From Gold to Glory Book signing with Jerry Cummings of

Join us and meet Jerry Cummings, surviving band member of Harold Melvin and Blue Notes to celebrate his book From Gold to Glory!!!

Make sure to join us in store on Sunday November 20th for book signing for From Gold to Glory. Mr. Cummings will be in town for music matters but is taking time out to meet our community and sign his book.

Tickets include free tickets and a Book Ticket that is $10 toward the Gold to Glory or any book in the store during the event. Books will be available for purchase in store. If you would like a signed copy shipped to you please let us know.

The Book:

From Gold to Glory - chronicles his life story before his rise to the top of the music world, what went on off stage and what happened in his life afterwards. Books will be available for purchase in store. If you would like a signed copy shipped to you please let us know.

The Author:

Jerry Cummings is world renowned as the former first tenor of the world famous R& B singing group Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass on such classic songs as " Wake up Everybody" He Has 4 Gold and 2 Platinum albums and 2 Gold singles, Philadephia Walk of Fame and Keys to the city.Jerry was nicknamed "The Classic Blue Note" by Harold Melvin himself because of Jerry's voice quality and style. He is an actor, author, singer & songwriter, music producer and minister. Jerry has authored several book with his current book entitled From Gold to Glory." September 2022 was the birth of The Soul of Detroit , his music, arts & entertainment company currently producing gospel soul artist John Tatum's new music "Music Box".

Mama in Congress StoryTime

Join us to celebrate the book and hear Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib read her new picture book that she wrote with her son Adam Tlaib.

Sun, November 20, 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM at Source Booksellers

The Congresswoman stopped in to read aloud some books during National Reading Month this year. She mentioned to us that her book was on the way. We are happy to have her return to read and sign their book Sunday November 20th at Noon at our bookstore.

The tickets secure your family a spot or a book at the Storytime. There will be a book signing following the reading. All questions will for focused on the book.

Save a Spot for this fun family event!!!!

The street parking is free on Sunday as well as the Cass/Canfield Lot will be open for parking.

About the Book:

An inspiring picture book that tells the story of Rashida Talib, one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, and her family; perfect for readers of books that celebrate trailblazing women and social activists as well as those looking for an introduction to civic engagement and how government works

“Hey, Adam, is the president Mom’s boss now?”

When Yousif Tlaib asks about his mom’s new job in Congress, his older brother, Adam, fills him in—with some help from Rashida Tlaib herself. As he tells his mom’s story, Adam reveals information about how elections and our government work, what it means to break barriers, what motivates their mama to work for justice for all, and how love and family have guided them through this historic time in our country.

From growing up in Detroit—the eldest of fourteen siblings and the first in her immigrant family to graduate from high school—through her journey into community activism and then local politics, to eventually becoming one of the first Muslim congresswomen and an influential national figure, Rashida Tlaib’s inspiring story shows kids that they, too, can do great things and make a difference.

An Evening with Jemele Hill at Marygrove College

Tue, November 15, 2022, 6:00 PM

Hosted in partnership with Detroit City Lions and Mumford High School Alumni Association

About this event

Join us to celebrate our fellow Mustang for the release of her new book UpHill!!! We are honored to have an evening with Jemele Hill to benefit our scholarship program in partnership with Detroit City Lions Youth Club at Marygrove College on November 15th.

Each Ticket includes a copy of the Uphill, light refreshments, live music and Q & A session. There will be a book signing on site.

About the book:

An empowering, unabashedly bold memoir by The Atlantic journalist and former ESPN Sports Center co anchor about overcoming a legacy of pain and forging a new path, no matter how uphill life’s battles might be.

In Jemele Hill’s journey Uphill, she shares the whole story of her work, the women of her family, and her complicated relationship with God in an unapologetic, character-rich, and eloquent memoir.

About the Author

Jemele Hill is the Emmy Award–winning former cohost of ESPN’s Sports Center and 2018 NABJ Journalist of the Year. Hill is a contributing writer for The Atlantic, where she covers the intersection of sports, race, politics, and culture. She is also the host of Spotify’s Jemele Hill Is Unbothered podcast, the cohost with Cari Champion of Cari & Jemele: Speak.Easy. on CNN +, and the producer of a Disney/ESPN documentary with Colin Kaepernick. She grew up in Detroit, graduated from Michigan State University, and now lives in Los Angeles.

