After his performance at Chelsea SummerFest, Mitch Ryder will sign copies of It Was All Right: Mitch Ryder's Life in Music with the author, James A. Mitchell, at the Common Grill in downtown Chelsea.

Patrick Livingston, author of Summer Dreams: The Story of Bob-lo Island, will sign copies of his book at the Bob-lo Island Jazz Festival from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Deborah Smith Pollard, author of When the Church Becomes Your Party, will sign copies of her new book at Second Ebenezer Baptist Church in Detroit.

Jean Alicia Elster will celebrate the release of her new book Who's Jim Hines? at As the Page Turns bookstore in Northville, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Jack Ridl, author of Broken Symmetry, will read at Fenn Valley Vineyards (6130 122nd Avenue) in Fennville, MI at 3:00.

Mitch Ryder will sign copies of It Was All Right: Mitch Ryder's Life in Music with the author, James A. Mitchell, at the Aubergine Gallery during Milford Memories from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, August 8 and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 10.

James A. Mitchell, author of It Was All Right: Mitch Ryder's Life in Music, will sign copies of his book as part of the Saturday Book Club at Campus Martius Park in Detroit from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Mitch Ryder will sign copies of It Was All Right: Mitch Ryder's Life in Music with the author, James A. Mitchell, at the Aubergine Gallery during Milford Memories from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, August 8 and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 10.

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels will be performing at the Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island for the Annual Mackinac Island Music Festival.

James A. Mitchell, author of It Was All Right: Mitch Ryder's Life in Music, will sign copies of his book at Island Bookstore on Mackinac Island at 2:00 p.m.

Dorene O'Brien, author of Voices of the Lost and Found, will be on a short story panel and Loren D. Estleman, author of Amos Walker's Detroit, will be on a mystery fiction panel at Kerrytown Bookfest in Ann Arbor, MI. Please see the Kerrytown Bookfest web site for more information.

Wayne State Press will be displaying and selling books at the Kerrytown Book Festival in Ann Arbor.

Dorene O'Brien, author of Voices of the Lost and Found, will be a featured speaker at the festival!

Janet Kauffman, author of Trespassing: Dirt Stories & Field Notes, will sign copies of her book at Schuler Books in Okemos, MI at 7:30 p.m.

James A. Mitchell, author of It Was All Right: Mitch Ryder's Life in Music, will sign copies of his book at the Oakland Mall Borders bookstore in Troy at 2:00 p.m.

Wayne State Press will be displaying and selling books at the Historical Society of Michigan Annual Conference in Grand Rapids.

Wayne State Press will be displaying and selling books at the North American Labor History Conference on Wayne State's campus.

WSU Press will display and sell books at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting in Louisville, KY.

WSU Press will display and sell books at the annual GLBA Trade Show and Conference in Dearborn, MI.

Save the date for our annual fall benefit! More details coming soon.