The Chapbook Café presents Board Game Night
Every Monday Night. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Every Monday night the Chapbook Café will host a Board Game Night for lovers of old-school face-to-face gaming fun! Play one of our board games - including chess, Scrabble, Monopoly, Clue and Blokus - or bring one of your own. Some nights we’ll teach you how to play a new game, others we’ll just brush up our skills on old favorites. We’ll also feature a weekly drink special!

Schuler Comic Book Discussion Group Meeting
Monday. July 14. 7:30 p.m
Join us for a meeting of our monthly Comic Discussion Group, exploring and investigating the publishing industry’s biggest boom medium - comics and graphic novels! This month’s title is Preacher by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, a gritty, violent comic for adults that draws on religious conspiracy theories, vampire myths and Western movies. Each monthly selection is 20% off

Learn How to Read Novels Like a Professor with Tom Foster
Wednesday. July 16. 7:30 p.m.
East Lansing resident and University of Michigan, Flint, professor Tom Foster introduced readers to the world of deep reading in his practical yet amusing 2003 book How to Read Literature Like a Professor. He now has turned his critical eye toward the grammar of the popular novel in How to Read Novels Like a Professor, exploring how authors' choices about structure create meaning and a special literary language, and sharing the keys to this language with readers who want to get more insight, more understanding, and more pleasure from their reading

Talk and signing with Michigan author Tom Springer
Thursday. July 24. 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a talk and signing with Michigan author Tom Springer, in honor of his new book, Looking for Hickories. Equal parts Robert Frost, Emerson, and Bill Bryson, Looking for Hickories is Springer’s ode to the natural beauty and lore of southern Michigan - a place where bustling communities sit alongside a mosaic of woods, fertile grassland, and miles of farmland. Filled with touching and hilarious stories, the book captures the essence of nature and highlights the unique character and spirit of the Upper Midwest.

Fanged Fiction Book Group Meeting
Tuesday. July 29. 7:30 p.m.
Horror readers unite! This month’s pick for the Schuler horror reading group is Battle Royale by Koushun Takami. This thriller is considered a contentious contemporary Japanese classic that reached its fame largely through the government’s criticism of it. Described as a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, the book has already been made into two films and a 15-volume manga series. It is currently under production for an American film adaptation. Each monthly selection is 20% off.

Planet F.I.C.T.I.O.N Writer's Workshop
Tuesday. June 24. 7:30 p.m.
Planet F.I.C.T.I.O.N.'s second meeting goes over the top with a look at writing diverse characters entitled "Who You Are Not: What to do when you're a Heterosexual WASP Male Bus Driver Writing a Caribbean Lesbian Detective Novel." followed by the ever popular open workshop.

Breaking Dawn Release Party
Friday. August 1. 10pm-Midnight
Join us for our Breaking Dawn Release Party, celebrating the release of the fourth and final book in the phenomenal, internationally best-selling Twilight Saga. This young adult, vampire romance series has developed a cult following, so we’re staying open ‘til midnight so fans don’t have to wait a moment longer to get the new book! Come dressed as a werewolf or vampire to win prizes and the coveted first spot in line to buy the book at midnight! We’ll have pizza and other treats, giveaways and Twilight Trivia, as well as recommendations for further reading in our Twilight Recovery Program.