The Author Series Committee at the Detroit Public Library is excited to announce our fall roster of authors, which includes some very famous names. We would like to thank our bookstore partners at Source Booksellers<https://www.sourcebooksellers.com/>, 27<https://27thletterbooks.com/>th<https://27thletterbooks.com/> Letter Books<https://27thletterbooks.com/>, Pages Bookshop<https://www.pagesbkshop.com/>, and The Book Beat<https://www.thebookbeat.com/> for helping us out. For more details, including links to Eventbrite pages, visit our Author Series page<https://detroitpubliclibrary.org/detroit-public-library-author-series> on the DPL website. We hope to see you in Detroit! [cid:c325da51-0c80-48db-ad73-d4a4c7724121] Wednesday, September 30 at 6pm: Phill Branch discusses his new memoir Double Dutch Fuss with fellow Hampton University alumna Jamila Thompson Holt. Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Galleria. [cid:432ebcda-74c1-4625-9d74-d73c681f528d] Saturday, October 3 at 2pm: Historian Edda L. Fields-Black and WSU Professor LaKisha Simmons discuss Fields-Black’s Pulitzer Prize winning book Combee, a detailed analysis of the Combahee River Raid led by Harriet Tubman in 1863. Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Galleria. [cid:1b46726b-8433-44da-af2d-480c86fe12ce] Sunday, October 4 at 2pm: Horror master Tananarive Due will be joined by Wayne State University historian Kidada Williams to discuss Due’s latest work, Mazywood. Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Friends Auditorium. [cid:712d5f2d-af7a-4b38-ba46-356f59ab8405] Tuesday, October 6 at 6pm: Disability rights activists Tiffany Yu and Ani Grigorian meet up to share insights from Yu’s forthcoming book The Anti-Ableist Manifesto. Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Galleria. [cid:cf88fe65-3b7f-4d64-a255-2b2e4923b8c1] Tuesday, October 13 at 6pm: Acclaimed journalist and White House correspondent April Ryan will be joined by Detroit journalist Stephen Henderson to celebrate her latest book, Tales From a Blacklash. Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Galleria. [cid:bad4c26a-d7b2-4bdd-a48b-cfa59a7b879e] Wednesday, October 14 at 6pm: Deesha Philyaw shares the stage with Detroit writer Aaron Foley to discuss her latest novel, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, one of the most anticipated releases of fall 2026. Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Friends Auditorium. [cid:df7660d9-27a3-4517-8946-b633c992256e] Sunday, October 25 at 2pm: Tara Pringle Jefferson and guest Alandra Chuney discuss Jefferson’s book Bloom How You Must: A Black Woman’s Guide to Self-Care and Generational Healing, a communal memoir exploring the historical and cultural legacy of holistic wellness among Black women. Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Galleria. [cid:b3ab7b91-420f-4c39-90a4-e48ebe4059f5] Wednesday, October 28 at 5:30pm: Martha (Skinner) McCalmon talks about her book The Sound of Safety. She is a mom, sister, wife, and grandma who survived a brutal stabbing in 2010 that made national headlines. Wilder Branch, 7140 Seven Mile E. [cid:181a5b1c-fa47-4de5-b4ac-52a340f0edfe] Sunday, November 8 at 2pm: New York Times bestselling Ojibwe author David Treuer sits down with public historian and indigenous activist Heather Bruegl to discuss his latest nonfiction work, The Savage Mind. Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Galleria. [cid:7a5c53a5-aa4a-47c8-ac2c-9665c9aa8a14] Saturday, December 5 at 2pm: Richard Bak, author of more than 25 books, shares fascinating and forgotten histories of Detroit in latest installment, Welcome to Detroitland: Stories from the Motor City's Captivating Past. Main Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Galleria. Best, Megan Summers (she/her) Branch Manager Chandler Park Branch 12800 Harper Detroit, MI, 48213 313-481-1560 msummers@detroitpubliclibrary.org
