Barbara Pietron: Library Circulation Clerk by Day, Legacy in Legend Author by Night
Michigan has always been a strong source of beauty, inspiration and encouragement for Pietron.
Meadowbrook Writing Camp a Royal Experience for Seventh Grader
Meadowbrook Writing Camp a Royal Experience for Seventh Grader (Isabelle Deng, Aug. 7, 2018) Rochester Hills, MI- If you have ever wondered what it would be like to step back in time and live in a castle from days of old, you do not have to travel far from home to have that experience. Meadow…
Local Authors Share Love of Literature at Oak Park Event
Local Authors Share Love of Literature at Oak Park Event (Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 14, 2017) Oak Park, MI – When Hubert Stokes writes, he puts on music to “help make the words come out.” His second novel, Tropical Heat, has an unofficial soundtrack, with each chapter based on a song, including a famous jazz…
Poets at the Ferndale Library (video)
With sensitivity, fanciful imagery, memories put to paper and even humor, four poets shared their work at the Ferndale Public Library on April 16. Mary Jo Foirth Gillett, Dennis Hinrichsen, Christine Rhein and D’Anne Withowski kept the crowd in awe with their verses. The event was sponsored by Springfed Arts and focused on Michigan poets.
Sonically Speaking: Book About MC5 Sells out New Way Signing
…In MC5: Sonically Speaking, Callwood follows the band from it’s 1960s beginnings in Detroit, to their 1972 break up and more recent reunion. The book was released in London in 2007, but has just been re-released through Wayne State University Press. (http://wsupress.wayne.edu/books/1180/MC5).
The book launch party was held at New Way Bar (23130 Woodward) in Ferndale on Friday, October 1st. …(read more)