Embroidery Threads and Stories with Natalie Chanin Booksigning

Natalie Chanin will be signing Embroidery Threads and Stories: From Alabama Chanin and School of Making in store at 7pm on October 21st.

About this event

Craft, Citizenship and Community- Get ready to be inspired by the read📚❤️

From beginnings as a fashion designer, Chanin has become an industry leader whose inventive, ethical approach has revitalized hand sewing. We are delighted to celebrate the release of Embroidery Threads and Stories : From Alabama Chanin and School of Making when the author is in Detroit for a Trunk Show and workshop at https://www.eugeniedetroit.com/

SAVE YOUR SPOT!!!!!

No More Police Event

J oin us 11.7 to celebrate (No More Police) this part handbook, part road map on November 7th!!!

Mon, November 7, 2022, 7:00 PM

About this event

Come celebrate the release of No More Police: A Case for Abolition by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie with a forward by Black Visions.

Andrea Ritchie (she, any), co-author will be in conversation with Nikkita Oliver, Esq., M. Ed.(they/them/their) and Amanda Alexander (She/Her/Hers).

SAVE YOUR SPOT!

A free ticket include access to the event and a book tickets includes access and a copy of the book. Our event are free and open to the public.

If you have questions in advance please send them to alyson.sourcebooksellers@gmail.com.

About the Book:

A persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers

Right Within with Minda Harts

Join us online to celebrate the paperback release of Right Within with Minda Harts

Wed, October 19, 2022, 7:30 PM

About this event

We were please to celebrate the release of Right Within and delighted to this book is even more accessible in paperback. Please join us to meet Minda Harts, who has insight that helps women of color in corporate America and beyond to strengthen their resolve and grow at work.

Tickets are available as free and book ticket for this event.

Free tickets: you will receive a link emailed and a email reminder one hour prior.

Book Tickets: you will receive a link emailed and a email reminder on hour prior. A copy of the paperback edition of Right Within: How to Heal from Racial Trauma in the Workplace shipped to a U.S. address or picked up at Source Booksellers in Detroit.

If you have questions for Minda in advance please email them to alyson.sourcebookesellers@gmail.com.

Indie Bookstores celebrate THe Release of Homebodies

We are delighted to be in partnership with our friends at other Black ndie Bookstore to present Homebodies via Zoom

About this event

Insightful, funny, and deeply sexy, Homebodies is a testament to those trying to be heard and loved in a world that refuses to make space, and introduces a standout new writer. We are delighted to partner with other Black-Owned independent booksellers, Cafe Con Libros, The Bronx is Reading, DaBookJoint, MooreBooksLLC, FultonStreet918 to host this celebration of the release of HOMEBODIES with a rich virtual conversation.

SAVE YOUR SPOT ONLINE

To join this event online us you will need to a book ticket that includes access to the event and a copy of Homebodie (Hardcover). The event will be held on Zoom. Ticket holders will receive a link prior to the event date. If you require assistance with Zoom or need accommodation please email alyson.sourcebooksellers@gmail.com.

Black Hollywood: An Evening with Carell Augustus

Join us a conversation with Mr. Augustus about his new book Black Hollywood. The book to give and get this season.

Calling film buffs , Photographers and Black Hollywood fans . Please join for an inspiring event

About this event

Who is this event for? Anyone who feels called to attend. Everyone is welcome!!!!

What is the event about? The event is to celebrate the October 4th release of Black Hollywood. It's about is More than a book about pop culture, film history, or race, Black Hollywood is truly an inspirational artistic homage to our greatest blockbuster movies and the actors who brought them to life.

This event will be part conversation and part book signing. In addition to there will be space for questions.

Organize Fight Win Author Event

Celebrate the release of Organize, Fight Win with Charisse Burden-Stelly and Jodi Dean on October 5th.

Wed, October 5, 2022 7:00 PM

Celebrate the release of Organzie, Fight Win with Charisse Burden-Stelly and Jodi Dean on October 5th.

About this event

We welcome you to hear from Dr. Burden-Stelly and Dr. Jodi Dean on the release of their new collection of writing by Black Communist Women. The Detroit community has a rich radical history and is ready for this rich conversation about the women in this book.

Join the event with us in store or online. Tickets are required for in store and to join online.

Calling all people interested in Women's History and anyone folks interested in radical political thinking and scholarship.

Book Launch with Thomas C. Foster for How to Write Like a Writer

Thomas C. Foster BSL writer will launch his new book How to Write Like a Writer in person with us at the UofM Detroit Center Sept 8th

About this event

A masterful and engaging primer on how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir. By the beloved NYT bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor.

