Events

Update: We regret to inform our readers that Anne-Marie Oomen has decided to cancel this event do to personal circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience.

An American Map

We are delighted to welcome back Anne-Marie Oomen to present her latest book, An American Map. A fascinating chronicle of her recent travels across America, in essays that span rediscovered landscapes, wild back roads, vital cities, and everything in between.

Anne Marie has a wonderful poetic style and a voice that takes readers into the heart of each experience, from the poetry of Alpine meadows to the terror of desert border crossings, the irony of ocean floors littered with live ordnance, and the excitement of a rural film premiering in New York City.

This will be an evening to savor

Anne-Marie is an award-winning writer and self-confessed northern Michigan homebody. She teaches creative writing at Interlochen Academy of the Arts where she is faculty editor for the Interlochen Review

She and her husband, David Early, have built their own home in Empire, Michigan where they live with a large cat named Walt Whitman.

Chris Allen-Wickler
June 25th at 5pm

It's that time of year again, Suttons Bay will be hosting its fourth annual Summer Solstice Artwalk, and you're invited. Stop by all the wonderful shops in downtown Suttons Bay to see works from various local artists and sample wines from our great local wineries.

Brilliant Books will be proud to host local artist Chris Allen-Wickler. Chris is well known for her unique animations and will be showing off some of the original art pieces that she used to create the animated version of Lynne Rae Perkins book, The Cardboard Piano.

Also at Brilliant Books, Bel Lago Vinyard and Winery will be offering tastings of their outstanding local wines including their Brillante sparkling white wine,the same one that we serve at all of our store events.

So come join the fun at the Suttons Bay Summer Solstice Artwalk, it's sure to be a great time for the whole family!

Robbyn and Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen
July 4th at 3pm

We're very pleased to announce that Robbyn and Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen, world class illustrators of the very popular "Legend of..." series, will be here at Brilliant Books for Independence Day.

Join us here at three o'clock to meet Robbyn and Gijsbert. They will be demonstrating some of the techniques used to create their captivating images. You don't want to miss this! They will be here to discuss and sign books until five o'clock, just in time to head to Northport or Leland for dinner and fireworks.

We hope to see you there!

Emily St. John Mandel
July 8th at 7pm

We're very excited to have Emily here. She is a tremendous writer. The Singers Gun is simultaneously a page-turner and a finely written piece of literary fiction.

She burst onto the literary scene in 2009 with her debut, Last Night in Montreal. Her second novel, The Singers Gun, is May 2010's #1 Indie Next Pick - the list of books chosen each month as the best of the new releases by independent bookstores across the country - which proves she is a writer to watch out for, and you can catch her here in Suttons Bay.

"Her novels are contemporary noir tales full of jagged, splintered edges ... Mandel's talent is clearly visible from the get-go." The Los Angeles Times

Winner of the Bellweather Prize for Fiction
Heidi Durrow
July 14th at 7pm

We are delighted and excited that Heidi Durrow - who has appeared on NPR and toured the country discussing The Girl Who Fell from the Sky - will be visting our little store.

She's received praise and rave reviews for her simply magnificent debut.  A coming-of-age tale about the daughter of a Danish immigrant and a black G.I. A beauty with light brown skin and blue eyes who struggles with a world that wants to see her as either black or white.

"Durrow has a terrific ear for dialogue, an ability to summon a wealth of hopes and fears in a single line" NY Times Sunday Book Review

Heidi discusses Nella Lason's Passing as part of the You Must Read This series on NPR's "All Things Considered"

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