{"id":74132,"date":"2025-07-08T13:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=74132"},"modified":"2025-07-09T16:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:15:56","slug":"book-beat-july-newsletter-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2025\/07\/08\/book-beat-july-newsletter-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Beat July Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a9 Bill Rauhauser, from Bob-Lo Revisited, Press Lorentz, 2003<\/p><\/div>\n

Dear Readers,<\/p>\n

Welcome to the July edition of the Book Beat newsletter!<\/p>\n

In addition to upcoming events, this month’s newsletter features many new additions to the Book Beat Gallery<\/a>, including rare books, signed editions, and a new artist book by Jimbo Easter and Cary Loren called Wig Scratch<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

July 20 marks the 8th Annual Detroit Bookfest<\/strong> at Eastern Market<\/strong> in Detroit. Book Beat, along with many other vendors, will be there from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Shed #5<\/strong>. It’s Michigan’s biggest and best book festival, so be sure to stop by! An interactive vendor map, as well as more information, can be found at the Detroit Bookfest website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We will also be serving as a vendor for the DBF x DPL live author talkes, featuring Mark Crilley, Dr. Ricky Ross, Curtis Chin, The AstroTwins<\/strong>, and more! The live talks & presentations will be held inside the Detroit Public Library on Friday, July 18th, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. \u2013 5:00 p.m.<\/strong> You can also read more about Bookfest on our website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Oak Park Garden Tour<\/a> is July 27<\/strong> from 1-5 p.m.<\/strong> This radically inclusive event is free, open to the public, and kid-friendly. With 30+ participating gardens in 2025. Book Beat will have a display of gardening books and host a living plant and seed swap table up from 1-5 PM. If you’d like to participate in the plant or seed swap please keep plants in paper cups with water and label and date envelopes for seed identification.<\/p>\n

Read small press book reviews, author interviews, and indie recommendations from our resident bibliophile Tom Bowden in his column i arrogantly recommend…<\/a> This month’s edition features a slew of reviews from presses like Open Letter, Deep Velum, and 50 Watts Books, among others, including two Q&A’s with Claudia Zoe Bedrick of Unruly Books and author R.G. Vasicek.<\/p>\n

i arrogantly recommend… #59 by Tom Bowden<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n