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SUMMARY:1/3: Author Event - Jihyun Yun Discusses And the River Drags Her Down
DESCRIPTION:1/3: Author Event with Jihyun Yun \nJihyun Yun\, author of the recent YA horror novel And the River Drags Her Down\, will join us at Booksweet for a book reading and signing event! \nAbout the Book \nShe has always known the rules – never resurrect anything larger than the palm of her hand\, but that was before her sister died. A chilling\, compulsive exploration of sisterhood\, loss\, and revenge. \nWhen her older sister is found mysteriously drowned in the river that cuts through their small coastal town\, Soojin Han disregards every rule and uses her ancestral magic to bring Mirae back from the dead. At first\, the sisters are overjoyed\, reveling in late-night escapades and the miracle of being together again\, but Mirae grows tired of hiding from the world. She becomes restless and hungry . . . \nDriven by an insatiable desire to finish what she started in life\, to unravel the truth that crushed her family so many years ago\, Mirae is out for revenge. \nWhen their town is engulfed by increasingly destructive rain and a series of harrowing\, unusual deaths\, Soojin is forced to reckon with the fact that perhaps the sister she brought back isn’t the one she knew.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/jan3-jihyun-yun/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
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SUMMARY:1/9: Ann Arborville Horror Book Club at Booksweet
DESCRIPTION:1/9: 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 Nestlings by Nat Cassidy. We’ll meet on Friday\, January 9 from 7-8pm. \nYour Eventbrite RSVP is super helpful to our planning! \nAbout the book // \nNat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary’s Baby and the urban horror of Salem’s Lot set in an exclusive New York City residential building. \nThe horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed\, bitter\, and struggling: with mobility\, with her relationship with Reid\, with resentment for her baby. That’s about to change with the words any New Yorker would love to hear—affordable housing lottery. Reid dismisses disturbing events and Ana’s deep unease and paranoia as the price of living in New York—people are odd—but he can’t explain the needle-like bite marks on the baby. They’ve won an apartment in the Deptford\, one of Manhattan’s most revered buildings with beautiful vistas of Central Park and stunning architecture and disturbing gargoyles. Ana and Reid needed a lucky break. \nSo… what’s this book club like? // \nThis is our eighth 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/jan9-nestlings/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
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SUMMARY:1/10: Author Event: Austin Channing Brown discusses Writing Workshops
DESCRIPTION:1/10: Writing Workshop Launch Event with Austin Channing Brown \nAustin Channing Brown\, author of the recent biography Full of Myself: Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self-Possession\, will join us at Booksweet to describe her upcoming writing workshop series\, to include a one-hour overview and “ask me anything about publishing” Q&A event\, followed by a book signing starting at 3pm! \nYour Inside Voice: writing workshops with Austin Channing Brown\, hosted by Booksweet \nAustin will be hosting an ongoing writing workshop series in 2026\, with monthly meetings at Booksweet beginning in January! The workshop schedule will be: January 27\, February 24\, March 24\, and April 28. \nWho’s the educator? \nAustin Channing Brown is a Black woman author whose writing career started during the age of blogging. For four years she wrote compellingly about racial justice in America. In 2018 she published her first book\, Im Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness which became a NYT and USA Today bestseller. It was also chosen for Reese’s Book Club and featured in the show Bel-Air. Austin also wrote a young readers version of Im Still Here. In 2025 she released Full of Myself: Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self-Possession. It also became a USA Today bestseller. In addition to publishing books\, Austin writes a successful newsletter with more than 20\,000 readers\, and she is currently working on her next two book projects. Austin has a business management degree\, a masters in social justice and has been awarded an honorary doctorate for her racial justice work and writing.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/jan10_writing_workshop/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
