Join the Ann Arbor District Library for a day celebrating books at the A2 Community Bookfest! Formerly the Kerrytown Bookfest, the A2 Community Bookfest is thrilled to return to downtown Ann Arbor for 2024!
Booksellers, publishers, authors, and more will be on the vendor floor from 10am-5pm and various activities for all ages, such as keynote author talks, hands-on crafts for kids and adults, storytimes, and discussion groups, will take place throughout the day. Additionally, the Fifth Avenue Press annual author reception will celebrate books published by the Library in the prior year.
To join the A2 Community Bookfest mailing list, visit our partners here.
Announcing the 2024 A2 Community Bookfest headliners!
Beth Nguyen
Beth Nguyen is a talented novelist and nonfiction writer of four books, most recently the memoir Owner of a Lonely Heart. Beth’s books have appeared in community and university programs nationwide and in numerous publications including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Times, and Time Magazine.
Philip and Erin Stead
Philip and Erin Stead are the celebrated husband and wife author-illustrator duo of the Caldecott Medal-winning book, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, in addition to Bear Has a Story to Tell, Lenny & Lucy, and many more. The Ann Arbor locals’ work has been described as “witty”, “breathtaking”, and “full of whimsy, heart, and delight”.
Full Schedule of Events
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Vendor and Author Fair
10:30 – 11:30 AM: Philip & Erin Stead
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Preschool Storytime
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Make a Pocket Pamphlet
1:15 – 2:15 PM: Fifth Avenue Press Book Release Reception
2:00 – 3:00 PM: Bookfest Fridge Magnets
2:15 – 3:00 PM: Finding Feedback with Brandi Larsen
3:00 – 4:00 PM: Beth Nguyen
Author Signing Tables
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Adult Fiction (Including Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Romance)
K.Aten
Christina L. Barr
Stevie Brooks
Crystal Davis
Lawrence Hogue
Sylvia Hubbard
Donald Levin
Ken MacGregor
J.P. McAndrew
Robert J Mendenhall
Donovan M. Neal
Paul Michael Peters
Martin L. Shoemaker
Johnny Thompson
Tom Ulicny
AJ Yang
12:15 – 2:15 PM | Adult Nonfiction & Kids Books
Rhonda Accardo
Endeah Canty
Barbara Schnarr Giatti
Helene Gidley and Thomas Meloche
A. Kidd
Frank E. Kuron
Rebecca Leatherwood
Jan Leland
Josh Olsen
Mimi Olson
Bradley Poore
Emily Siwek
Ken Wachsberger
Rebecca and Owen Wittekindt
Yuchen Wu
2:15 – 4:15 PM | Fifth Avenue Press Authors
Mouna Ammar
Hannah Burr
Héctor Fox
Colby Halloran
Amy Hepp
Bettina Senga
Leanne Su
Shanda Trent
Judy Patterson Wenzel
2024 Vendors, Authors, and Local Organizations
22quire by Eileen
826michigan & the Robot Supply Co.
Alvey Jones Miniature Books
Ann Arbor Book Society
Ann Arbor Observer
Esinam Bediako
Heather Buchanan
Centigrade 233
Jana’ Chantel
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore
Crazy Wisdom Journal
Julie Darling
Kinyel Friday
Dawn Treader Books
Jean Alicia Elster
Fifth Avenue Press
Fly Paper Products
Jeffrey Roy Ford
Jessica K. Foster
Frankenwalnut
Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library
Good Tickle Brain
Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers
Green Brain Comics
Gryphon & Bacchus
Halli Starling Books
Haunted Mitten Podcast
Heidi Woodward Sheffield
D.A. Henneman
Melanie Hooyenga
Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles
Tasha Noelle Kazanjian
Danni Little
Marge Makes Comics
Tara Michener
Marisa Quinn Mieczkowski
Moonmoth Press
Isabel Estrada O’Hagin
Karen Koykka ONeal
Reckoning Press
ReQueered Tales
Dani Resh
J.M. Samland
SCBWI-MI (with Suzanne Jacobs Lipshaw, Cindy Williams Schrauben, and Maura Dalian)
Schuler Books
Heather Shumaker
Gail Kuhnlein
Kat Higgs-Coulthard
Sloe Gin Fizz
Katie Spina
Staying in Closer Touch
Catherine Stein
Strawberry Moon Books
Squirrels at the Door Publishing
Treehouse Block Prints
Danni Williams
University of Michigan Press
YpsiWrites
L Sam Zhang
