Great Chicago Books Club: Renée Rosen
Saturday, November 16, 2019
6:30-9 p.m.
Private Home
TBA
Our Great Chicago Books Club on Sunday, Sept. 29, will feature Renée Rosen's Windy City Blues the author’s historical novel exploring Chicago’s legendary Chess Records. The event will be held in a private Evanston home; we'll provide the location if you inquire or register. The first half of the evening is a cocktail…
2019 Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Thursday, October 24, 2019
6-9 p.m.
Cliff Dwellers
200 S. Michigan Ave.
Penthouse (22nd Floor)
Chicago, IL 60604
The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will induct its newest class of three writers on Thursday, Oct. 24 at Cliff-Dwellers, this event will be held at Cliff Dwellers. Though this is a private club, the event is open to the public. Reservations are required. Cost of dinner is $35; to reserve a seat for the program only…
Fuller Award: Sterling Plumpp
Thursday, September 19, 2019
7-9 p.m.
Poetry Foundation
61 W. Superior Street
Chicago, IL
Free; registration recommended.
Sterling Plumpp will receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award for lifetime achievement at a ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 19 at the Poetry Foundation. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is highly recommended. On hand to pay tribute will be a distinguished lineup of speakers and performers, including…
Now I Lay Me Down: Hemingway in Paris
Sunday, September 8, 2019
6-8 p.m.
Hamburger Mary's
155 S. Oak Park Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302
Ernest Hemingway, native of Oak Park and inaugural inductee into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, recounted in A Moveable Feast his legendary travels and acquaintances as a struggling young author in 1920s Paris. June Sawers adapted the memoir, along with excerpts from his letters, to capture the essence of Hemingway’s experience in Paris…
Great Chicago Book Sale
Saturday, August 17, 2019
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church
405 S. Euclid Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302
This fundraiser will feature a large assortment of used books, including a large number of collectible copies. Among the Chicago authors who've signed books for this sale: Peter Anderson, Carol Anshaw, Elizabeth Berg, Rosellen Brown, Michael Burke, Daniel Burns, Susanna Calkins, Elizabeth Crane, Albert DeGenova, Rita Dragonette, Stuart Dybek,…
Great Chicago Books Club: Audrey Niffenegger
Sunday, July 28, 2019
5-7:30 p.m.
Chicago, IL
Private Home
TBA
Our Great Chicago Books Club on Sunday, July 28, will feature Audrey Niffeneggers’s The Time Traveler’s Wife, the author’s debut novel and a long-standing bestseller. The Newberry Library, which is the start of our Gold Coast Literary Tour, features prominently in the story. The evening begins with cocktails at five p.m.,…
Bughouse Square Debates
Saturday, July 27, 2019
12-4 p.m.
Washington Square Park
901 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL
The Bughouse Square Debates are free and open to the public, and happening in conjunction with Newberry Library's annual book fair. The afternoon is an homage to Bughouse Square's history of lively debate and a celebration of free speech. No registration required. The Newberry always offers the CLHOF a free table to pass out our literature…
Nelson Algren and Wicker Park Literary Tour
Sunday, July 7, 2019
2:30-4 p.m.
Meet: Nelson Algren Statue, Polish Triangle at Division, Ashland, and Milwaukee Aves.
End: Lottie’s, 1925 W. Cortland, Chicago
The author of Chicago: City on the Make and The Man with the Golden Arm spent much of his life near the Polish Triangle, and both he and his characters bopped about the Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods for many decades. On this walking tour, we’ll visit the places that figured prominently in Algren’s life and work, and investigate…
Downtown Chicago Literary Tour II
Saturday, June 15, 2019
10 a.m.-Noon
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street
Chicago, IL 60602
Downtown Chicago, with important cultural institutions like the Chicago Cultural Center, Palmer House, and the Fine Arts Building, features a wide array of historic literary sites. In this part of the city, where skyscrapers and other iconic buildings dot the landscape, authors have made deep footprints. Chicago’s finest authors, along…
Wicker Park/Nelson Algren Walking Tour
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Polish Triangle
Intersection of Milwaukee, Ashland, and Division
Chicago, IL
The author of Chicago: City on the Make and The Man with the Golden Arm spent much of his life near the Polish Triangle, and both he and his characters bopped about the Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods for many decades. On this walking tour, we’ll visit the places that figured prominently in Algren’s life and…
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