Book Talk with Jen Pollock Michel

Schedule

Wed Apr 15 2026 at 07:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Baker Book House Co | Grand Rapids, MI

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Join us for an evening of discussion with Jen Pollock Michel as she explains her Rule of Life.
About this Event

Come meet author Jen Pollock Michel as she discusses her book In Good Time and her upcoming release A Rule for the Rest of Us (September 2026). During the discussion, she will be outlining her Rule of Life, which can be seen in several of her books. There will be time for audience questions and book signing at the end.

About the Author: Jen Pollock Michel is an author, speaker, and mentor in the MFA in creative writing at Whitworth University. She is the author of five books: A Habit Called Faith, Surprised by Paradox (winner of Christianity Today’s 2020 Award of Merit for Beautiful Orthodoxy), Keeping Place, Teach Us to Want (winner of Christianity Today’s 2015 Book of the Year), and In Good Time (winner of the Word Guild’s Best Book of 2023). Jen holds a B.A. in French from Wheaton College, an M.A. in Literature from Northwestern University, and an M.F.A from Seattle Pacific University. After eleven years of raising a family in Toronto, Jen now lives in Cincinnati with her husband in a near-empty nest. You can follow Jen on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube @jenpmichel. You can also subscribe to her Monday letters at jenpollockmichel.substack.com.

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Baker Book House Co, 2768 East Paris Avenue Southeast, Grand Rapids, United States

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