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Kerrytown BookFest – September 12, 2010

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The 8th Annual Kerrytown BookFest will be held on Sunday, September 12, 2010.

KERRYTOWN BOOKFEST 2010 PROGRAM

Sunday, September 12 from 11:00 to 5:00
at the Ann Arbor Farmers’ Market

MAIN TENT

11:00 COMMUNITY BOOK AWARD PRESENTATION to Loren Estleman,
Michigan mystery writer, presented by co-Honorary Chairs
Joe and Karen O’Neal, local business owners. Estleman will be
interviewed by Doug Allyn after the presentation.
12:00 NORTHERN NOIR – Steve Hamilton, William Kent Krueger, and Bryan
Gruley – Interviewed by Craig McDonald
1:00 AUTHOR THOMAS LYNCH – Interviewed by Keith Taylor
2:00 PARANORMAL FICTION & POETRY: WEREWOLVES, VAMPIRES & GHOSTS
Toby Barlow, Jennifer Armintrout, and young adult author, Amy Huntley Interviewed by Colleen Gleason
3:00 CALDECOTT AWARD WINNING AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR DAVID SMALL
Interviewed by Nicola Rooney
4:00 ILLUMINATING IMAGINATIONS: WRITING & ILLUSTRATING FOR
CHILDREN – Susan Kathleen Hartung, Mark Crilley, Debbie Taylor,
Colleen Monroe, and Michael Monroe – Interviewed by
Jackie LaRose

CHILDREN’S TENT

11-4:00 PAPERMAKING – artist Karen O’Neal
ART ACTIVITIES – Blue House volunteers
12:00 DRAWING – with Ellie McDoodle author, Ruth McNally Barshaw
1:00 TALES FROM NEPAL – storyteller Heather O’Neal
2:00 MOTHER GOOSE TALES – Mother Goose
3:00 SING & READ ALONG – author Deborah Diesen

ON-GOING THROUGHOUT BOOKFEST

OLD & RARE BOOK APPRAISALS – Free book appraisals by Garrett Scott and Jay Platt, owner of West Side Book Shop. Both Garrett and Jay are members of Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America

BOOK CONSERVATION TIPS – Tips on book repair and conservation from
Jim Craven of UM Bentley Historical Library, Shannon ‘Dr Book’ Zachary of UM
Dept of Preservation & Conservation, and Jon Buller of Bessenberg Bindery

BOOK & PAPER ARTS DEMONSTRATIONS – Various exhibitors and graduates of Hollander’s School of Book & Paper Arts in Farmers’ Market area

LINOTYPE STUDIO TOUR – Kent Burkhart offers a tour and demonstration of the historic linotype equipment owned by his late father, Ben Burkhart

KERRYTOWN CONCERT HOUSE

11:00 3rd ANNUAL BOOK COVER ART AWARD WINNERS – Judged by the author
of A Cold Day in Paradise, Steve Hamilton and Steve Klein, publisher
12:00 FICTIONAL MICHIGAN – Bonnie Jo Campbell, Michael Zadoorian,
Kristina Riggle, and Wendy Webb – Interviewed by Eric Olsen
1:00 REMEMBERING & FORGETTING: THE ART OF THE MEMOIR
Steve Luxenberg and Lev Raphael discuss their work with Steve Lehto
2:00 WORD WORKS – Teen authors recite their poetry
3:00 CHANGING HISTORY: HISTORICAL FICTION – John Smolens, Steve Amick, Donald Lystra, and Sharon Pomerantz – Interviewed by Judge William Whitbeck
4:00 MICHIGAN MURDERS – True crime writers Mardi Link and Gail Griffin
discuss their books and the re-release of The Michigan Murders –
Interviewed by Ellen McCarthy

HOLLANDER’S SCHOOL OF BOOK & PAPER ARTS

11-4:00 EDIBLE BOOK EXHIBITION AND CONTEST
4:00 EDIBLE BOOK CONTEST HISTORY & AWARD WINNERS Awards for Best Pun
Intended, Most Book-Like, People’s Choice, and Best in Show for
adults and People’s Choice and Best in Show for children under 18

HOLLANDER’S MINI WORKSHOPS — FARMERS’ MARKET

Workshops suitable for ages 10 and up
11:00 PAPER AIRPLANES – Arie Koewelyn teaches the folding of paper with
aerodynamic qualities using origami techniques – for young and old
1:00 TWO MINUTE MYSTERY BOOK – Barbara Brown, a former Community
Book Award recipient, leads participants in making an accordion
book with pockets to contain ultra-short mysteries
3:00 THREE SIMPLE BOOK STRUCTURES – Eric Alstrom teaches how to make
an accordion book, a pamphlet book, and a Japanese-style book

HOLLANDER’S UPSTAIRS KITCHEN

1:00 THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE CLUB: THE NOVEL & THE COOKBOOK
Author Ann Pearlman will discuss her book with Marybeth Bayer
who will be baking cookies from their collaborative cookbook

2:00 READINGS FROM A SMORGASBORD OF VERSE: EASY TO DIGEST FOOD POEMS
Author Marvin Brandwin, retired UM professor reads from his book, the delightful poems he wrote.

This program sponsored in part by Ann Arbor Observer,
City of Ann Arbor, Hollander’s, Kerrytown Concert House,
Kerrytown Market & Shops, WEMU, WUOM, Zingerman’s, and
Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment of the Humanities

For more information visit us at www.kerrytownbookfest.org

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