2013 Ann Arbor Book Festival Annual Writer's Conference This year’s Writer’s Conference will take place on Saturday, June 22 in Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library on the University of Michigan’s Campus. Join us for sessions with Jeff Kass, Angel Nafis, Kevin Coval, Jessica Care Moore, Shira Erlichman, Merrie Haskell, Patricia Smith, Bruce DeSilva, and Scott Beal!   New this year! Comics, Collections and the Common Core: A Pre-Festival Workshop In partnership with the incredible Kids Read Comics annual event at the Ann Arbor District Library, this pre-festival workshop has been designed for educators, librarians and comic artists and writers. Pre-registration is required. Moonlight Book Crawl Thursday, June 20, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Moonlight Book Crawl: Westside Edition Quarter Bistro (7 – 8) Nicola’s Books (8 – 9) Join us at 7 PM at the Quarter Bistro for the 2013 Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam Team, featuring live performances from Alex Kime, Aaliyah Jihad, Edith Zang, Amelia Deihl, Rachel Kerby and Rianna Johnson-Levy. Come watch this year's awesome slam team as they get ready to compete at the National Youth Poetry Slam in Chicago. Then head to Nicola’s Books at 8 PM for readings by poet Susan Hutton, Keith Taylor and friends. Friday, June 21, 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm Moonlight Book Crawl Sava’s (9 – 10:30) Join us at Sava’s for unofficial Chicago Poet Laureate Kevin Coval, New York poet, musician and prose stylist Shira Erlichman and local Ann Arbor emerging poet, Brittany Floyd. Saturday, June 22, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Moonlight Book Crawl Literati (6 – 7) Bill’s Beer Garden (7:30 – 8:30) Aventura (9 – 10) The evening begins at 6 PM at Literati: Red Beard Press Gala featuring superstar writers from Ann Arbor's newest local publishing company including Angel Nafis, Gahl Liberzon, Aimee Le, Fiona Chamness, Carlina Duan and Haley Patail. Continue the night at Bill's Beer Garden at 7:30 PM, where Detroit sensation and nationally acclaimed poet jessica Care moore and Ann Arbor poet and Independent Publishers Best Short Fiction Gold Medalist Jeff Kass will perform. Finally, don’t miss your chance for a sneak peak at the yet-to-be-opened Aventura, where 2013 Pushcart Prize-winning poet Scott Beal, University Michigan Poetry Slam Slammaster Alex Pan and others will read.