Ann Arbor Book Festival - 2012 Event Schedule



2012 EVENT SCHEDULE In collaboration with the Neutral Zone and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival June 22, 7:00 PM-7:45 PM Kick-Off: Keynote presentation by New York Times Bestselling author of Go the Fck to Sleep* Adam Mansbach Leader in Literary Arts Award (LILA) ceremony honoring Keith Taylor and 826 Michigan. Hatcher Graduate Library 8:00 PM-8:45 PM Moonlight Book Crawl Event #1 (at Blue Tractor Restaurant): Primetime with fiction writer Steve Amick and poets Aaron McCollough and francine j. harris 207 East Washington, Ann Arbor. 9:00 PM-10:00 PM Moonlight Book Crawl Event #2 (at Arbor Brewing Company): Late-Night Sizzle with poets Roger Bonair-Agard, Kevin Coval, and Scott Beal. 114 Washington Street, Ann Arbor. June 23, 8:30 AM-9:45 AM Breakfast with the Authors Hatcher Graduate Library Registration required - www.aabookfestival.org With Adam Mansbach, Roger Bonair-Agard, Kevin Coval, francine j. harris, Steve Amick, Jeff Kass, Scott Beal, Shira Erlichman, Zibby O'Neal, and Aaron McCollough. 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Ann Arbor Book Festival Writers Conference with special guest Adam Mansbach in Mason/Haven Hall Registration required - www.aabookfestival.org 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Children's activities on Diag in front of Hatcher Graduate Library. Featuring: 826 Michigan Ann Arbor Hands On Museum Ann Arbor Art Center Books created by U-M students 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Children's activities on Diag in front of Hatcher Graduate Library. "Do or Diag": a life-sized game played across the U-M Diag. 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM Author's Forum with Merrie Haskell, author of The Princess Curse in conversation with Ayn Reineke at Shapiro Library, plus a demonstration of the Espresso Book Machine 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Children's event keynote reading with bestselling Children's and Young Adult Author Chrisopher Paul Curtis in Hatcher Graduate Library. 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Dinner Break 6:00 PM to 6:45 PM Moonlight Book Crawl Event #3 (at Babo's Market): Evening Appetizer with the 2012 Ann Arbor Youth Slam Team, 403 Washington Street, Ann Arbor. 7:00 PM to 7:45 PM Moonlight Book Crawl Event #4 (at Sava's): Primetime with fiction writers Jeff Kass and Eileen Pollack, 216 S. State Street, Ann Arbor. 8:00 PM to 8:45 PM Moonlight Book Crawl Event #5 (at The Bar at 327 Braun Court): Primetime -- Granta Celebration Event of its new Britain issue with New York Times #1 Bestselling author Elizabeth Kostova Plus, Jeremy Chamberlin, Natalie Bakoupolos, and V.V. Ganeshananthan, 327 Braun Court, Ann Arbor. 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM Moonlight Book Crawl Event #6 (at The Bar at 327 Braun Court): Late-night Sizzle with poets Fiona Chamness, Aimée Le, and Shira Ehrlichman, 327 Braun Court, Ann Arbor. For information: Ann Arbor Book Festival - (734) 223-7443 Neutral Zone - (734) 214-9995 Return to Top