Calling Writers and anyone folks interested in writing for school, work or pleasure. Please join for an inspiring event with the U of M Detroit Center !!!!!

Book Signing for Yet Another 50 with Under the Radar's Tom Daldin

Stop in to meet and get your copy of UTR Michigan: Yet Another 50 signed by UTR's Tom Daldin on Sunday October 9th at Source Booksellers.

About this event

We are excited to host Tom for the new book Yet Another 50: Why Stop Now after its release on August 30th. We offer both UTR previous Michigan travel guides in the bookstore. Please see our display picture below. Our interest in the guides started with us watching their television show on our Public TV. We are delighted when the show highlights Detroit spots or businesses , or day trips idea for us to take.

Meet Tom Daldin in Midtown Detroit !!!

About Under the Radar

Under The Radar Michigan's Tom Daldin and Jim Edelman are back with the third companion guide to their PBS travel show. Under The Radar Michigan: Yet Another 50: Why Stop Now is a full color travel guide to the people, places and things that are unique about Michigan!!!!!!

Under the Radar Michigan is an Emmy award winning PBS television series that features the cool people, places, and things that make Michigan an awesome place to live, work, and play. Chapter by chapter, we take you along fifty episodes and discover great Michigan cities, interesting people, incredible restaurants, romantic spaces, and great places to vacation with the whole family. View full episodes at this link https://utrmichigan.com/

The Team talking about their new book

In this (our third) book, we take on the challenge of charter fishing, expand your mind at multiple museums, and even take you on a righteous road trip for two. You’ll learn where you can luge, go dog sledding, venture into ice caves, and even walk through the trees with ease. This book will take you to wineries, breweries, great golf courses, incredible parks, and to some of Michigan’s most exciting cities and far-away places. From penguins to a Celtic festival, philanthropists and confectioners, you won't believe what and who are right in your own backyard.

For the third time, join us and we guarantee you'll learn so much about Michigan you didn't know, you'll never want to leave. Grab your car keys and our guides and make Michigan your next adventure.

Celebrating Magnolia Flower with Ibram X. Kendi in Detroit

About this event

Join us to celebrate the release of Magnolia Flower and learn about the wonderful picture books, board book and YA novels to come. We are excited to partner with Class Act Detroit, a source of free youth programing in Detroit. Together we welcome the community to celebrate Zora Neale Hurston and to be apart of the joy of sharing her stories with the new generation.

Book Tickets save you a spot and include a copy of the new picture book Magnolia Flower as well as support Class Act Detroit. General admission ticket saves you a spot and some of the processes support Class Act Detroit . There will be additional picture books and other young adult titles by Dr. Kendi available for sale at the event.

From beloved African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston comes a moving adaptation by National Book Award winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi. Magnolia Flower follows a young Afro Indigenous girl who longs for freedom and is gorgeously illustrated by Loveis Wise (The People Remember, Ablaze with Color).

Born to parents who fled slavery and the Trail of Tears, Magnolia Flower is a girl with a vibrant spirit. Not to be deterred by rigid ways of the world, she longs to connect with others, who too long for freedom. She finds this in a young man of letters who her father disapproves of. In her quest to be free, Magnolia must make a choice and set off on a journey that will prove just how brave one can be when leading with one’s heart.

Celebrate the Release of DAPHNE with NYT Bestsellling author Josh Malerman

About this event

Horror has a new name: Daphne. A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a girls high school basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box.

About the Event

The event will take place on Thursday September 22nd at 7pm ET on Zoom. Ticket Holders will be given the access to the event prior to the event. Tickets holders will get access to attend event and get a copy of new released DAPHNE shipped to them or pick up on or after soon September 20th.

Book Ticket (1) A shipped book to an U.S.Address. If you are looking for fast or outside of U.S. shipping option please check the pre order option on www.sourcebooksellersonline.com

Book Ticket (2) A picked up book at Source Booksellers on or soon after September 20th.

Please send advance questions for the author or about the event to alyson.sourcebooksellers@gmail.com.

Eating While Black with Lyndsay Green.

Please join us virtually to celebrate and discuss Psyche A. Williams-Forson's new book Eating While Black with Lyndsay Green.

About this event

" Unearthing places of real power, agency, and resilience, Psyche A. Williams-Forson spares no in her demand that we understand the complex history of Black Foodways." Monica M. White, author of Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement.

