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Excel spreadsheet of all event locations

April 14, 2007

A Night For Notables with former Michigan Governor William G. Milliken, former Detroit News political columnist George Weeks and Dave Dempsey – author of William G. Milliken: Michigan’s Passionate Moderate. 7 to 9:30 p.m. Library of Michigan, Lansing. Tickets are $25 per person. For tickets call (517) 373-4692.

Alcona County Library • April 5, 4 p.m. Illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenuyzen. The Mackinac Bridge (by Gloria Whelan)

Hart Area Public Library • April 10, 7 p.m. Author Anne-Marie Oomen.
House of Fields: Memories of a Rural Education.

Delton District Library • April 12, 6 p.m. Author Dean Kuipers. Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke

Meijer Branch of the Jackson District Library • April 13, 2 p.m. Author Dean Kuipers. Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke

Capital Area District Library • April 13, 12:30 p.m. Author Sue Stauffacher. Donutheart.

Cass District Library • April 15, 2 p.m. Author Dean Kuipers. Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke

Vermontvile Township Library • April 15, 2 p.m. Author Karl Bohnak. So Cold a Sky: Upper Michigan Weather Stories

Lenawee County Library • April 16, 7 p.m.
Author Anna-Lisa Cox. A Stronger Kinship: One Town’s Extraordinary Story of Hope & Faith.

Sturgis District Library • April 16, 6:30 p.m. Author Dean Kuipers. Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke

Charlevoix Public Library • April 17, 6:30 p.m. Author Anne-Marie Oomen
House of Fields: Memories of a Rural Education.

Crooked Tree District Library • April 17, 7 p.m. Editor Lee Boisvert. Keewaydinoquay: Stories from My Youth

Macomb County Library • April 17, 7 p.m.
Author Steven Lehto. Death’s Door: The Truth Behind Michigan’s Largest Mass Murder

Paw Paw District Library • April 17, 6:30 p.m. Author Anna-Lisa Cox. A Stronger Kinship: One Town’s Exraordinary Story of Hope & Faith

Peter White Public Library • April 19, 7 p.m. Author Steven Lehto. Death’s Door: The Truth Behind Michigan’s Largest Mass Murder

Andrews University James White Library • April 19, 7 p.m. Author Anna-Lisa Cox
A Stronger Kinship: One Town’s Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith.

Fife Lake Public Library • April 19, 7 p.m.
Author Keith Taylor. Guilty at the Rapture

Fremont Area District Library • April 19, 7:30 p.m. Author Anne-Marie Oomen
House of Fields: Memories of a Rural Education.

Litchfield District Library • April 20, 9:30 a.m. Author Sue Stauffacher.
Donutheart

Detroit Public Library, Main • April 21, 2 p.m. Author Anna-Lisa Cox. A Stronger Kinship: One Town’s Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith

Rudyard School/Public Library • April 21, 11 a.m. Author Karl Bohnak. So Cold a Sky: Upper Michigan Weather Stories

White Lake Township Library • April 21, 2 p.m. Editor Alison Swan. Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes.

Traverse Area District Library • April 22, 3 p.m. Author Dave Dempsey. William G. Milliken: Michigan’s Passionate Moderate

Manistique School & Public Library • April 26, 11 a.m. Author Karl Bohnak. So Cold a Sky: Upper Michigan Weather.

Merrill District Library • April 28, 1 p.m.
Author Keith Taylor. Guilty at the Rapture

Wilder Branch Library of the Detroit Public Library • April 28, 2:30 p.m. Author Liesel Litzenburger. The Widower: A Novel

Wayne Public Library • April 30, 7 p.m.
Author Sue Stauffacher. Donutheart

Allendale Township Library • May 1, 6:30 p.m. Author Liesel Litzenburger. The Widower: A Novel.

Springfield Township Library • May 1, 6:30 p.m. Illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenuyzen
The Mackinac Bridge (by Gloria Whelan).

Otsego District Library • May 1, 6:30 p.m.
Author Liesel Litzenburger. The Widower: A Novel.

St. Clair Shore Public Library • May 2, 7 p.m. Author Keith Taylor. Guilty at the Rapture

Lapeer District Library • May 3, 6:30 p.m.
Editor Lee Boisvert. Keewaydinoquay: Stories from My Youth.

