Returning for its 11th year, BookFest will be back at the Ann Arbor’s Farmers Market this Sunday from 11am-5 pm. This year, the one day, free festival will be jam packed with more activities than ever before.

There will be more than 50 authors, people involved in Detroit’s burgeoning printing scene, book vendors, and people offering book-related crafts and activities for kids and more. One of the goals is to celebrate book arts. There will be three panels focusing on Michigan book artists, experimental typography, the changing face of book content and the Detroit letterpress printing scene.
Robin Agnew, president of the BookFest said, “The festival is unique because it includes authors and illustrators on an equal footing.”
Main events include five panel discussions:
• From Motown to Iggy Pop, featuring Peter Benjaminson (author of “Mary Wells”) and Steve Miller (“Detroit Rock City”)
• Automobiles and the Industry, featuring former GM vice chairman Bob Lutz (“Icons and Idiots”), Steve Lehto (“Chrysler’s Turbine Car”) and Detroit News auto writer Bryce Hoffman (“American Icon”)
• Vanishing Cities, with Gordon Young (“Teardown”), Detroit Free Press reporter John Gallagher (“Revolution Detroit”), June Thomas (“Redevelopment and Race”) and Edward McClelland (“Nothin’ but Blue Skies”)
• Cherchez la Femme, back by popular demand, with Bonnie Jo Campbell, Lolita Hernandez, Natalie Bakopulos and poet Susan Ramsey
• And in Kerrytown Concert House, Benjamin Percy (“Red Moon”) and Matt Bell (“In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods”) will discuss the literary, the supernatural, and the strange
Bookfest is a wonderful event for everyone, especially those who love to read, or aspire to write.
For a complete schedule, a list of authors and presenters visit www.kerrytownbookfest.org
Source: AnnArbor.com
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