The Detroit Festival of Books (Bookfest) is Michigan’s largest book festival with used and rare dealers, bookmakers, and publishers from all over the USA, Canada, and other countries. Come and peruse dozens of used and rare book dealers at the 8th Annual Detroit Bookfest on Sunday, July 20, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Eastern Market Shed #5 (2934 Russell St. Detroit, MI 48207). Food trucks and drinks too! Free entry! For more information and maps visit: Detroit Bookfest.
Book Beat will be displaying sale books, first editions, book ephemera, illustrated children’s books, and rare books in the fields of art and photography. We are located at table #1. Check here for an interactive vendor map. We’re also hosting a table featuring local authors. Stop by, chat, and pick up an inscribed book. Attending authors at the Book Beat booth include:
Jean Alicia Elster 2-3 p.m.
Jean Alicia Elster is a professional writer of fiction for children and young adults. She is the granddaughter of Douglas and Maber (May) Jackson Ford, whose family story is the basis of The Colored Car. Her other books include Who’s Jim Hines? (Wayne State University Press, 2008), which was selected as a Michigan Notable Book and a ForeWord Book of the Year finalist, I’ll Do the Right Thing, I’ll Fly My Own Plane, I Have a Dream, Too!, and Just Call Me Joe Joe, and How It Happens.
The AstroTwins 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Booth #88 in Shed 5)
Ophira and Tali Edut (The AstroTwins) are bestselling authors, speakers, and identical twins. They are the cofounders of the global brand Astrostyle, which reaches millions of loyal readers around the world. They have been flagship ELLE columnists since 2009. The twins have appeared in major media including The New York Times, Good Morning America, and the Today show. Ophira and Tali have done workshops, talks, and trainings for Nike, Conde Nast, The Wing, SHEMedia, Michael Kors, and at universities nationwide. They have taught thousands of people their methods through their online platform and at their signature retreats in Tulum, Mexico. Graduates of The University of Michigan, Ophira and Tali grew up in Detroit and currently live in New York and Seattle.
Book Beat will also be at the Detroit Public Library (5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit MI 48202) on Friday, July 18 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the DBF x DPL Author Talks at the Detroit Public Library, featuring Mark Crilley, Freeway Dr. Rick Ross, the AstroTwins, Curtis Chin, and more TBA. Read more about the DBF x DPL Author Talks here. These author talks are free and open to the public as a part of the Detroit Bookfest. We hope to see you there!