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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


BACK AGAIN!
Sunday, October 19, 10 a – 5 p
Jean Alicia Elster at Leon & Lulu’s
October 2025 Books & Authors Event

96 West 14 Mile Road
Clawson, Michigan 48017

Returning to this juried book fair at Leon & Lulu’s, 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? She will join other local authors who will meet and greet Leon & Lulu’s customers and autograph their books. For more information, click here.


BOOKS MAKE GREAT GIFTS!!
Sunday, November 9, 10a – 5p
Jean Alicia Elster at the 2025 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 2025 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