LibraryThing Local

The Art Student's War reading and signing. The story opens on a sunny spring day as a pretty woman, in a crowded wartime city, a now-vanished Detroit in its heyday, climbs aboard a streetcar. She is heading home, where another war-a domestic war-is about to erupt. Rich, humorous, and grippingly written, ... (more)The Art Student's War is Leithauser's finest novel to datea view both global and intimate in its portrayal of one family caught up in the personal and national drama of the Second World War.

Filmmaker, photographer, and writer Douglas Gayeton will be here to discuss his newest book SLOW: Life in a Tuscan Town, a magical and utterly unique portrayal of rural Italian life, and a tribute to the region's kaleidoscope of charming local characters whose livelihoods and shared culture center on ... (more)the growing, preparing, eating, and everyday pleasure of food. SLOW is an enchanting celebration of a precious and increasingly rare way of life that leaves you longing to pack your bags and buy a one-way ticket to Tuscany. Gayeton's latest work foregrounds the popular principles that define Slow Food, an international movement dedicated to preserving local food traditions and honoring local farmers and producers, and Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Slow Food movement, writes "The photographs are rich and undeniably authentic, and could have only been made by someone with the deep sensitivity and understanding that goes beyond the boundaries of nations and languages, and represents the principles at the heart of the Slow Food movement.” For more information, please see the publisher’s website.

Yarn junkies unite! If you are hooked on knitting, join us to share, explore and learn new techniques and great ideas.

Yarn junkies unite! If you are hooked on knitting, join us to share, explore and learn new techniques and great ideas.

If you're into writing, bring a sample or two to share with other young writers. It's a great way to get outside opinions!

Monthly reading group on culinary history, meeting in the heart of Kerrytown in Ann Arbor.

You're invited to join us for wonderful stories every Sunday. We'll have a different theme each week. Mark your calendar!

Meet us in the kids department every Friday at 11am for story time and a craft.

You're invited to join us for wonderful stories every Sunday. We'll have a different theme each week. Mark your calendar!

Spend your Wednesday evenings with us, and enjoy a great story and a fun craft!

You're invited to join us for wonderful stories every Sunday. We'll have a different theme each week. Mark your calendar!

Half Broke Horses reading and signing. Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly). Now she brings us the story of her grandmother -- told in a voice so authentic and compelling that the book is destined to become an instant classic.

Shades of Grey reading and signing. In SHADES OF GREY we meet Eddie Russet who belongs to the low-level House of Red and can see 58 percent of his own colorbut no other. But he is content with his limitations. That is, until he meets Jane, who provokes Eddie into questioning the status quo's implacable ... (more)hierarchy. Their world was not always like this, many years before, a never-discussed disaster installed the current bizarre regime. As Eddie's rose-tinted life is obliterated, their fevered talk gives way to revolutionary action.

You're invited to join us for wonderful stories every Sunday. We'll have a different theme each week. Mark your calendar!

You're invited to join us for wonderful stories every Sunday. We'll have a different theme each week. Mark your calendar!

You're invited to join us for wonderful stories every Sunday. We'll have a different theme each week. Mark your calendar!