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CLHOF Appreciation Party
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Back of the Yards
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Great Chicago Books Club: Rosellen Brown
Sunday, March 10, 2019
Chicago By The Book: The Federal Writers Project’s Illinois Unit
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Chicago’s Black Literary Renaissance Bus Tour
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Great Chicago Books Club: Jane Hamilton
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Oak Park Literary Walking Tour
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Chicago’s Gold Coast Literary Walking Tour
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Fuller Award: Sara Paretsky
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Printers Row Lit Fest
Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, 2019
Bughouse Square Debates
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Great Chicago Books Club: Audrey Niffenegger
Sunday, July 28, 2019
Chicago Journalists Bus Tour
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Great Chicago Book Sale
Saturday, August 17 and Sunday, August 18, 2019
Great Chicago Books Club: Nate Marshall
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Fuller Award: Sterling Plumpp
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Detecting Chicago: Exhibit Opening
Saturday, September 28 through Saturday, November 23
Great Chicago Books Club: Rene Rosen
Sunday, September 29, 2019
2019 Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Great Chicago Books Club: James McManus
Saturday, November 16, 2019
CHLOF Named Finalist for Oak Park and River Forest Spotlight Award
Chicago Community Trust Acting Up Award
CLHOF Installs Sculpture of Gwendolyn Brooks in Brooks Park.
An interactive map to Chicago’s literary landmarks
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