Harbor Springs Festival of the Book

(map) Google Calendar ICS I’m sorry, did someone say villains! Yeeeessss! (Practicing my evil laugh as we speak.) Everyone loves the villain. Everyone loves to hate the villain. Everyone wishes they were a little more like the villain. How do writers do that? How do they make us care about—even envy—the evil-doers? The very best villains are the ones we understand. And not just understand their import to the plot—that’s obvious. There wouldn’t be a story without them. But rather, we come to unde

(map) Google Calendar ICS Stan Lee famously said, “A picture is worth a thousand words, but a comic is worth a million.” Anyone who grew up reading the funny pages recognizes how true this is. No other medium so deftly pairs text and images. No other medium visually guides readers across the page so that the action unfolds as intended. No other medium relies so heavily on its reader to fill in the blanks. Comics can be goofy or sincere, adventurous or imaginative, pensive or prophetic. What they

(map) Google Calendar ICS Writers forever have the power to tell old stories with fresh interpretations. Undiscovered and reconsidered accounts, heightened attention to craft, and even the context of current events can alter their understanding and perception of history. While fiction and nonfiction offer differences in approach and execution, both are equally adept at breathing new life into the stories of our past and into how we consider them as readers. From the Age of Discovery to the Dust

(map) Google Calendar ICS For some, the simple act of being outdoors is a spiritual experience. Those who have a respect and deep reverence for nature view it as a source of wisdom and healing and find purpose in the understanding that we are but single threads in the much larger web of life. In this way, the world is a sanctuary where people can commune with their personal interpretations of the divine. They gain appreciation for gestures of mindfulness, reciprocity, sustainability, and conside

(map) Google Calendar ICS Cue the chromatic jazz. Uplight the menacing faces. We recognize the trademarks of movies that dabble in misdeeds, make deals in the shadows, and trade in secrets. Most books, however, don’t come with a soundtrack and special effects, so how do thriller writers create those same feelings of tension? One way is to force their protagonists into hiding. By putting a target on their backs and forcing them to question their loyalties, writers build a sense of foreboding whil

(map) Google Calendar ICS Enjoy a beverage as you visit with presenters signing and personalizing their works. All presenters’ featured books, along with select backlist titles and additional merchandise, will be available for sale at the pop-up bookstore, presented by Between the Covers. Presenters: Michelle Adams, Jeff Chu, Arree Chung, Matthew Diffee, Kyle Edwards, Joseph Finder, Candace Fleming, Michael Grover, Jannie Ho, Gregg Hurwitz, Travis Jonker, David Nayfeld, Nnedi Okorafor, Rosanne P

(map) Google Calendar ICS Lebanese cuisine is recognized and celebrated for its abundance of fresh, Mediterranean flavors, textures, and aromas—shared at the table among family and friends. Maureen’s Lebanese Baking includes recipes featured in our dinner menu, from pita bread and savory fatayer hand pies to the wonderful world of Lebanese pastry and cookies, served with Arabic coffee and tea. Discover Maureen’s inspirations, her creative process for this cookbook, the ways in which food can hon

(map) Google Calendar ICS Join Brianne Farley, author-illustrator of Worm Makes a Sandwich, in painting vibrant flowers and veggies from a new perspective. In this workshop, participants will practice layering wet and dry media to build texture and add movement and depth to their work. They will also discuss character development and how perspective impacts composition. Watercolor paper and colored pencils will be provided. Participants must bring their own set of paint brushes, white gouache, a

(map) Google Calendar ICS A short and simple hop from point A to point B is nice for the characters, but it makes for a pretty lackluster plot. Give me instead an unlikely quartet crossing the country in search of a slumber that brings oblivion and healing. Or a young noblewoman left destitute and for dead on a feral island in the North Atlantic. Or a Giant Pacific octopus who believes he holds the key to a missing persons case and the heartbreak left in its wake. Not only do these journeys guid

(map) Google Calendar ICS Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was a leader who exuded stability, wealth, and military strength and was a formidable ally of the United States. In actuality, his people did not love him, and America was asleep at the wheel. Captain James Cook was a bold explorer who logged tens of thousands of nautical miles and provided lasting contributions to our index of scientific and geographic knowledge. However, the mounting forces of conquest, religious fervor, and disputes with hi

(map) Google Calendar ICS Hindsight allows us to catch a glimpse of the future’s potential. There is perhaps no one who understands this vantage better than the historian. By researching events that have come to pass and interviewing those who bore witness, these writers carry the task of chronicling what has been and foretelling what could be. What a blessing and a curse it must be to share truths that hold these implications, and to know that change relies on the actions of people who are so o

(map) Google Calendar ICS Mix that! Mess that! Scratch that! Cooking has never been as lively, fun-loving, and empowering as when Alix Traeger is in the kitchen. Adding a joyful sass and spark to the process of creating recipes, Alix encourages home cooks to follow their intuition and taste buds and not be afraid to get it wrong once or twice. Enjoy a menu from Scratch That alongside a conversation with Alix that embodies the playfulness that is so often lost when we are simply working to get a