{"id":71933,"date":"2022-12-02T02:54:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T07:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=71933"},"modified":"2022-12-02T05:07:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T10:07:33","slug":"holiday-cheers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2022\/12\/02\/holiday-cheers\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Cheers: a December Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_71938\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nutcracker.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71938\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nutcracker.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nutcracker.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nutcracker-150x79.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-71938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maurice Sendak illustration for the Nutcracker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>December 1, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Dear Friends and Book Lovers,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your continued support in our fortieth year.<\/p>\n<p>Our newsletter features a double column of small press reviews by Tom Bowden, an announcement for our eighth year of fundraising (we call it &#8216;bookraising&#8217;) for the Gesu School Library of Detroit, and a holiday gift guide featuring catalogs from our affiliate page on Bookshop.org.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to to remind Metro Detroit that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kresgeartsindetroit.org\/apply#\">Kresge Fellowship Awards<\/a> in the Literary and Visual Arts has a January 19, 2023 deadline.20 Artist Fellowships of $25,000 and 10 Gilda Awards of $5000 for emerging artists will be awarded. Please share this with writers and artists you may know.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, we&#8217;d like to report the passing of our good friend George Barry who died at home last Saturday, November 26. George was a father, filmmaker, film historian, and a seller of antiquarian books who worked out of his home in Royal Oak for many years and at a storefront bookshop on Orchard Lake and 14 mile in West Bloomfield. The African proverb says, &#8220;When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.&#8221; George had an abundance of specialized knowledge and was a living library. We remember him for his kindness, as a custodian of books and book knowledge, and a generous supplier to many collectors and libraries in the USA and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you can find time to peruse the current crop of fall books filling our shelves. Our hours and contact info are noted below.<\/p>\n<p>We wish you a beautiful and blessed holiday season and continued good readings.<\/p>\n<p>Peace, Love and Good Health,<\/p>\n<p>~Cary, Colleen and the Book Beat staff<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Annie the Satyr and Pup in a Cup\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-LKRf0KBqXM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/divider.png 564w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/divider-150x4.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">BOOKSTORE HOURS &amp; ORDERING INFO<\/h3>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/widgets.js\" data-type=\"search\" data-affiliate-id=\"1028\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Our hours are: <strong>Mon &#8211; Sat 10 AM-6 PM<\/strong>, <strong>Sun: 12-5 PM,<\/strong> Subscribe to our newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/newsletter-subscription-page\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Order Direct:<\/strong> for books or questions, call us at <strong>(248) 968-1190<\/strong> or email <a href=\"mailto:BookBeatOrders@gmail.com\">BookBeatOrders@gmail.com<\/a>. Most books can be mailed <strong>Media Mail<\/strong> at a discount rate for $4.99 for the first book and .50 for each additional book. Cut off to arrive before Christmas is December 14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/\"> Book Beat Backroom<\/a><strong> is our store central with News Events and all things Book Beat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Order almost any book in print from our affiliate page at <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/shop\/bookbeat\">Bookshop.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Order out-of-print and rare books at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblio.com\/bookstore\/book-beat-oak-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biblio.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Our webpage for local authors, signed books, and collector&#8217;s items: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book Beat Gallery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 For fans of Audio Books; most titles are $14.99 and your purchases will support Book Beat at: <a href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/bookbeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Libro FM<\/a>,&nbsp; Thank you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.<br \/>\n\u2013Louisa May Alcott, Little Women<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_71942\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/winter.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71942\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/winter.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/winter.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/winter-1024x696.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/winter-150x102.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/winter-768x522.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-71942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Currier and Ives: Winter scene cutting ice, 1864<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 1, 2022 Dear Friends and Book Lovers, Thank you for your continued support in our fortieth year. 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