List of events including author visits to schools, libraries, book clubs, and…
This is your go-to-source for Jean Alicia Elster’s list of events including author visits to schools, libraries, book clubs, writing groups, conferences and book fairs.
Available now: Jean Alicia Elster’s young adult novel HOW IT HAPPENS.
To order your copy, click here.
To view the virtual launch event via YouTube, CLICK HERE
Sunday, November 15, 10a – 4p
Jean Alicia Elster at the 2026 Ann Arbor Community Bookfest
Ann Arbor District Library – Downtown
343 South Fifth Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Jean Alicia Elster returns to join a juried group of local Michigan authors at the 2026 Ann Arbor Community Bookfest, presented by the Ann Arbor District Library! She will engage with readers at the event and autograph copies of her award-winning historical fiction trilogy that is based upon her maternal family’s heritage: HOW IT HAPPENS, THE COLORED CAR and WHO’S JIM HINES? All three books will be available for purchase. For more information, click here.
Please continue to #SupportIndieBookstores.
Some Detroit-area independent bookstore links are posted below–
The Book Beat: click here
Source Booksellers: click here
Booksweet: click here
Next Chapter Books: click here
27th Letter Books: click here
