(CBS DETROIT) – The Detroit Festival of Books is the largest book festival in Michigan, and it is returning in July for the sixth year at Detroit’s Eastern Market.
Ryan M. Place, founder and chairman of Detroit Bookfest, and Lonni Thomas, director of markets at Eastern Market Partnership, sat down with anchor Jeff Skversky inside the studios of CBS News Detroit on Wednesday, June 21st, 2023 to talk about the upcoming event that is scheduled for Sunday, July 16.
The event will include various books (including authors selling & signing their own books), other items, and a ton of fun activities.
Entry to the event is FREE.
Watch the full conversation with Place and Thomas in the video above.
Birdie’s Bookmobile is dedicated to eliminating book deserts and making books more accessible. Their mission is to help families build print-rich home environments, improve literacy outcomes, and grow lifelong readers.
Birdie’s Bookmobile Detroit
Since launching in June 2022, Birdie’s Bookmobile has gifted more than 5,000 books to 1,200 children in Detroit. Your book donations will help build home libraries, promote shared reading experiences between parent and child, and impact generations.
Birdie’s is run by Detroit’s own Alyce Hartman. She is the Founder and CEO of Nesting Birds Publishing, the director of collective learning at 313Reads, and the former Director of Education at MACC Development.
Book Needs:
Board Books
Picture Books
Early Readers
Chapter Books
Graphic Novels
Middle Grade
YA
Where will Birdie’s Bookmobile be located during Bookfest?
Birdie’s Bookmobile will be located outside Eastern Market’s Shed 5 in the DTE Plaza.
This is the main plaza on the west side of the building facing Russell Street at Alfred Street.
DTE Plaza outside Eastern Market’s Shed 5 (Detroit, Michigan) located at Russell Street and Alfred Street
Pong Detroit is an afterhours ping-pong social club, which is located directly across the street from Eastern Market, inside Bert’s Warehouse (2739 Russell Street).
The brainchild of former Honolulu-based radio DJ and pong enthusiast Mal Lang, their slogan is “unplug and play.”
Mal says, “Soccer is # 1 and table tennis is the # 2 participant sport in world. Table tennis is huge in China, India, Europe (especially Sweden & Germany).”
Pong Detroit (photo by: Ryan M. Place)
Bert’s Warehouse also features a comedy club, kitchen, and bar, so you can drink and pong all night long.
Lessons are available and they will be doing wheelchair table tennis soon. Their other slogan is “Food, drinks, music and pong.”
Fortunately for Bookfest attendees, Mal will be wheeling over some ping-pong tables to Detroit Bookfest, so everyone can enjoy playing some free ping-pong in the streets.
Thank you, Mal!
Michigan shaped ping pong paddle (courtesy of Pong Detroit)
In celebration of the annual Detroit Festival of Books (aka Detroit Bookfest), EMBC will be opening early on Sunday, July 16th for the Official Detroit Bookfest Afterparty!
Located three blocks southeast of Shed 5, Eastern Market Brewing Company (EMBC) is one of the most popular destinations in the Eastern Market district.
Currently, the street they’re on, Riopelle, is closed to vehicle traffic. It is pedestrian-only and they will have tables in the street, food, live DJ, and of course beer.
Shed 5 to EMBC Detroit
Some of their most popular beers are:
Elephant Juice, Market Day IPA, Mae Blanc, Wonderboy, and White Coffee Stout
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