# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Bluff with Wade Rouse - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for an evening with bestselling author Wade Rouse (who you may know as Viola Shipman) to celebrate The Bluff! Please note that this event will include a combination of seating and standing. All attendees with accessibility needs will be guaranteed a seat, otherwise, seating is first-come-first-serve. We love seeing who is planning to join us! Tickets are required to attend this event. Your ticket includes a purchase of The Bluff, which will be available for pickup at the event. Get your tickets here! https://events.humanitix.com/wade-rouse-sbgr1 About the Book: Succession meets The Family Stone in bestselling author Wade Rouse's humorous and sharply observant look at a family teetering on the edge of merry mayhem. The Chapmans do Christmas the way they do everything: impeccably, expensively, and with the unshakable belief that good lighting can conceal bad blood. Their annual Christmas card may look picture-perfect, but behind the polite smiles there's a storm brewing. This year, at their grand lakefront cottage on Mackinac Island, a snowstorm traps generations of Chapmans--and their schemes--under one roof. Chris Chapman is on the verge of losing everything: his father's trust, his role at the helm of the family business, and his wife's respect. Kat Chapman is already fed up with hosting her critical, stuck-up in-laws and their impossibly inflexible holiday traditions. Her solution? Invite her working-class parents - born and bred Islanders - for Christmas, much to the horror of the Chapmans, whose rule that "We do not share Christmas with other people" is about to be broken. As the snow piles up, so do the grievances: their teenagers--fiercely liberal Leah and conservative golden-boy Chip--are locked in a battle of wits, Chris's vaguely corrupt brother Cormac and his calculating trophy wife are stirring the pot, and Kat's mother is holding onto a secret that could upend the entire game. Deliciously messy and surprisingly tender, The Bluff is a feisty festive family drama about money, marriage, power, and all the things we bring to the holiday table besides the turkey. "A heartfelt dive into the complexities of family and tradition. The Bluff captures the perfect storm that occurs when two different worlds collide during the holidays. An evocative must-read for anyone who has ever attempted the delicate dance of a family Christmas." -Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author About the Author: Wade Rouse is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of five memoirs and twelve novels. His novels, written under the pseudonym Viola Shipman, which he uses to honor his late grandmother, have been selected as Must-Reads by NBC’s Today Show as well as Michigan Notable Books of the Year, and featured in the Washington Post. Wade lives in Michigan and California and hosts Wine & Words with Wade, a literary happy hour, on Facebook every Thursday. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/grand-rapids/the-bluff-with-wade-rouse/200030772245800 - **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, performances, Workshops, Theatre, Entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Grand Rapids - **state**: MI - **country**: United States - **location**: Schuler Books (Grand Rapids) - **lat**: 42.91144 - **long**: -85.60141 - **full address**: Schuler Books (Grand Rapids), 2660 28th Street SE,Grand Rapids,MI,United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The Bluff with Wade Rouse - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/401e66fc61e61e6295c43462d96b86375fdde6cabd874fe1aef2f43ce94e338b-rimg-w1200-h628-dcc8d8e8-gmir?v=1791122458 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The Bluff with Wade Rouse being held? - **A:** The Bluff with Wade Rouse takes place on Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Schuler Books (Grand Rapids), 2660 28th Street SE,Grand Rapids,MI,United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing The Bluff with Wade Rouse? - **A:** The Bluff with Wade Rouse is organized by Schuler Books. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "The Bluff with Wade Rouse", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/401e66fc61e61e6295c43462d96b86375fdde6cabd874fe1aef2f43ce94e338b-rimg-w1200-h628-dcc8d8e8-gmir?v=1791122458", "startDate": "2026-10-13T18:30:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/grand-rapids/the-bluff-with-wade-rouse/200030772245800", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Schuler Books (Grand Rapids)", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "2660 28th Street SE,Grand Rapids,MI,United States", "addressLocality": "Grand Rapids", "addressRegion": "MI", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "42.91144", "longitude": "-85.60141" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us for an evening with bestselling author Wade Rouse (who you may know as Viola Shipman) to celebrate The Bluff!\n\nPlease note that this event will include a combination of seating and standing. 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