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SUMMARY:1/12: Author Event - Scott Ellsworth Discusses Midnight on the Potomac
DESCRIPTION:1/12: Civil War Round Table Meeting with Scott Ellsworth \nScott Ellsworth\, author of the recent Midnight on the Potomac\, will join us at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (1st Floor Auditorium*) for a discussion\, book reading\, and signing event! \nAbout the Book \nMidnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War\, the Lincoln Assassination\, and the Rebirth of America is a new and revealing look at the last year of the Civil War and the assassination of President Lincoln. Based on extensive research in often overlooked historical sources\, the book presents compelling evidence that our portrait of John Wilkes Booth has been seriously flawed\, while a sweeping Union victory was far from assured even during the war’s final\, fraught months. Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “a suspenseful narrative brimming with engaging insights”; an Amazon Editors Pick for Best History\, and #2 on the Civil War Monitor’s Best-Selling Civil war books of 2025\, author Scott Ellsworth will set the stage for a re-examination of the last\, climatic year of the nation’s bloodiest war. \nDescribed by one reviewer as “a historian with the soul of a poet\,” Scott Ellsworth is a New York Times bestselling author of five books\, including the winner of a PEN Book Award and a National Book Award longlist. Formerly a historian at the Smithsonian Institution\, he has written about American history for The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and The Los Angeles Times\, and has appeared on the TODAY Show\, PBS’s The American Experience\, CNN\, Fox News\, the BBC\, and other media outlets. He lives in Ann Arbor where\, for the past eighteen years\, he’s taught at the University of Michigan. \n*1st Floor Auditorium\, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital; Admin. Bldg. & Educ. Center\, 5305 Elliott Dr.\, Ann Arbor\, MI
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/jan12_scott_ellsworth/
LOCATION:St. Joseph Mercy Hospital\, 5305 Elliott Dr.\, Ann Arbor\, United States
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SUMMARY:1/16: Other Worlds- A Sci-fi/Fantasy Book Club at Booksweet
DESCRIPTION:1/16: Other Worlds- A Sci-fi/Fantasy Book Club at Booksweet \nJoin us at Booksweet for an out-of-this-world book club experience! Everyone is welcome to join the discussion of our favorite sci-fi 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. \nFor our Friday\, January 16 gathering from 7-8 pm\, we’ll be discussing The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon. \nYour Eventbrite RSVP is super helpful to our snack and beverage planning! \nAbout the book  \nThe New York Times bestselling first novel in the Bone Season series\, an epic fantasy about a young woman fighting to use her powers and stay alive in an England entirely different from our own. \nIn 2059\, Scion has taken over most of the world’s cities\, promising safety for all the citizens it deems worthy and wiping out clairvoyants wherever it can find them. Paige Mahoney\, though\, is a clairvoyant–and a criminal just for existing. Paige is determined to fight Scion’s power\, and as part of the Seven Seals\, Paige has found a use for her powers: she scouts for information by breaking into others’ minds as they dream. But when Paige is captured and arrested\, she encounters a power more sinister even than Scion. The voyant prison is a separate city\, controlled by a powerful\, otherworldly race. These creatures\, the Rephaim\, value the voyants highly–as soldiers in their army. Paige is assigned to a Rephaite keeper\, Warden\, who will be in charge of her care and training. He is her master. Her natural enemy. But if she wants to regain her freedom\, Paige will have to learn something of his mind and his own mysterious motives. The Bone Season introduces a compelling heroine–a young woman learning to harness her powers in a world where everything has been taken from her. It also introduces an extraordinary young writer\, with huge ambition and a teeming imagination. Samantha Shannon has created a bold new reality in this riveting debut. \nSo… what’s this book club like?  \nSci-fi / 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/jan16_the-bone-season/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:1/26: (Book)Sweet on Romance Book Club!
