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Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Events and News
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Events and News

Events

Uptown Literary Walking Tour

Saturday, June 28, 2025
1-4 p.m.

Margate Park Field House
4921 N. Marine Drive
Chicago, IL 60640
(Tour begins and ends here)

Registration is now open for this three-hour walking tour that takes us to the former residences of notable Chicago writers, as well as institutions and streets with literary associations. We’ll learn a bit about authors George R.R. Martin, Margaret Anderson, John D’Emilio, and Studs Terkel, as well as fictional characters Paul Whelan…  read more

2025 Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Saturday, July 12, 2025
1 p.m.

Woodson Regional Library
9525 S. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60628

The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame has selected Timuel Black, Oscar Brown, Jr., and Harriette Gillem Robinet for official induction, with a ceremony to take place on Saturday, July 12 at the Woodson Regional Library’s auditorium. The program starts at 1 p.m., with a courtyard reception to follow. Registration just opened for the free ceremony.…  read more

Printers Row Lit Fest 2025

Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7
All Day

South Dearborn, from Ida B. Wells to Polk. 

The 40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest is a carnival-like weekend of authors, books, and book lovers. The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's tent will once again include partners After Hours, Chicago Poetry Center, Chicago Quarterly Review, Contratiempo, Guild Literary Complex, Rhino, and Stories Matter…  read more

Booking with Chicago Authors

Thursday, September 11, 2025
7-10 p.m.

Hilton Contemporary
Morgan Arts Center
3622 S. Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60609

We invite you to the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s year-end fundraiser, which is also the start of our capital campaign to raise $1 million for the longterm sustainment of our organization. Our work focuses intensely on Chicago as a city which produces, nurtures, and cherishes authors. Our authors do the work of helping us appreciate…  read more

Nuestros Corazones Literarios (Our Literary Hearts): A Latin Chicago Writers Showcase

Thursday, October 2, 2025
7 p.m.

18th Street Casa de Cultura
2057 W 18th Street
Chicago, IL 60608

Join Carlos Cumpián and a host of other Latino and Latina authors as they share their stories, poems, and novel excerpts. Registration will open soon.   read more

2025 Fuller Award Ceremony for Jackie Taylor

Monday, October 20, 2025
6:30 p.m.

Black Ensemble Theater
4450 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640

Jackie Taylor, the author of more than 100 plays and musical bios, thousands of poems, a screenplay, and two books, has been selected as the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s 2025 Fuller Award recipient in honor of her lifetime achievements. Taylor will be celebrated at a ceremony on Monday, October 20, at her Black Ensemble Theater (4450 N.…  read more

News

Gregory Leifel, Executive Director of the Sanfilippo Foundation, talks with Donald Evans, Founding Executive Editor of the CLHOF, about the beginnings of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame and the decade following their award ceremony at the Sanfilippo Estate.   read more

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