Hubbard Branch Library of the Detroit Public Library • May 5, 1 p.m. Author Gloria Whelan. Mackinac Bridge: The Story of the Five-Mile Poem.

Otsego District Library • May 7, 7 p.m.
Editor Alison Swan. Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes

Grand Rapids Public Library • May 8, 7 p.m. Editor Paul Finkelman. The History of Michigan Law

Sleeper Public Library • May 8, 5:30 p.m.
Author Jeff Alexander. The Muskegon: The Majesty and Tragedy of Michigan’s Rarest River

Cooley Law School Library – Oakland • May 9, 5 p.m. Author Dave Dempsey
William G. Milliken: Michigan’s Passionate Moderate

Devereaux Memorial Library • May 9, 6:30 p.m. Author Anne-Marie Oomen. House of Fields: Memories of a Rural Education

Hackley Public Library • May 9, 7:30 p.m.
Editor Paul Finkelman. The History of Michigan Law

Cooley Law School Library – Lansing Campus • May 10, 12 p.m. Author Dave Dempsey. William G. Milliken: Michigan’s Passionate Moderate

Cooley Law School Library – Grand Rapids Campus • May 10, 5 p.m. Author Dave Dempsey. William G. Milliken: Michigan’s Passionate Moderate

Kalkaska County Library • May 10, 5:30 p.m. Editor Lee Boisvert.
Keewaydinoquay: Stories from My Youth

Missaukee District Library • May 12, 11 a.m. Author Steve Lehto. Death’s Door: The Truth Behind Michigan’s Largest Mass Murder.

Sterling Heights Public Library • May 14, 7 p.m. Author Bill Broder. Taking Care of Cleo: A Novel.

Community District Library • May 14, 12 p.m. Author Bill Broder. Taking Care of Cleo: A Novel.

Bayliss Public Library • May 15, 7 p.m.
Author Steve Lehto. Death’s Door: The Truth Behind Michigan’s Largest Mass Murder.

Herrick Public Library • May 15, 7 p.m.
Author Jeff Alexander. The Muskegon: The Majesty and Tragedy of Michigan’s Rarest River.

Ironwood Carnegie Library • May 15, 6 p.m. Author Lynn Steiner. Landscaping With Native Plants of Michigan.

Mott Community College Library • May 15, 12 p.m. Author Bill Broder. Taking Care of Cleo: A Novel.

Schoolcraft Community Library • May 15, 1 p.m. Author Sue Stauffacher.
Donutheart.

Zauel Memorial Library – Branch of Public Libraries of Saginaw • May 15, 7 p.m.
Author Bill Broder. Taking Care of Cleo: A Novel.

Dickinson County Library • May 16, 7 p.m.
Author Lynn Steiner. Landscaping With Native Plants of Michigan.

Escanaba Public Library • May 16, 2 p.m.
Author Lynn Steiner. Landscaping With Native Plants of Michigan.

Flint Public Library • May 16, 7 p.m.
Editor Paul Finkelman. The History of Michigan Law.

Skillman Branch Library of the Detroit Public Library • May 17, 12:30 p.m.
Editor Paul Finkelman. The History of Michigan Law.

Spies Public Library • May 17, 7 p.m.
Author Lynn Steiner. Landscaping With Native Plants of Michigan.

Campbell Branch Library of the Detroit Public Library • May 19, 1 p.m.
Author P.J. Parrish. An Unquiet Grave

Clinton-Macomb Public Library • May 21, 6:30 p.m. Author Jeff Alexander. The Muskegon: The Majesty and Tragedy of Michigan’s Rarest River.

Harbor Beach Area District Library • May 21, 7 p.m. Author P.J. Parrish. An Unquiet Grave.

Ovid Public Library • May 21, 6:30 p.m.
Illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenuyzen
The Mackinac Bridge (by Gloria Whelan)

Chelsea District Library • May 22, 7 p.m.
Author Sue Stauffacher. Donutheart

Harper Woods Public Library • May 22, 7 p.m. Author P.J. Parrish. An Unquiet Grave

Thomas Township Library • May 22, 6:30 p.m. Illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenuyzen
The Mackinac Bridge (by Gloria Whelan).

