{"id":75049,"date":"2026-08-25T16:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=75049"},"modified":"2026-08-28T21:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T01:28:43","slug":"sept-8-josh-malerman-book-launch-at-ant-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2026\/08\/25\/sept-8-josh-malerman-book-launch-at-ant-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Sept. 8: Josh Malerman book launch at Ant Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Josh Malerman and the Wow Town players will be presenting the national release of Malerman’s new chiller novel: Pictures of You<\/strong> <\/em>on Thursday, Sept. 8, doors open at 6:30pm play begins at 7pm followed by a book signing<\/strong> at Ant Hall in Hamtramck.<\/strong> Ant Hall is located at 2320 Caniff Street, Hamtramck, MI 48212. Ant Hall sits next to the Ghost Light bar as part of the Planet Ant creative hub. Book Beat will have the new book and select Malerman backlist for sale. Be there to experience in person the Art of Terror! <\/p>\n

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Advanced Praise for “Pictures of You”<\/h3>\n

“A taut horror-thriller… Emily must find resilience by matching the creative mindset of her captor.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Library Journal<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“A captivity thriller with a genuinely fresh idea at its centre… the dread rarely lets up.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 GnofHorror<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“An insidious architect of psychological tension.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother<\/em><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“A study in creation and the line separating genius from insanity.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mandy McHugh, author of The Last To Die<\/em><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Book Synopsis: “Pictures of You”<\/h3>\n

Scheduled for release on Tuesday, September 8<\/strong>, Josh Malerman\u2019s forthcoming novel Pictures of You<\/strong> is a high-concept, Hitchcockian captivity thriller. The story follows Emily, who wakes up alone in a strange, meticulously lit room with a pink ceiling and mauve walls after a night out with her fianc\u00e9, Jack. She has absolutely no memory of how she arrived.<\/p>\n

At the edge of her bed sits an empty picture frame on an easel, and on the other side stands a silhouette of a deranged woman named Helen. Helen insists that Emily is not a guest, but rather her next great art masterpiece. Trapped under the chilling command to stay completely still, Emily learns that Jack’s life is on the line alongside her own. To escape this living portrait before the artist “finishes” her work, Emily must outthink her captor by learning to view her horrific situation through the mind of an artist.<\/p>\n

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National Release & Book Signing Event, Free Performance!<\/h3>\n

Josh Malerman and the Wow Town players will be presenting the national release of Malerman’s new novel, Pictures of You<\/strong><\/em>, on Thursday, Sept. 8<\/strong>. Doors open at 6:30 PM<\/strong>, the play begins at 7:00 PM<\/strong>, and a book signing will follow immediately after.<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> Ant Hall in Hamtramck
\nAddress:<\/strong> 2320 Caniff Street, Hamtramck, MI 48212 (Located next to the Ghost Light bar as part of the Planet Ant creative hub).<\/p>\n

Book Beat will be on-site with copies of the new book alongside a select collection of Malerman’s backlist titles for sale.<\/p>\n

Pre-Order Signed First Editions Here<\/a><\/div>\n

Josh Malerman\u2019s unforgettable and terrifying Incidents Around the House <\/em>became an instant classic of horror\u2014and now Malerman has done it again. Pictures of You <\/em>is a tale of thrilling terror that will chill you until the last page\u2014and have you thinking of the heroine\u2019s search for love and the meaning of art long after.<\/strong><\/p>\n

About the Author<\/h3>\n

New York Times bestselling author Josh Malerman is one of the most compelling and prolific voices in modern horror fiction. Before exploding onto the literary scene, Malerman spent years living a dual life as a musician and a storyteller. As the singer and songwriter for the Detroit-based rock band The High Strung, he spent six years touring the country\u2014playing roughly 250 shows a year\u2014while drafting 14 unpublished novels longhand from the passenger seat of the band\u2019s tour van.<\/p>\n

Today, Malerman lives in Michigan with his wife, artist-musician Allison Laakko. He continues to blend high-concept dread with profound psychological intimacy, proving that whether he is holding a guitar or a pen, he knows exactly how to capture an audience’s heartbeat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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