NOT YO' BUTTERFLY. An Evening with Nobuko Miyamoto

Join us to on June 16th to meet Nobuko Miyamoto author and musician to discussion your book and creative projects at Source Booksellers.

Nobuko will be in Detroit to be part of the Vincent Chin Remembrance conference, performing at the Detroit Film Theatre on June 18. More information on that event at this Link

We are delighted to host Nobuko to celebrate NOT YO BUTTERFLY and 120,000 Stories Album. We will be celebrating in person. Make sure to save a spot with a ticket because tickets are limited.

Vaccination Requirements: You may be asked to show proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or a COVID Free Test Result for entrance to this event.

Make Your Our Party Book Signing with Chef Kelli Lewton

Chef Kelli will be in store signing her cookbook on Sunday June 12th from 2pm to 3pm. Cookbooks will be available to pre sale in this event or available in store during the event.

(Pre Order) Cooking from the Spirit

Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations by Tabitha Brown (Pre Order)

Tabitha Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Feeding the Soul, presents her first cookbook—full of easy, family-friendly vegan recipes and stories from the spirit, inspired by her health journey and love of delicious food.

Celebrating You Ruined It with Anastasia Higginbotham

We are excited to welcome Anastasia back to Source Booksellers in person for a special book event for her new book You Ruined It , the last in Ordinary Terrible Things series. In the past we enjoyed every moment of our in-store events for Tell Me About Sex Grandma and Not My Idea and our virtual skating party workshop for What You Don't Know last year. We are great fans of the important work her Ordinary Terrible Things book series that shows children who navigate trouble with their senses on alert and their souls intact.

With a ticket, you may join us in store to listen to Anastasia read the book and answer any questions that may arise. Book signing will include You Ruined it and all of the books in her series.

We are delighted that our community will get another chance to be with Anastasia and her brave and useful books for children. We hope you will save a spot to meet her!!💛📚

Vaccination Requirements:

The adults must show proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for entrance to this event. We will accept either a physical vaccination card, digital card, or a photo of the card on your phone. We are masked in store. The setting will be distant for safety of the author and attendees. We are want to insecure that our in-store event are comfortable and safe for author and guests.

Source Booksellers in Metro Airport Ink

It’s been a busy few months preparing for your arrival,

and ready with something before departure…

Source Booksellers is now in Ink, by Hudson’s in Detroit Metro Airport

Will Jawando presents My Seven Black Fathers with Jelani Cobb

Wed, May 4, 2022 6:00 PM

Will Jawando presents My Seven Black Fathers with Jelani Cobb Wed, May 4, 2022 6:00 PM

My Seven Black Fathers : A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made

(Pre Order - Free Event 5.4.22) Him Whole by Will Jawando

Will Jawando joins us to present his new book My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole, in conversation with New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb. This virtual event will take place on Zoom.

This program is co-hosted in partnership with Raven Bookstore in St. Louis, MO, Books & Books in Coral Gables, FL, and Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, NY.

This event is free to attend, you purchase a signed book from our bookstore at this link.

The book will be shipped on or after the release date of May 3rd.

Bookplates signed by Will Jawando will be includes in the books.

Independent Bookstore Day

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 27 at 7 pm ET for an evening with Angie Thomas on Zoom. The event will be free with any donations going to the charity of Angie’s choice: We Need Diverse Books. The link will be here.

We love celebrating IBD with our audiobook partner Libro.fm. Use code CHOOSEINDIE to get a free audiobook when you start a new membershipShop 18 featured audiobooks on sale from April 25th–May 1st, as well as hundreds others at www.libro.fm/sale

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Resmaa Menakem in Detroit for the Quaking of America

Celebrating the Release of Glen Ford's The Black Agenda

Thu, May 12, 2022 5:00 PM

Celebrating the Release of Glen Ford's The Black Agenda Thu, May 12, 2022 5:00 PM

It is pleasure for us to shine light on the contributions of Glen Ford, in an event to celebrate his book The Black Agenda Report. We are happy to this event during the release week of the book with Margaret Kimberley, who worked with Glen Ford at The Black Agenda Report since the publications beginning.

Natalie Eve Garrett, THE LONELY STORIES Virtual Event

Mon, May 9, 2022 7:00 PM

Mon, May 9, 2022 7:00 PM

Join us online for rich discussion on the essays in the book The Lonely Stories. We are delighted that some of our favorite writers are contributors in this collection. Let's celebrate all the writers that wrote on this subject for this collection at this event!

You can join with a free ticket or a book ticket. This ticket will give access to the virtual event and if you have a book ticket ($22.97), you will be shipped a copy of The Lonely Stories to a U.S. Address. If your shipping address is outside of the U.S. check with our online website or contact the store. The books purchased in a book ticket will be shipped after the books release of April 19th.

Launch Celebration of Slaves for Peanuts with Jori Lewis

Launch Celebration of Slaves for Peanuts with Jori Lewis

We are delighted to host Jori Lewis, who will be joining us from virtually from Dakar Senegal on the U.S. release of the her new book Slaves for Peanuts. Meet us online for a rich conversation between Jori Lewis and Dr. Hilary Jones who will discuss a unique part of Senegalese history.

