About the Ann Arbor Book Festival

The Ann Arbor Book Festival’s mission is to promote reading, heighten awareness of literacy challenges, and showcase the rich culture of the written word in Michigan and beyond. A diverse group of community leaders committed to literature, language and the arts in Michigan are hard at work planning the Festival. The following people make up the Board of Directors and Planning Committee for the Festival.

Board of Directors
Chairman:
Evans Young, College of Literature Science and the Arts, University of Michigan

Secretary:
John Woodford

Treasurer:
Peter Schork

Thomas Blaske, Blaske & Blaske, P.L.C.
Sharon Gambin, Community Volunteer
Bill Gosling
Jeff Kass, Ann Arbor Public Schools/VOLUME Poetry
John Knott, Writer/Editor/Professor (ret.)
Barbara MacAdam, AUL for Public Services, University of Michigan Library
Karl Pohrt, Shaman Drum Bookshop
Kathy Robenalt
Prudence Rosenthal, Arts Activist
Peter Schork, Ann Arbor State Bank
John Woodford, Writer/Editor
Bill Zirinsky, Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tearoom