Signing Day Saturday: Small Business Saturday Edition

Signing Day Saturday: Small Business Saturday Edition

Saturday, November 28 | 11am - 6pm

We love our indie authors! Join us for our Small Business Saturday edition of Signing Day Saturday, where a selection of local, indie authors from all over Michigan will be stopping by throughout the day to chat and sign books. 

This is an open-house-style event, so feel free to drop in at our Okemos location to chat and get your book signed!

• Modestina Golnick will be signing from 11:00am to 1:00pm, Tracie Webb will be signing from 1:30pm to 3:30pm, and Joel Walkowski will be signing from 4:00pm-6:00pm.

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About Uncle John Eats Alphabet Soup:

Uncle John sits down for lunch with a bowl of Alphabet Soup, but the letters keep finding their way into his beard. This playful adventure will have little learners laughing while discover that learning letters can be fun.

About the Author:

Modestina (Modie) has a BFA in Musical Theatre from Central Michigan University and a BS in Early Childhood Education from Rochester College. She is a mother, wife, author, and educator. She has used her musical talents to perform professionally as well as teach voice, theater, preschool and music. She is extremely passionate about teaching little learners and creating a strong foundation in literacy through music. She currently resides in the Great Lakes state of Michigan where she teaches early childhood music classes and homeschools her spaghetti loving bookworm daughters.

About 30 Days Closer to the Real You:

A thirty-day guided journal designed to help you peel back the layers of expectation, role, and pretense — and rediscover the truest, most freely-loved version of yourself.

With daily reflections, gentle prompts, and space to write, this companion meets you where you are and walks with you toward greater authenticity, healing, and self-love.

About the Author:

Tracie is a psychologist with over eighteen years of experience in several settings, including higher education, private practice, and a men’s prison. She has done therapy with couples and individuals who were struggling with substance abuse, trauma, depression, and other mental health challenges.

In sports psychology, Tracie applied her expertise to help athletes optimize their performance and mental well-being. Through tailored interventions and psychological strategies, she empowered athletes to overcome obstacles and reach their full potential in both training and competition.

About Honolulu Blues:

A comedic play-by-play of historic gridiron failure marked by stunning almost wins and saw-it-coming losses that positions Detroit Lions lore as the backdrop for exploring themes of generational trauma, addiction, mental illness, and death

The city of Detroit and its football team have been a punchline since the 1960s—the Same Old Lions seem to have losing baked into their DNA.

Joel Walkowski is a poor kid from the Midwest, cut from the same cloth as his loveable, eccentric father, Banjo Bob, who pushes forward down the field amidst his autism, alcoholism, and severe childhood trauma. They see each other most clearly on Sundays, coming together as the twelfth man on the sidelines of a team whose history looks a lot like theirs—seasons full of promise upended by a penchant for falling short.

In Honolulu Blues Joel intertwines the fate of two losers—the Detroit Lions and himself—to explore the broader impact a city’s football team can have on its residents, proving that you can overcome anything if you can learn to love what disappoints you.

Born and raised to be an addict, Joel is hooked on Adderall by seven and hops on the fast track to a life of alcoholism, homelessness, and—worst of all—a career in stand-up comedy. He holds his head high because he, like his family and their beloved team, is supposed to lose.

Learning from the Lions what his father couldn’t teach him, Joel charts his journey to sobriety while caring for his dying father, coming to terms with the fact that there’s a difference between failing and never having been set up for success.

Honolulu Blues proves the Lions story is the story of being human—carving your own path out of the ruts of the past and accepting that you don’t have to win to be worth rooting for.

About the Author:

Joel Walkowski is a writer, nationally touring comedian, and New York City basketball legend. He runs a SMART Recovery meeting at the Phoenix House in Brooklyn, NY. Joel is a nationally touring comedian, award-winning roast battler, and second funniest cast member on the popular NFL Fan Therapy web series. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Comedy Central, and got him banned from Major League Baseball. His nonprofit “Big Walkowski” raises money for organ donation with a basketball tournament (that he usually wins). He lives in Brooklyn, NY, and has a sauna in his living room.