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.
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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
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Thursday, June 19, 7p
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
Jean Alicia Elster, Narrator
Up South: Reflections of the Great Migration
333 Midland Gallery
Highland Park, Michigan
Jean Alicia Elster returns as the narrator for a repeat performance of “Up South: Reflections of the Great Migration.” Reading from her award-winning historical fiction trilogy that is based upon her maternal family history—WHO’S JIM HINES?, THE COLORED CAR and HOW IT HAPPENS (Wayne State University Press)—Elster provides historical context to the musical selections. Led by internationally acclaimed jazz bassist and Kresge Eminent Artist Marion Hayden, a select group of Detroit-based musicians will provide the musical backdrop for this exciting creative collaboration. Ticket link 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
