Jean Alicia Elster, author of Who's Jim Hines?, will be a part of the Literacy Week Reading Marathon at the Main branch of the Detroit Public Library at 12:00 p.m.

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.

Kay Stone, author of Some Day Your Witch Will Come, will celebrate her new book with a reception at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Tom Mooradian, author of The Repatriate, will sign copies of his new book at St. John's Armenian Church Bazaar in Southfield at 2:00 p.m.

Jean Alicia Elster, author of Who's Jim Hines?, will be reading from her new book and signing copies at the 2008 Detrot Free Press YAK Book Fair at the Detroit Science Center from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tom Mooradian, author of The Repatriate, will sign copies of his new book at St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church in Dearborn at 3:00 p.m.

Mark Hoffman, author of "My Brave Mechanics," will participate in the Ann Arbor Civil War Roundtable, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Tom Mooradian, author of The Repatriate, will sign copies of his new book at William Faust Westland Library in Westland at 7:00 p.m.

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

Mark Hoffman, author of "My Brave Mechanics," will speak at the Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society meeting at 1:00 p.m.

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.

Mark Hoffman, author of "My Brave Mechanics," will speak at the Israel B. Richardson Civil War Roundtable meeting, at the Rochester Hills Barnes & Noble, at 7:30 p.m.

Please save the evening of November 11, 2008 as Wayne State University Press and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History will celebrate the life and achievements of Dr. Arthur L. Johnson with the release of his memoir, Race and Remembrance. More details coming soon!

Celebrate 15 years of the award-winning lecture series with a panel of former speakers who will discuss the issues and opportunities facing Detroit’s own ascension to be a city upon a hill. The series also marks the publication of Dr. Johnson’s memoir, Race and Remembrance, which will be available for purchase.

Elizabeth Goodenough, co-editor of Under Fire: Childhood in the Shadow of War, will speak at the ULS Lecture Series at University Liggett in Grosse Pointe Woods.

Mark Hoffman, author of "My Brave Mechanics," will participate in the Kalamazoo Civil War Roundtable, beginning at 7:00 p.m.