# The Book Club of Detroit > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Book_Club_of_Detroit > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Book_Club_of_Detroit.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_Club_of_Detroit > Source revision: 1349099296 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Private club in Detroit, Michigan This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "The Book Club of Detroit" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The Book Club of Detroit (c. 1957) Detroit's historic [Scarab Club](/source/Scarab_Club), where Book Club meetings were held for many years. The **Book Club of Detroit** is a [private club](/source/Private_club) and [society of bibliophiles](/source/Bibliophilia) in downtown [Detroit](/source/Detroit), [Michigan](/source/Michigan). ## About The Book Club of Detroit is club whose members are book collectors, book dealers and bibliophiles who meet in the interest not only of sociability, but to share and expand interest in the history of books and bookmaking.[1][2][3] The Club met regularly for many years at the historic [Scarab Club](/source/Scarab_Club) in downtown Detroit.[4] The Club is also a member of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS).[5] ## Supporters The Book Club co-sponsors events with the [Detroit Public Library](/source/Detroit_Public_Library).[6] ## Past speakers Some notable individuals who have given talks to the club are:[7] [The Remnant Trust](/source/The_Remnant_Trust) [Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr.](/source/Frederick_Gale_Ruffner%2C_Jr.) [John K. King Books](/source/John_K._King_Books) ## Past presidents - 1958: Franklin G. Laucomer - 1959: Benjamin R. Donaldson - 1960: William A. Bostick - 1961: C. E. Frazer Clark, Jr. - 1962: Donald Weeks (biographer of the artist and writer [Baron Corvo](/source/Frederick_Rolfe), was a founding member.)[8] - 1963 & 1983: James Babcock - 1964: Roger Lindland - 1965: Alfred H. Whittaker - 1966: Seymour Kent - 1967: Gloria Francis - 1968: Robert Orr - 1969: Richard Walker - 1970: Evan Thompson - 1971: John Neufeld - 1972–1980: Robert Thomas - 1981: Paula Jarvis - 1982: Jean Coburn - 1984–1985: Joann Chalat - 1986: Frank Sladen - 1987–1993: Annie Brewer - 1994: James Beall - 1995: Alice Nigoghosian - 1996: Roy Pilot - 1997: Sam Gatteno - 1998: Harriet Larson - 1999: Barry Neavill - 2000: Shahida Nurullah - 2001: James Deak - 2002 & 2007–2008: Joan Knoertzer - 2003: Joseph Ajlouny - 2004: Jay Platt - 2005: Janet Whitson - 2006: Marguerite Humes Schwedler - 2009–2010: C. Hedger Breed - 2011–2013: Robert K. Jones - 2014–present: Frank Castronova [9] ## See also - [Michigan portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Michigan) - [Business portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Business) - [Detroit Athletic Club](/source/Detroit_Athletic_Club) - [Grolier Club](/source/Grolier_Club) - [Detroit Club](/source/Detroit_Club) - [Books in the United States](/source/Books_in_the_United_States) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Jamesbibliophiles_1-0)** James, Sheyl (31 March 2002). "A Rearely Profitable Pursuit Hunting Hard-to-Find Items is Fun for Bibliophiles". [Detroit Free Press](/source/Detroit_Free_Press). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies"](http://www.fabsocieties.org/members.html). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-RossiterBooksCareer_3-0)** Rossiter, Joe (25 May 2006). "Thomas Schlientz: Turned love of books into a career". Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-BookExpert_4-0)** "Thomas Schlientz, Detroit: Book expert was also master of spoken word". [Detroit News](/source/Detroit_News). 26 March 2006. [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [404354578](https://www.proquest.com/docview/404354578). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bibliophilic_5-0)** ["The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies"](http://www.fabsocieties.org/members.html). *American Bibliophilic Societies*. American Bibliophilic Societies. Retrieved 17 January 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["An Evening with Peter Leonard - Detroit Public Library"](http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/event/evening-peter-leonard/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Photo Galleries - Book Club of Detroit"](http://www.bookclubofdetroit.org/photo-galleries//). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-BoWeeksObit_8-0)** Bo, Maggs (19 February 2004). "Obituary: Donald Weeks; Biographer and collector of Baron Corvo". [The Independent](/source/The_Independent). [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [310602062](https://www.proquest.com/docview/310602062). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Metro Detroit Book and Author Society"](http://bookandauthor.info/about.html). ## External links - [The Book Club of Detroit](http://www.bookclubofdetroit.org//) - [Meetup.com page](http://www.meetup.com/The-Book-Club-of-Detroit/#upcoming/) - [Fabs.org](http://www.fabsocieties.org/members.html/) v t e Metro Detroit Topics Architecture Culture Detroit River Economy Freeways History Historic places International Riverfront Lake St. Clair Media Music Parks and beaches People Performing arts Skyscrapers Sports Tourism Transportation Detroit Downtown Detroit Midtown Detroit New Center Municipalities over 80,000 Canton Township Clinton Township Dearborn Farmington Hills Livonia Macomb Township Sterling Heights Troy Warren Westland Municipalities 40,000 to 80,000 Bloomfield Township Chesterfield Township Commerce Township Dearborn Heights Grosse Pointe Lincoln Park Novi Pontiac Redford Township Rochester Hills Roseville Royal Oak St. Clair Shores Shelby Charter Township Southfield Taylor Waterford Township West Bloomfield Township Cultural enclaves Ann Arbor Auburn Hills Birmingham Bloomfield Hills Dearborn Downriver Downtown Detroit Grosse Pointe Midtown Detroit New Center Northville Rochester Royal Oak Southfield Troy Plymouth Satellite cities Ann Arbor Brighton Flint Howell Lapeer Monroe Port Huron Toledo Windsor Ypsilanti Counties in MSA Lapeer Livingston Macomb Oakland St. Clair Wayne Counties in CSA Genesee Lenawee Monroe Washtenaw v t e Book collecting Bibliophilia Bibliomania tsundoku Bookbreaking The Book Collector journal The Bookworm (painting) First edition Limited edition Marginalia Preservation slipcase solander box Used book conditions v t e Books Production Binding Covers dust jackets Design Editing Illustration Illuminated manuscripts Printing edition history incunabula instant book limited edition Publishing advance copy hardcover paperback Size Typesetting Volume (bibliography) Collection (publishing) Book series Consumption Awards Bestsellers list Bibliography Bibliomania (tsundoku) Bibliophilia Bibliotherapy Bookmarks Bookselling blurbs book towns history used Censorship Clubs Collecting Digitizing Bookworm (insect) Furniture bookcases bookends Library Print culture Reading literacy Reviews By country Brazil China France Germany Italy Japan Netherlands Pakistan Spain United Kingdom United States Other Genres non-fiction novel imaginary miniature pop-up textbook Grimoire Formats audiobooks Ebooks Folio Coffee table book Related Banned books Book burning incidents Nazi Book curses Book packaging Book swapping Book tour Conservation and restoration Dog ears History of books scroll codex Intellectual property ISBN Outline Preservation The Philobiblon World Book Day World Book Capital Outline Category Portal --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Book Club of Detroit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_Club_of_Detroit) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_Club_of_Detroit?action=history)). 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