The Event:

A ticket to this event give you access to the virtual event on Thursday August 25th at 7pm ET. You will receive event access close to the event date.

Learn more and reserve your ticket on Source Bookseller’s Event page

Summer Saturdays!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2022 AT 12 PM – 4 PM

SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2022 AT 12 PM – 6 PM

Summer Saturdays!

City Bird

Join us in Midtown for three fun Summer Saturdays! You'll find summer specials and deals from some of your favorite local small businesses as well as live music, pop-ups, fun special guests, and more!

August's event will feature sidewalk sales, fun special guests, and live music! Read below for the full details

Visit City Bird’s Summer Saturdays Page

The Women Could Fly Tour with Megan Giddings

Join us to celebrate the release of The Women Could Fly: Novel with author Megan Giddings on Sunday August 14th at 5pm.

About this event

We are excited to host Megan for The Women Could Fly as the second stop on her book tour. Our interest in her writing began with the release of the Lakewood and we continue to support the book. We are delighted the Tuxedo Project book club is reading Lakewood this Summer as one of their two read by Michigan women.

We delighted that Megan has a supportive relationship with local writers at the Room Project here in the city.

To join the book tour event to celebrate The Women Could Fly's release with a rich conversation about it and a book signing in store or in a local park walkable from the store. The Ticket includes a $10 fee toward the purchase of The Women Could Fly or another book in our store. If you are in the book club or purchased the book online with as preorder or regular sale, you will have instructions for attendance.

Our indoor event information below:

Make sure to save a spot with a ticket because tickets are limited.

A Virtual Evening with Colson Whitehead - Harlem Shuffle

The virtual evening will be hosted by Books & Books/Miami Book Fair + indie bookstore partners on Tuesday, August 9 @ 8 PM ET on Zoom.

About this event

We are partnering with Books & Books during the Miami Book Fair with some of our indie bookstore friends to host the fun and talented Colson Whitehead in conversation with Adam Serwer on Tuesday August 9th virtually.

To join this event online with us you will need to a ticket that include access to the event and a copy of Harlem Shuffle (paperback). The paperback release will be August 9th.

Summer Saturday Author Event with Kevin L. Matthews II

Sat, June 25, 2022 12:00 PM

Join us to hear about the book From Burning to Blueprint with author Kevin L. Matthews II at noon on June 25th.

About this event

We are happy to host Mr. Matthews and to learn more about the rebuilding of Black Wall Street after a century of silence. We have experience silence around the destruction of the Black community of Black Bottom here in Detroit. I hope the those interested in rebuilding community and growing in financial literacy will join to us on the first Summer Saturday here in Midtown

You may plan to visit the store at noon on Saturday. There will be copies of From Burning to Blueprint for sale. He will be signing the books.

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. We will accept either a physical vaccination card, digital card, or a photo of the card on your phone. We are masked in store. We want to make a safe environment for the author and for the community.

The Black Women's Expo Detroit

BWe has been the nation’s longest running, most-respected, intergenerational exposition targeting Black Women and their families-where women gather to share ideas, search for solutions, grow their businesses and where corporate brands can speak directly to this consumer.

The weekend exposition on-site is comprised of small and large activations that address the needs of Black women and their families – via topical seminars & general sessions presented by a five-star roster of subject matter experts, themed resource pavilions (health & wellness, food & nutrition, finance & generational wealth, business ownership and much more), a small business exhibitor’s marketplace and corporate exhibitions on the main floor.

DRLC Book Club - Deaf Utopia with Nyle DiMarco

Join us to celebrate Deaf Utopia with the author Nyle DiMarco in conversation Teddy Dorsette III of Deaf Lens on June 10th at 6pm.

Join us online Fri, June 10, 2022 6:00 PM

A memoir by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time reality show winner, and cultural icon of the international Deaf community.

In this moving and humorous memoir, Nyle explains what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people, and how he and other Deaf people learn to thrive in it. While he tells many stories about his rise to celebrity, winning America’s Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars, he also wants to show readers on the richness of life within the Deaf community.

Deaf Utopia is intimate, suspenseful, hilarious, eye-opening, and smart—both a memoir and a celebration of what makes Deaf culture unique and beautiful.

The Detroit Renassiance Lions Club is partnering with Source Booksellers to present the 2021 & 2022 book club focused on book by and about the Blind and Deaf. This June read is supported with community partners Detroit Public Schools Community District Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program as well as Detroit Disability Power.