Bruce Lee was an Avid Reader. And you should be one, too!

Bruce Lee was an Avid Reader. And you should be one, too!

Not only did he kick butt from San Fran to Hong Kong and popularize kung fu marital arts globally, Bruce Lee also had an extensive library with over 2,000 books!

 

Bruce Lee was an avid reader with a personal library of over 2,000 books!

Bruce Lee was an avid reader with a personal library of over 2,000 books!

Eastern Market is One of Detroit’s Top Destination Spots!

Eastern Market is One of Detroit’s Top Destination Spots!

Eastern Market: Shed 5

We are very thankful to people like Lonni Thomas, Dan Carmody, Melissa Thomas, Erin Gaiser and all of the other wonderful people at Eastern Market Corporation.

It is because of their foresight, generosity and dedication to Detroit that we are able to launch our Detroit Festival of Books. So, Team EMC, thank you!

Eastern Market: Shed 5

What is Eastern Market?

Opened in 1891, Eastern Market is the largest historic public market in the United States. The term “Eastern Market” colloquially refers to a 6-block district of Downtown Detroit.

Spread across 43 acres, Eastern Market is comprised of a series of indoor and outdoor sheds which function as consumer markets that currently average 40,000 weekly visitors and an additional 45,000 people on Saturday’s alone.

The Shed’s were added to Eastern Market in the 1920’s. Shed 5 was built in 1981.

Eastern Market: Shed 5

The Detroit Festival of Books @ Eastern Market (Sunday, July 16th, 2017)

The Detroit Festival of Books (aka: the Detroit Bookfest) will be located inside and around Shed 5, which is 22,000-square feet.

Shed 5 has four bathrooms, 7 large garage door-walls on the north and south sides of the building, and 6 huge industrial ceiling fans. Shed 5 is the northernmost of the sheds, located on Russell Street between Alfred and Williams.

Eastern Market: Shed 5

The Future of Eastern Market

In 2018, the Russell Flats Apartments are opening at Russell St & Alfred St inside a 5-story building featuring 82 units.

By 2025, Eastern Market will be 5x’s times bigger! They are expanding from 43-acres to 250-acres.

Eastern Market: Shed 5

Detroit Festival of Books OFFICIAL Facebook Event Page!

Detroit Festival of Books OFFICIAL Facebook Event Page!

Books are great!

Hello, everyone! We are proud to announce that we launched the 1st Annual Detroit Festival of Books Facebook event page last Wednesday.

1st Annual Detroit Festival of Books

https://www.facebook.com/events/1331258120254171/

The Book Club of Detroit (c. 1957)

In less than one week, we have been delightfully inundated with hundreds of daily emails and thousands of very excited people already!

We are but a small dedicated group of people and we just wanted to make sure that everyone had as much information up front about this event as possible, so we launched the event page to help everyone.

Things will get moving along here shortly. Thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing all of you at this awesome event!

1st Annual Detroit Festival of Books

https://www.facebook.com/events/1331258120254171/

Books are great!

1st annual Detroit Festival of Books! (Sun. July 16th, 2017) Eastern Market, Detroit

The Book Club of Detroit is proud to present:

The 1st annual Detroit Festival of Books!

Sunday, July 16th, 2017

Eastern Market

Shed 5

Detroit, Michigan

10am-4pm

FREE entry!

Beer!

Food!

Music!

BOOKS of all sorts: used, rare, unusual, classic, etc.

Plus, vinyl LP records, non-corporate local companies.

VENDORS:

We are renting 6-foot long tables for only $20.00! What a deal! Yes, anyone from the general public can be a vendor. Please see our “Vendor Application” tab for more information.