John Sandford, also known as Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Camp, is coming to Nicola's Books, at 2513 Jackson Ave., on Thursday, May 17 at 7 p.m. to promote his newest thriller, "Stolen Prey." The event will feature a talk, Q&A, and book-signing. Sandford’s wildly popular Prey novels have made ...
Grandmother of four Ann Pearlman might not fit the typical demographic for rap music, but she loves it. “I get weird looks driving around the city, playing Lil Wayne and Tupac Shakur,” the Ann Arbor author said with a laugh. In fact, rap music plays a pivotal part in her ...
David Finch, an engineer-turned-author who was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome 4 years ago, will appear at Nicola's Books (at 2513 Jackson Ave.) on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. to give a short, humorous lecture about living successfully with Asperger's (detailed in his new memoir, "The Journal of Best Practices"), ...
Greg Sumner's new book, "Unstuck in Time," is a celebration of the life and work of American literary icon Kurt Vonnegut. Sumner is chair of the history department at Detroit Mercy and will be at Nicola's Books on Tuesday, Nov. 29 to discuss how Vonnegut's life inspired some of his ...
NOTE: This event has been canceled. Entertainment and community-service icon Bill Cosby will appear at Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, the story announced today. Cosby will sign copies of his new book, "I Didn't Ask to be Born, But I'm Glad I Was," a collection of humorous anecdotes. ...
University of Michigan alumni and U.S. Administrative Law Judge Debra H. Goldstein crosses from the bench to authorship with her debut novel, "Maze in Blue," a murder mystery set on the University of Michigan’s campus in the 1970s. Goldstein will speak and autograph copies of her novel at Nicola’s Books, ...
It’s time to bury Borders, yet the funeral refrain for the international Ann Arbor bookstore chain continues to echo in a community still hurting by the pull-out of Pfizer. Borders was everything we loved about a “townie.” Its roots firmly planted in the town where it was conceived by two ...
Northern Michigan plays an important role in “Wire to Wire,” the debut novel by Scott Sparling. The book centers on a former train hopper who tries to patch up his life by returning to the fictional town of Wolverine, Mich. The author notes that there really is a Wolverine, Mich., ...
Sookie Stackhouse creator Charlaine Harris took a moment to chat by phone with AnnArbor.com (in the warmest, butteriest tinge of a drawl you have ever had the pleasure of hearing) from her southern Arkansas home before departing for her book tour.
Hairdresser and bestselling author of ‘Kabul Beauty School’ Deborah Rodriguez will be at Nicola’s Books for a discussion and signing of her debut novel, ‘A Cup of Friendship’ on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 3 p.m. Rodriguez became a hairdresser to put herself through college to get a music degree, but ...
Note: Story has been corrected; the book does not come with a CD. Christmas songs are rarely accused of being educational, but that is a charge I shall level joyously at “The Twelve Days of Christmas in Michigan” (Sterling). Written by Grand Rapids author Susan Collins Thoms and illustrated by ...
Thomas Lynch's essays, poems and stories have appeared in The Atlantic and Granta, The New York Times and Times of London, The New Yorker and Paris Review and elsewhere. He lives in Milford, Mich. where he has been the funeral director since 1974, and in Moveen, County Clare, Ireland where ...
Jaimy Gordon, a recent winner of the National Book Award, will be at Nicola's for a reading and signing of her latest novel 'Lord of Misrule' on Monday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. The novel is a darkly realistic look at a young woman living through a year of horse ...
Nicola's Books is happy to have Milford poet, author and undertaker Thomas Lynch back on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. for a reading and signing of his new book of poetry "Walking Papers: Poetry." In his fourth collection of poems, Thomas Lynch attends to flora, fauna, and fellow pilgrims: dead ...
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