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 plans the Festival. The following people make up the Board of Directors.

Board of Directors

Thomas Blaske, Blaske & Blaske, P.L.C.

Sharon Gambin, Community Volunteer

Bill Gosling. University Librarian Emeritus, University of Michigan

Jeff Kass, Ann Arbor Public Schools/VOLUME Poetry

Barbara MacAdam, AUL for Public Services, University of Michigan Library

Karl Pohrt, Bookseller

Prudence Rosenthal, Arts Activist

Peter Schork, Ann Arbor State Bank (Treasurer)

John Woodford, Writer/Editor (Secretary)

Evans Young, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan (Chair)

Bill Zirinsky, Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tearoom