Events

This year we are having events and activities in four main locations, and all day demonstrations on bookbinding, book arts, paper arts, letterpress, wood engraving, book repair, calligraphy, conservation, book appraisals, including a tour of a linotype print shop and much more.

A list of the activities at the four main venues is below.

Hollander’s School of Book and Paper Arts (www.hollanders.com)
11 a.m.	Lettering Arts & Book Making with Diane Stum Fekete. 11:00 - 12:15  During this session, Diane will teach you some basic writing and calligraphic elements as you design a small and unique accordion folded booklet. This mini workshop is geared towards adults or young adults who would like to relax and enjoy an easy and fun project. All supplies and materials will be provided. Please call 734-741-7531 to register.
12:30	Learn to Make Your Own Comic Book with Jerzy Drozd. 12:30 - 1:45 Learn a few basic design, layout, and cartooning elements and then actually create your own mini comic book. Jerzy will show you some tricks of the trade and give you an actual hands-on lesson so you can do it yourself. Supplies will be provided.  Please call 734-741-7531 to register.
2 p.m.	The Making of the Kerrytown Poster with Jim Horton.  2:00 - 3:15.  Jim will recreate the process of how he, (and some of his students at Greenhills School) designed and printed the 2007 Kerrytown BookFest Poster. It's an incredible process and one that spoke to a by-gone era of old style letterpress printing, but is recently making a comeback. Learn how and why, and at the end of the presentation, have an opportunity to actually use an historic press to print your own BookFest bookplate or bookmark .  Please call 734-741-7531.
3:30 p.m.	Paper Engineering Magic with Matt Shlian. 3:30 - 4:45.  Learn why Matt has been so in demand with artists, book publishers, and even makers of games. His incredible models and interactive sculptures will astound you. After seeing what he has done, Matt will then to teach you how to do it yourself!  (At least something on a little easier scale.) Come prepared to fold paper. Supplies will be provided.  Please call 734-741-7531 to register.
Children's Tent
All Day Events	Book Making with Hollander’s Staff; Fish Printing with Gillian Ferrington Paper Making with Karen O’Neal Paper Marbling with Darcy Bowden & Janet Osborn Storytelling with Mother Goose & Heather O’Neal
Main Speakers Tent
11 a.m.	Book Community Award Presentation to Josie Parker
12 noon	Open Doors and Full Shelves - a discussion of libraries Moderator: Geoff Larcom  Panelists: Josie Parker, Jan Langone, Peggy Daub & David Horrocks Moderator Geoff Larcom is a columnist for the Ann Arbor News.   Josie Parker is the Director of the Ann Arbor District Library.   Peggy Daub is the Director of the Special Collections Library at the University of Michigan.   Jan Longone is the Curator of American Culinary History at the Clements Library at the University of Michigan.   David Horrocks is the Supervisory Archivist at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
1 p.m.	Midwest Noir Moderator: Jamie Agnew  Panelists: Marcus Sakey, Sean Chercover, Steven Sidor, Mitchell Bartoy Moderator Jamie Agnew is the co-owner of Aunt Agatha's Mystery Bookshop.   Marcus Sakey is the author of THE BLADE ITSELF, a thriller set in Chicago.   Sean Chercover, a former P.I., is the author of BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD, a P.I. novel set in Chicago and L.A.   Steven Sidor is the author of SKIN RIVER, BONE FACTORY and the forthcoming THE MIRROR'S EDGE (2008).   Mictchell Bartoy is the author of two novels set in Detroit during WWII, THE DEVIL'S OWN RAG DOLL and THE DEVIL'S ONLY FRIEND.
2 p.m.	Michigan Notable Book Authors   Moderator: Bill Castanier  Panelists: Loren D. Estleman, Dave Dempsey, Steve Lehto, and Keith Taylor Moderator Bill Castanier is a public realtions expert, avid reader, writer, and book collector.   Loren D. Estleman is the author of almost 60 novels, including the Amos Walker series of mysteries set in Detroit.  NICOTINE KISS is a Michigan Notable Book winner for 2007.   Dave Dempsey is the author of WILLIAM G. MILLIKEN: MICHIGAN'S PASSIONATE MODERATE, a Michigan Notable Book Winner for 2007.   Steve Lehto is the author of DEATH'S DOOR: THE TRUE STORY BEHIND MICHIGAN'S LARGEST MASS MURDER, a Michigan Notable Book iInner for 2007.   Keith Taylor is a well known Ann Arbor poet and writer whose book GUILTY AT THE RAPTURE is a Michigan Notable Book winner for 2007.
