Celebration of the Book

Schedule:

BAROLO: A Craft Reading from the Food-and-Wine Memoir
Author Matthew Gavin Frank
Tuesday, November 2 | 7:00 pm
Main Library | 111 Library St NE | Ryerson Auditorium

Ask the Wine Guy
Author and President of Tasters Guild International Joe Borrello
Tuesday, November 2 | 8:00 pm
Main Library | 111 Library St NE | Ryerson Auditorium

Stitch Alchemy: Mixed Media Sampler
Author and artist Kelli Perkins
Wednesday, November 3 | 7:00 pm
Main Library | 111 Library St NE | Ryerson Auditorium

Meet and Greet Author Teri Woods
Thursday, November 4 | 7:00 pm
Main Library | 111 Library St NE | Ryerson Auditorium

Zombie Film Fest
Friday, November 5
1:00 pm | Night of the Living Dead (1968, unrated)
3:00 pm | Zombieland (2009, R)
Main Library | 111 Library St NE | Ryerson Auditorium

An Evening with Max Brooks
Friday, November 5 | 7:00 pm
St. Cecilia Music Society | 24 Ransom Avenue NE

Family Day
Including children's authors Lisa Wheeler and April Pulley Sayre
Saturday, November 6 | 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Main Library | 111 Library St NE

Writing from My Heart & Soul
Author Rabbi Albert M. Lewis
Monday, November 8 | 7:00 pm
Yankee Clipper Branch | 2025 Leonard NE | Lowel Level

Book Signings

Authors will be available after their events to sign books. Books will be available for purchase from Schuler Books & Music and Pooh's Corner. Twenty percent of all book sales benefit the Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation.

Parking

Parking for Celebration of the Book events is free in the Library's parking lot. Additional parking may be available on the street or in nearby lots. All Celebration of the Book events are free and open to the public.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Friends of the Main Library