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Events

Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Tuesday, April 16, 2024
5:30-8 p.m.

Chicago History Museum
1601 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60614

Our new Chicago Literary Hall of Fame class of Hamlin Garland, Eunice Tietjens, and E. Donald Two Rivers will be inducted at a ceremony featuring a lineup that includes William J.…

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Indie Bookstore Day 2024

Saturday, April 27, 2024
All Day

Indie Bookstore Day is a national celebration in which Chicago plays a starting role. Our city, with its many thriving independent bookstores, offers discounts, giveaways, contests, special offerings, and treats throughout the day. Stay tuned for a complete list of participating bookstores. 


2024 Randall Albers Young Writers Award Ceremony

Saturday, May 11, 2024
2:00PM

Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street
Reception Hall (lower level)
Chicago, IL 

The Randall Albers Young Writers Award is back for its second year and we can't wait to honor our winners! This year, we'll be presenting awards to young writers of both prose and poetry and…

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Worlds and Words of Chicago: Immigrant Stories (Part of the American Writers Festival)

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street
Chicago, IL 60605

Jane Hseu will lead a discussion with authors Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, Nestor Gomez, and Lani T. Montreal. These artists came to Chicago from Guatemala, Nigeria, and the Phillippines.…

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Fuller Award: Patricia Smith

Thursday, July 11, 2024
TBA

The Poetry Foundation
61 W. Superior
Chicago, IL 60654

On July 11, Patricia Smith will receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's Fuller Award for her lifetime achievements. The ceremony will be free and open to the public. A soon-to-be announced lineup…

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Printers Row Lit Fest 2024

Saturday, September 7 & Sunday, September 8
9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Printers Row neighborhood. 

Printers Row Lit Fest returns for its 39th year. Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will once again host a tent with partners After Hours, Chicago Poetry Center, Chicago Quarterly Review,

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Fuller Award: Alex Kotlowitz

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
TBA

Chopin Theatre
1543 W. Division Street
Chicago, IL 60642

On September 24, Alex Kotlowitz will become the 17th recipient of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award for his lifetime achievements. The ceremony will be free and open to the public,…

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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…

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