when facing a range of barriers. Sunu’s poems provide company for many who may be experiencing isolation through any one of these experiences and remind us that we are not\, in fact\, going it alone. Whether the experience is being disregarded as a woman of color attorney\, being rejected for being queer\, losing a most treasured friendship\, doubting one’s romantic partner or any other form of heartbreak\, Sunu’s poems highlight the human requirement of continually starting anew. These poems remind us that we can\, and we will\, rebuild. \nAbout the Authors \nSunu P. Chandy (she/her) is a social justice activist including through her work as a poet and a civil rights attorney. She’s the daughter of immigrants from Kerala\, India\, a queer woman of color\, and lives in Washington\, D.C. with her family. Her award-winning collection of poems\, My Dear Comrades\, was published by Regal House. Sunu’s creative work can also be found in Asian American Literary Review\, Beltway Poetry Quarterly\, Poets on Adoption\, Split this Rock’s online social justice database\, The Quarry\, and in anthologies including The Penguin Book of Indian Poets\, The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood and This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation. Sunu is currently a Senior Advisor with Democracy Forward. Sunu has worked for many years as a civil rights attorney\, including as a litigator with EEOC for 15 years. Sunu was also the Legal Director of the National Women’s Law Center for six years until August 2023. Sunu earned her B.A. in Peace and Global Studies/Women’s Studies from Earlham College\, her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law and her MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Queens College/The City University of New York in 2013. Sunu is on the board of the Transgender Law Center\, and was included as one the Washington Blade’s Queer Women of Washington and one of Go Magazine’s 100 Women We Love. Sunu is delighted to celebrate her collection of poetry\, My Dear Comrades\, alongside the book’s fabulous cover artist\, Ragni Agarwal. \nMinal Hajratwala (they/she) founded the Unicorn Authors Club to guide authors of color (and allies who really mean it!) to finish books. She is currently at work on a book about creative practice\, The Chakra Playbook: For Artists\, Creatives\, and People with Spines\, under contract with Hachette (Spring 2026). Her first book\, Leaving India: My Family’s Journey From Five Villages to Five Continents\, was called “incomparable” by Alice Walker and “searingly honest” by the Washington Post. It won a Pen USA Award\, an Asian American Writers Workshop Award\, a Lambda Literary Award\, and a California Book Award. Minal is the author of poetry collection\, Bountiful Instructions for Enlightenment\, and a travel guidebook\, Moon Fiji. As a journalist\, they were an editor-at-large at Zócalo Public Square\, ran the Sunday Perspective section of the San Jose Mercury News\, and was a National Arts Journalism Program fellow at Columbia University. In 2010-11 she was a Fulbright senior fellow in Mumbai\, where she edited a groundbreaking anthology\, Out! Stories from the New Queer India. She is board vice chair of the Hedgebrook residency for women+ writers. www.unicornauthors.club \nDr. LeConté Dill was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles\, California. She is a poet\, playwright\, educator\, and scholar in and out of classroom and community spaces. She holds degrees from Spelman College\, UCLA\, and UC Berkeley\, was a Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop Fellow and a Hurston/Wright Writers Workshop Fellow and has participated in VONA Voices and Cave Canem writing workshops. Currently\, she is the Director of Graduate Studies and an Associate Professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at Michigan State University. She is also a Certified Mindfulness Instructor. In Dr. Dill’s art\, research\, and activism\, she listens to and shows up for urban Black girls\, in particular\, and works to rigorously document their experiences and strategies of safety\, resilience\, resistance\, and wellness. Her work is critically informed by years of working in partnership with youth and community organizers\, policy advocates\, and health educators at community-based organizations and public health departments across the U.S. and South Africa. Her work has been published in a diverse array of spaces\, such as Poetry Magazine\, Mom Egg Review\, Journal of Poetry Therapy\, the Du Bois Review\, and The Feminist Wire. \nIsabella Moreno (Nonfiction) is a Nuyorican proudly hailing from the Bronx; writing\, gardening and blossoming in Cleveland\, Ohio. Her personal writing explores\, and gives testament to\, memories\, recollections and anecdotes influenced by her multi-generational (multi-hyphenated) familial experiences with an ever-changing historical background. She has 30 years of experience in education from K-12 classrooms to non-profit and college administration. For 15+ years she has created workshops for creatives of color. She is the founder of Illuminating Our Voices. She believes joy can always be found in collective spaces of shared creation. Her two adult children add the magical rhythm to her heart.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/8-22-social-justice-poetry-reading-and-discussion-at-booksweet/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
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SUMMARY:8/22: Children's Author Event - Gail Kuhnlein
DESCRIPTION:8/22: Children’s Author Event with Gail Kuhnlein \nGail Kuhnlein\, author of How Happy Is a Lark? and Into the Thicket will be joining us at Booksweet to read a selection from her books and discuss\, then take questions. She will be joined by Into The Thicket’s illustrator John Megahan. \nYour RSVP through Eventbrite helps us with planning! \nAbout the Books \nThe picture book\, How Happy Is a Lark? turns similes upside-down\, finally answering in funny and delightful ways\, timeless questions such as “how wise is an owl?” and “how clever is a fox?” \nThis introduction for young children (ages 3-6) to a fun aspect of language features joyful artwork that will make you smile. How fast is a jackrabbit? A jackrabbit beats a shooting star in a race across the Milky Way! \nThe newest book\, Into The Thicket is based on a real-life adventure when the author’s (then) young son found an injured baby rabbit in the backyard.The fictionalized story follows the journey of young Patrick and the rabbit one springtime in Michigan. The book beautifully portrays an appreciation for wildlife. The universal emotions of compassion\, and loving and letting go are central elements of the boy’s experience.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/8-22-childrens-author-event-gail-kuhnlein/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250820T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250820T160000
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SUMMARY:8/20: Young Adult Book Club
DESCRIPTION:8/20: Young Adult Book Club \nJoin us at Booksweet for a Summer Reading Program event! Bring your map and receive a Port Bookclub Stamp. Read our young adult book selection ahead of time and be ready to join in a reader-led discussion about the book. \nFor our August 20 Middle Grade Book Club from 3pm – 4pm we’ll be reading Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. \nYour RSVP through Eventbrite helps us plan for the event! \nAbout the Book \nFilled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system\, Tracy Deonn’s YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark allure of City of Bones with a modern-day twist on a classic legend and a lot of Southern Black Girl Magic. \nAfter her mother dies in an accident\, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. \nA flying demon feeding on human energies. \nA secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down. \nAnd a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw. \nThe mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died\, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report\, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth\, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates. \nShe recruits Nick\, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group\, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets—and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming\, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down—or join the fight. \nLegendborn is the first book in The Legendborn Cycle. \nAbout Booksweet Book Clubs \nBooksweet is located in The Courtyard Shops\, filled with AMAZING dining options. We will provide water and light refreshments (including nut-free and gluten-free options). Snacks and drinks are totally welcome. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/ya-legendborn/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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