DESCRIPTION:1/26: (Book)Sweet on Romance Book Club! \nCome join us for a cozy evening at Booksweet for our Romance Book Club on Monday\, January 26th! At our last meeting\, we selected Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun 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  \nA swoon-worthy sapphic romance following two women who are thrown together on a European adventure\, from the Lambda Literary Award–winning author of the “sexy\, insightful\, and utterly charming” (BuzzFeed) Kiss Her Once for Me. \nThirty-five-year-old Seattleite Sadie Wells needs an escape. She’s desperate to escape her monotonous routines\, the family business that has consumed her entire life\, and the unexpected gay panic that has her questioning everything she thought she knew about herself. So when her injured sister offers Sadie her place on a tour along Portugal’s Camino de Santiago\, she decides this is the perfect chance to get away from it all. \nAfter three glasses of wine on the plane and some turbulence convince Sadie she won’t even survive the flight\, she confesses all her secrets to her seatmate\, Mal. The the plane doesn’t crash\, and it turns out Mal is on her Camino tour. Worst of all\, Sadie learns that she is on a tour specifically for queer women\, and that her two-hundred-mile trek will be a journey of self-discovery\, whether she wants it to be or not. \nFascinated by the woman who drunkenly came out to her on the plane\, Mal offers to help Sadie relive the queer adolescence she missed out on as they walk the Camino. As Sadie develops her newfound confidence\, Mal grapples with a complicated loss and unexpected inheritance. But as their relationship blurs the lines between reality and practice\, they both must decide if they will forever part at the end of the tour or chart a new course together. \nWith “funny\, poignant” (Publishers Weekly\, starred review) prose\, Alison Cochrun explores the power of letting go of your past and realizing that it’s never too late to live as your authentic self. \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/jan26_every-step-she-takes/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:1/27: Austin Channing Brown Writing Workshop #1
DESCRIPTION:1/27: Writing Workshop Launch Event with Austin Channing Brown \nAustin Channing Brown\, author of the recent biography Full of Myself: Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self-Possession\, will join us at Booksweet for the first session in her winter-spring writing workshop series! \nYour Inside Voice: writing workshops with Austin Channing Brown\, hosted by Booksweet \nAustin will be hosting an ongoing writing workshop series in 2026\, with monthly meetings at Booksweet beginning in January! The workshop schedule will be: January 27\, February 24\, March 24\, and April 28. \nThere is a voice inside your heart that only you can hear. Whenever you sit down to write\, that voice rises to meet you. It chooses words\, reaches for phrases\, and creates meaning. The more you write\, the more you learn to recognize your inside voice. And that’s when the fun begins. When you learn to listen to that voice\, embrace that voice you can create entire worlds that never existed before you set pen to paper. I want to help you honor your inside voice. Every fourth Tuesday from 6:00-7:30pm (except December) we’ll meet at Booksweet to hone our craft together. Each workshop focuses on a different element of writing\, and are stand alone. So you don’t have to attend the first one to understand the second one. \nWorkshop #1 \nSession 1: Work That Sentence \nEvery story is made of words. Those words form sentences. And sentences are the building blocks of storytelling. In this workshop we are going to take sentences apart and rebuild them to make them work for you and your reader. *Bring to class three copies of your favorite piece of writing\, 2-4 paragraphs long. \nWho’s the educator? \nAustin Channing Brown is a Black woman author whose writing career started during the age of blogging. For four years she wrote compellingly about racial justice in America. In 2018 she published her first book\, Im Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness which became a NYT and USA Today bestseller. It was also chosen for Reese’s Book Club and featured in the show Bel-Air. Austin also wrote a young readers version of Im Still Here. In 2025 she released Full of Myself: Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self-Possession. It also became a USA Today bestseller. In addition to publishing books\, Austin writes a successful newsletter with more than 20\,000 readers\, and she is currently working on her next two book projects. Austin has a business management degree\, a masters in social justice and has been awarded an honorary doctorate for her racial justice work and writing.
URL:https://www.shopbooksweet.com/calendar/jan27_writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:1/28: Rainbows and Unicorns - An LGBTQ+ Book Club at Booksweet
DESCRIPTION:1/28: Rainbows and Unicorns – An LGBTQ+ Book Club at Booksweet \nJoin us for a fun evening of discussion and community at Booksweet for our first LGBTQ+ Book Club of 2026 on January 28th! For our January book\, we’ve selected Forest Euphoria by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian. 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 \nA thrilling book about the abounding queerness of the natural world that challenges our expectations of what is normal\, beautiful\, and possible. \nGrowing up\, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian felt most at home in the swamps and culverts near her house in the Hudson Valley. A child who frequently felt out of place\, too much of one thing or not enough of another\, she found acceptance in these settings\, among other amphibious beings. In snakes\, snails\, and\, above all\, fungi\, she saw her own developing identities as a queer\, neurodivergent person reflected back at her—and in them\, too\, she found a personal path to a life of science. \nIn Forest Euphoria\, Kaishian shows us this making of a scientist and introduces readers to the queerness of all the life around us. Fungal species\, we learn\, commonly encompass more than two biological sexes—and some as many as twenty-three thousand. Some intersex slugs mutually fire calcium carbonate “love darts” at each other during courtship. Glass eels are sexually undetermined until their last year of life\, a mystery that scientists once dubbed “the eel question.” Nature\, Kaishian shows us\, is filled with the unusual\, the overlooked\, and the marginalized—and they have lessons for us all. \nWide-ranging\, richly observant\, and full of surprises\, Forest Euphoria will open your eyes and change how you look at the world. \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 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/jan28_forest-euphoria/
LOCATION:Booksweet\, 1729 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48105\, United States
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