Celebrating the Diversity of Michigan's Stories & Storytellers
The Farmington Author & Book Fest (FAB Fest) brings the community together to celebrate stories and storytellers from right here in Michigan! The Festival offers free admission to author readings, book signings, discussions, workshops, and more. Wander through the book marketplace offering publications by local authors and publishers - you'll be sure to find something that piques your interest. FAB Fest is a collaboration between KickstART Farmington and the Farmington Community Library.
FAB Fest 2024 will take place on June 1, 2024, in Downtown Farmington alongside Art on the Grand.
FAB Fest 2024
June 1, 10 AM - 7 PM
Memorial Park in Downtown Farmington
33430 Grand River Ave
10 AM - 5 PM | Book Marketplace
Confirmed authors for this year's marketplace include:
| Tamikio Dooley | Erik Bean, Ed.D. |
| Billy Kramer | Aquarius Press |
| Carol Nickles | Pria Dee |
| Kimberly Paulson | Randy D. Pearson |
| Gertrude Daly | A. Kidd |
| S.W. Raine | Ian Tadashi Moore |
| Isabella J. Mansfield | Joseph Williams |
| Lori Klisman Ellis | Making Spirits Bright |
| Holly Ash | Molly David |
| Jeffrey Ford | Lisa Stanton |
| Word in Due Season Publishing, LLC | Tom Sawyer |
| Leyshaa Pasrija | Donovan Neal |
| Joy Day | Greater Detroit Romance Writers |
| Tami Pruitt | Darin Gaston |
| Sarah Sparkman | Katherine Mitropoulos |
| 826michigan | 8N Publishing |
| Leslie Cieplechowicz | Studio 42 Books |
| Juanita Vaughn | Rochester Writers |
| Kelli Felder | Amber Williams |
| Jessica K. Foster | Barbara Giatti |
| Charles G. Bird | Nandi's Knowledge Cafe |
| Beth Gelman |
Schedule of Events
11-11:45 AM | Children’s Book Readings with authors Molly David (My Mischievous Wheelchair), Martha Johnston (Iki and his Mighty Friends), Jeffrey Roy Ford (Steadman Squirrel)
1-1:45 PM | The MacGuffin 40th Anniversary Reading
2-2:45 PM | A Conversation and Reading with Poets Joy Gaines-Friedler and Keith Taylor
3-3:45 pm | Romance Writers Roundtable, featuring D.A. Henneman, Isabelle Drake, and Natalie Dunbar, hosted by Rebecca Brown
4-4:45 PM | Author Reading with Award-Winning Writers Kathe Koja & Stephen Mack Jones
5-6:30 PM | Keynote Presentation/Reading and Conversation with Carolyn Forché
7-9 PM | Afterparty at KickstART Gallery
Carolyn Forché is the author of five books of poetry, most recently In the Lateness of the World (Penguin Press, 2020), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and also Blue Hour (2004), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Angel of History (1995), winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award, The Country Between Us (1982), winner of the Lamont Prize of the Academy of American Poets, and Gathering the Tribes (1976), winner of the Yale Series of Young Poets Prize.
Forché will offer a poetry reading and talk followed by a book signing.
