Award-Winning Author To Speak In Dearborn

DEARBORN, MI — The Henry Ford Centennial Library will bring in award-winning author Annie Spence on for a free book reading at 6:30 p.m. May 5. The event is open to the public. Spence, a librarian, will answer questions and read from her book, DEAR FAHRENHEIT 451, a compilation of letters to classics and not-so-classics she has read.

Spence has been composing letters to books in her head for years — on the job as a public librarian in the Midwest, in the comfort of her own home, and even, secretly, at cocktail parties, she says.

There are love letters to classics like The Goldfinch and Mathilda, snarky break-up notes to Twilight and the romances on the paperback rack, and apologies to books that just aren’t cut out to stand the test of time, like The Calculating Book: Fun and Games with Your Pocket Calculator.

Now Spence has put all these letters down in words in her book, DEAR FAHRENHEIT 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks, described as “hilarious and heart-warming.” This collection of letters and reading lists will take people on a tour of dog-eared favorites and never-been-checked-out relics destined for the free book bin.

Through her relationship with books, Spence also examines entirely human ones, from heartbreak and romance and marriage to sisterhood and family. Her letters celebrate librarians, libraries, and reading, which, Spence aims to show, are all here to stay.

Copies of DEAR FAHRENHEIT 451 will also be available for purchase and signing at the event.

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