3 p.m.	Original Voices in Mystery Fiction   Moderator: Mark Terry  Panelists: Judy Clemens, Jan Brogan, Jill Gregory, Karen Tintori, Tom Grace Moderator Mark Terry is the author of the Derek Stillwater thriller series, set in Michigan.   Judy Clemens is the author of the Agatha and Anthony nominated Stella Crown mysteries, including TILL THE COWS COME HOME.   Jan Brogan is a reporter for The Boston Globe who also writes the Hallie Ahern mysteries, including 2007's YESTERDAY'S FATAL.   Jill Gregory and Karen Tintori are lifelong friends and bestselling authors whose most recent book is THE BOOK OF NAMES.   Tom Grace is an Ann Arbor writer and architect who is the author of the Nolan Kilkenny novels.
4 p.m.	Novelizing History   Moderator: Robin Agnew  Panelists: Elizabeth Kostova, Robert Alexander, & Karen Harper Moderator Robin Agnew is the co-owner of Aunt Agatha's Mystery Bookstore in Ann Arbor.   Elizabeth Kostova is the bestselling author of THE HISTORIAN, a novel of Dracula.   Robert Alexander is the author of two novels about the Romanovs, THE KITCHEN BOY and RASPUTIN'S DAUGHTER.   Karen Harper is the author of nine novels about Elizabeth I, including THE HOODED HAWKE.   Travis Holland's first novel, THE ARCHIVIST'S STORY is set in Stalin's Soviet Union.
Kerrytown Concert House
12 noon	The Agony and Ecstasy of Writing Ann Pearlman Book tours, Movies, Trials, Prize nominations, subpoenas, rejections, starred reviews, negative reviews. All are possible following the completion of a manuscript.  This see-saw begins from the moment the inspiration is channeled to daily discipline.  Ann will draw on the diverse, often unexpected consequences of writing as each step of the journey from the thrill or frustration of creation to the applause or dismay of publication is ripe with emotion. Memoirs entail a twist on the issues of memory and truth, fiction and nonfiction.  Much of her talk will be customized to the audience’s questions about writing or publishing.
1 p.m.	Talking with Chefs     Moderator Steve Klein     Chefs Eve Arnoff, Isabella Nicoletti, and Eric Villegas.   Moderator Steve Klein is the President and CEO of Huron River Press.   Chef Eve Arnoff is the owner of Eve the restaurant and author of EVE - CONTEMPORARY CUSINE: METHODE TRADITIONELLE. Chef Isabella Nicoletti is the Executive Chef at Paesano's and the author of PERBACCIOISABELLA, ITALIAN COUNTRY COOKING FROM YOUR GOOD FRIENDS AT PAESANO'S.   Chef Eric Villegas is the Executive Chef of Restaurant Villegas and the star of the Emmy winning FORK IN THE ROAD on PBS, as well as the author of FORK IN THE ROAD WITH ERIC VILLEGAS.
2 p.m.	Tales from the Pipe Teen authors and artists Ryan Mark Griffin, Ben Haddix, Galan Daafa and Dylan Cinti discuss writing, illustrating, publishing and selling their magazine, TALES FROM THE PIPE.
3 p.m.	The Future of Comic Art Moderator: Randall Scott  Panel: Jerzy Drozd, Kay Fedewa, Jim Ottaviani & Chad Sell Moderator Randall Scott is a Special Collections Librarian at Michigan State University, specializing in comics, popular fiction and radical materials.   Jerzy Drozd  is a comics and graphic novel artist who teaches workshops all over the midwest, including  at the Kerrytown BookFest (see Hollander's School Schedule).   Kay Fedewa is an artist who is writing a graphic novel about wolves called THE BLACKBLOOD ALLIANCE.   Chad Sell runs the Comics Workshop at The Neutral Zone and maintains a website of his work as well as self publishing autobiographical comics.   Jim Ottaviani  is the author of many graphic novels about science, and he currently works as a librarian for the University of Michigan.
4 p.m.	Actionopolis: Illustrated Adventure Novels for Young Readers Daniel Mishkin, Gary Reed, & Rob M. Worley Daniel Mishkin is the author of THE FOREST KING, a prose novel for young readers, as well as a comic book artist with a career spanning 25 years.   Gary Reed is the author of numerous books and graphic novels, including the recent SPIRIT OF THE SAMURAI and adaptations of Dracula and Frankenstein for Penguin Books. Rob M. Worley had written for Marvel Comics and many other publishers, and also runs a website called Comics2Film.com.