Auburn Hills Public Library • May 23, 7 p.m. Author P.J. Parrish. An Unquiet Grave

DeTour School and Public Library • May 23, 6:30 p.m. Author Steve Lehto. Death’s Door: The Truth Behind Michigan’s Largest Mass Murder.

Hartford Public Library • May 23, 7 p.m.
Editor Alison Swan. Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes.

Mayville District Library • May 23, 6:30 p.m. Author Liesel Litzenburger. The Widower: A Novel.

Grace A. Dow Memorial Library • May 24, 7 p.m. Author Liesel Litzenburger. The Widower: A Novel

Highland Township Library • May 24, 7 p.m. Author P.J. Parrish. An Unquiet Grave

Presque Isle District Library • May 24, 7 p.m. Editor Lee Boisvert
Keewaydinoquay: Stories from My Youth

2007 Michigan Notable Books Program -- (2007)

Grant Awarded: March 2007

Type of Grant: We the People Grant

Sponsor: Library of Michigan Foundation

Contact: Judith Moore, 517-373-4470, moorej10@michigan.gov

Website: http://www.michigan.gov/notablebooks

Award: $22,000

The Michigan Humanities Council awarded a $22,000 We the People grant to the Library of Michigan Foundation (Lansing) for the 2007 Michigan Notable Books Program. The program builds on the successful 2005 and 2006 Michigan Notable Books Program with a focus on 20 books by Michigan authors. The project begins with an official launch of “A Night of Notables” on April 14, 2007, at the State Library.

Author discussions, readings, book signings, and a statewide road tour to 67 libraries will coincide with various festivals and events across the state. In 2006, the Michigan Notable Books program reached X visitors at 48 different libraries in Michigan. In 2005, the Michigan Notable Books Program reached over 2,000 visitors at 38 different state libraries with visits from 13 different Michigan authors including National Book Award winner Kevin Boyle (Arc of Justice) as well as Elmore Leonard, Judith Guest, and Jim Harrison.

(Link here for 2006 Notable Book Program information.)

(Link here for 2005 Notable Book Program information.)

2007 NOTABLE BOOK AUTHORS

The 2007 Michigan Notable Books highlights the Library of Michigan’s annual selection of 20 recommended books reflecting Michigan's rich cultural heritage, featuring high-quality titles with wide public appeal that are either written by a Michigan resident or about a Michigan-related topic.

For more information on the books themselves and the Michigan Notable Books program, link here.

1. Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke, by Dean Kuipers. Bloomsbury.

2. Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder, by Steve Lehto. Momentum Books.

3. Donutheart, by Sue Stauffacher. Alfred A. Knopf.

4. Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes, edited by Alison Swan. Michigan State University Press.

5. Guilty at the Rapture, by Keith Taylor. Hanging Loose Press.

6. The History of Michigan Law, edited by Paul Finkelman and Martin J. Hershock. Ohio University Press.

7. House of Fields: Memories of a Rural Education, by Anne-Marie Oomen. Wayne State University Press.

8. Keewaydinoquay: Stories from My Youth, by Keewaydinoquay Peschel. Edited by Lee Boisvert. University of Michigan Press.

9. Landscaping With Native Plants of Michigan, by Lynn M. Steiner. Voyageur Press.

10. Mackinac Bridge: The Story of the Five-Mile Poem, by Gloria Whelan. Illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen. Sleeping Bear Press.

11. The Muskegon: The Majesty and Tragedy of Michigan's Rarest River, by Jeff Alexander. Michigan State University Press.

12. Nicotine Kiss: An Amos Walker Novel, by Loren D. Estleman. Forge.

13. Saving Daylight, by Jim Harrison. Copper Canyon Press.

14. So Cold a Sky: Upper Michigan Weather Stories, by Karl Bohnak. Cold Sky Publishing.

15. A Stronger Kinship: One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith, by Anna-Lisa Cox. Little, Brown, and Company.

16. Summer of the War, by Gloria Whelan. HarperCollins.

17. Taking Care of Cleo: A Novel, by Bill Broder. Handsel Books.

18. An Unquiet Grave, by P.J. Parrish. Pinnacle Books.

19. The Widower: A Novel, by Liesel Litzenburger. Shaye Areheart Books.

20. William G. Milliken: Michigan's Passionate Moderate, by Dave Dempsey. University of Michigan Press.