About the Ann Arbor Book Festival

The Ann Arbor Book Festival’s mission is to promote reading, heighten awareness of literacy challenges, and showcase the rich culture of the written word in Michigan and beyond. A diverse group of community leaders committed to literature, language and the arts in Michigan are hard at work planning the Festival. The following people make up the Board of Directors and Planning Committee for the Festival.

Board of Directors
Chairman:
Evans Young, College of Literature Science and the Arts, University of Michigan

Secretary:
Lori Tucker-Sullivan, Independent Booksellers Consortium, Inc.

Treasurer:
William Gosling, University of Michigan Library

Executive Director:
Kathy Robenalt, Ann Arbor Book Festival

Bill Zirinsky, Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tearoom
Thomas Blaske, Blaske & Blaske, P.L.C.
Steven Gillis, Writer and Founder of Ann Arbor 826 Michigan
Jeff Kass, Ann Arbor Public Schools/VOLUME Poetry
Joan Knoertzer, "The Library" Bed and Breakfast/Detroit Book Clubs
Karl Pohrt, Shaman Drum Bookshop
Keith Taylor, University of Michigan, Department of English
Joseph Upton, Malloy Inc.
John Knott, Writer/Editor/Professor (ret.)
Heather Neff, Eastern Michigan University English Department / Writer
Prudence Rosenthal, Arts Activist
Peter Schork, Arts Activist
John Woodford, Writer/Editor

Planning Committee
Tim Grimes
Lori Tucker-Sullivan
Curtis and Liz Sullivan
Jeff Kass
Anne Jackson
Suzanne Clausnitzer
Chris Roberts
Nancy Shaw
Mike Prochaska
Jane Ozanich
Bernadette Quist
Susan Brady
Gretchen Farah
Linda Tubbs
Anne Landgraf
Lucy White
Mary Lou Slater
Michelle Martin
Andrew Freels
Patti Smith
Melanie Kiel
Natalie Davidson
Glenn Auerbach