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, March 23, 1p – 4p
Jean Alicia Elster at West Bloomfield Township Public Library
2nd Annual Local Author Fair
4600 Walnut Lake Rd
West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323
Returning to this juried local author fair, Jean Alicia Elster will celebrate her award-winning historical fiction trilogy that is based upon her maternal family: HOW IT HAPPENS, THE COLORED CAR and WHO’S JIM HINES? As one of a dozen local authors selected to participate in this event, she will meet and greet readers from throughout the greater Detroit community as well as sell and autograph her books. For more information, click here.
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Saturday, May 17, 8a – 6p
SCBWI-Michigan Spring Writers and Illustrators Conference
Theme: “Making Books Bloom”
Breakout session by Jean Alicia Elster: “Talking It Out — Blooming through Conversations”
Washtenaw Community College
4800 E Huron River Dr
Ann Arbor, Michigan
In her session “Talking It Out — Blooming through Conversations,” Jean Alicia Elster will describe how she mined information from a range of conversations—from casual talk at a conference to deep dive family oral histories—to help create authenticity in her family-based historical fiction trilogy. Participants are invited to bring notes about a conversation (recent or not!) for a hands-on exercise. 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