Americans consume over 1.5 billion pounds of peanut products every year. But few of us know the peanut’s tumultuous history, or its intimate connection to slavery and freedom.

Lyrical and powerful, Slaves for Peanuts deftly weaves together the natural and human history of a crop that transformed the lives of millions. Author Jori Lewis reveals how demand for peanut oil in Europe ensured that slavery in Africa would persist well into the twentieth century, long after the European powers had officially banned it in the territories they controlled.

Arrival Stories

Join Viola Davis for a virtual discussion about her incredible life, career, and new memoir, FINDING ME.

About this event

Join Viola Davis for a virtual discussion about her incredible life, career, and new memoir, FINDING ME. She’ll be in conversation with Atlanta's Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

This event is co hosted by Ebony Magazine , Girls Write Now and Jack and Jill . Fun Fact: Detroit's Jack and Jill chapter has been serving since 1953. W

TORN APART Release Event with Author Dorothy Roberts

Join us to celebrate the release of the Dorothy Roberts new book TORN APART: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World in conversation with Jelani Cobb, co editor of The Matter of Black Lives Thu, April 21, 2022 7:00 PM

We will virtually host this conversation about TORN APART. A free ticket will give you access to the virtual event or book ticket gives you access to virtual event and a copy of TORN APART: Howe the Child Welfare System Destorys Black Families- and How Abolition Can Build A Safer World shipped to an U S address.

Allow Me To Retort Virtual Event with Author Elie Mytstal

Elie Mystal will be in conversation with Harold D.Hope to discuss his new book,Allow Me To Retort : A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution.

Join us online for a rich conversation on Wednesday March 30th and support this fresh look at the U. S. Constitution. The book has been getting good support from our customers since its release in early March. We are delighted to host him to celebrate and support the book. We would like him to explain everything to us and can not wait for you to meet him virtually.

Celebrate Women's History Month with Stitch by Stitch

A picture book tribute to a remarkable woman with the author and illustrator.

Celebrate Women's History Month with Stitch by Stitch

We are happy to celebrate Women's History this month with families celebrating with this picture book that give perspective to Lizzie's plight and eventual freedom. To have Mrs. Scolfield-Morrison back with us is a treat and we are big fans of Elizabeth Zunon illustrations for Nikki Grimes . We are grateful to the Detroit Public Library for their introducing us to the both Connie and Frank Morrison. The event book and previously illustrated book by Elizabeth Zunon are available in store or online at

An Evening with Candacy Taylor, author of the Overground Railroad

Candacy Taylor will be at University of Michigan Detroit Center in partnership w/ Source Booksellers to discuss Overground Railroad

We are excited for Candacy Taylor to celebrate her book Overground Railroad editions for adults and young readers in person at the University of Michigan Detroit Center on Thursday March 24th at 6pm. We are grateful for the sponsorship of The University of Michigan Detroit Center and we welcome the staff and students to join in this event.

Attend the event:

Thursday March 24th, 2022 at 6pm - 7:30pm at the University of Michigan Detroit Center!

Diego Rivera by De La Mora & Pescador

Explores the passions and contradictions--both human and political--that turned the prolific and brilliant painter Diego Rivera into an increasingly universal cultural figure

Diego Rivera was a revolutionary painter in more ways than one. Attending art school at 11, by his twenties he was counted among the most influential figures of the Parisian art scene of the early 20th century, including Picasso, Modigliani, Braque, and Gris. Rivera's murals, both in his native Mexico and the United States, reflect the contradictory turbulence of his character and times. He met Lenin in Paris, Stalin in Moscow, and offered refuge to Trotsky during his Mexican exile. Meanwhile, his work was commissioned by giants of capitalism: Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller. Rivera's indefatigable industry was matched by his zest for life, accumulating hundreds of lovers and four wives--including Frida Kahlo, whose formidable partnership is also one of the great love stories of art history. This beautifully realized graphic novel tells the story of the extraordinary life and times of an artist for whom myth and reality fused.

Scholastic Parents Night: Share Black Stories

Join us for a virtual panel of Scholastic authors, education experts, and booksellers who will give tips and book recommendations to celebrate Share Black Stories!

Attendees will also be eligible to win a raffle of signed books by each of the featured authors! Scholastic has this link to register. https://www.scholastic.com/site/scholastic-parents-night/registration1.html

Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James

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Author Talks week Feb 6-10

Sunday Feb 6 DIA: Black History Month:

DIA: Black History Month:

The Ultimate Art Museum Author Talk for Parents and Children to understand and enjoy art through her new book.

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join us for conversation with author of Fear of Black Consciousness, Lewis R. Gordon and Amanda Alexander of the Detroit Justice Center!!!

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Join us to celebration the new biography of James Yancey( J.Dilla) DILLA TIME with Author Dan Charnas in conversation w/ Jessica Care Moore

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