The Ann Arbor District Library is pleased to announce the release of five new literary works from our Fifth Avenue Press imprint! Our local authors have something to offer for a variety of readers! 

Award-winning zinester Carta Monir shows you how to make zines of your own! Participants will learn about basic layout, stapling, finishing, and will leave the workshop with a one-of-a-kind zine that gets them started!

Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival Presents is AADL's celebration of comics artists throughout the year.

Bruce Adams discusses his book You’re with Stupid: kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music, offering an insider’s look at the influence of Chicago’s underground music industry on the transformation of indie rock in the 1990s.

This event is in partnership with Literati Bookstore and includes a signing with books for sale.

Join local comics creator Matthew Thornton for a presentation and demonstration of the process method he uses to prepare illustrations for inking.

Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival Presents is AADL's celebration of comics artists throughout the year.

Join us for a conversation between Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Congressman Jamie Raskin about his new memoir Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy.

John U. Bacon presents his new book The Greatest Comeback: How Team Canada Fought Back, Took the Summit Series, and Reinvented Hockey. 

John U. Bacon is the author of the national bestseller The Great Halifax Explosion and five bestselling books about college football, including Three and Out, Fourth and Long, Endzone, and Bo’s Lasting Lessons, co-authored with Michigan coach Bo Schembechler.

The path to finding the work that flows with ease is surprisingly not always an easy one, according to illustrator Andy J. Pizza. In this talk, Andy shares the personal story of how avoiding failure at all costs got in the way of his creative success, and how his drawing project that was as much equal parts daily, as it was fail-y, was the key to finding his style and ultimately a thriving creative practice.

This event will be live streamed. Check this page for details about how to access the livestream. 

ASL interpretation and live captioning were provided for this event. This program was recorded and made available for viewing through February 12th, 2023.

AADL hosts Kiley Reid, author of the 2023 Washtenaw Reads title Such a Fun Age for a talk, reading, and Q&A session. 

Mouse Guard author and illustrator David Petersen will present his ideas on worldbuilding and how it enriches the stories he tells from the Mouse Territories. Learn how David brings the world of Celanawe, Kenzie, Sadie and the rest of the Guard to life and hear some of David's favorite passages from Mouse Guard read in the characters' voices!

Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival Presents is AADL's celebration of comics artists throughout the year.

Tom Gauld returns with his wittiest and most trenchant collection of literary cartoons to date with REVENGE OF THE LIBRARIANS. Perfectly composed drawings are punctuated with the artist’s signature brand of humor, hitting high and low. Gauld is the wildly popular cartoonist behind The Department of Mind-Blowing Theories, Baking with Kafka, and his weekly strips in The Guardian and New Scientist.

This event includes a signing with books for sale.