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Category: Chicago Community Events
Chicago Author Eve Ewing’s Upcoming Book & Release Event
Burst Into Books is hosting a Book Release Event with Eve L. Ewing on July 16th, 5:00 – 7:00 PM CDT in celebration of her new book “Maya and the Robot.” Register here and attendees will receive a free signed copy of the book and be entered to win a gift card to a bookstore.…Continue reading Chicago Author Eve Ewing’s Upcoming Book & Release Event
Visit Literature Landmarks Throughout Chicago
Looking for something literary to do outdoors this summer? The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame has compiled a map on their website with some of Chicago’s most famous literary places. Check out the map and the website here: https://chicagoliteraryhof.org/literary_chicago_map
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Join the Chicago Public Library for their monthly Books & Your Brew book discussion. This month, in honor of Pride Month, they are hosting a discussion of The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, a dazzling novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris. Copies…Continue reading Register TODAY
Interested in a Book Club?
The Chicago Reader has created a monthly book club with 12 titles written by a diverse cohort of female-identifying Chicago authors. Each month, members will read and then join the conversation between the author and a Chicago Reader ambassador. Anyone is welcome to join for one month or more. Check it out below! https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/book-club-books-monthly-discussion-author-events/Content?oid=82449926
LGBTQ+ Studies & English Dept. Event TODAY: Reading & Conversation with Poet Danez Smith
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Recording of Visiting Writers Series ft. Two MAWP Alum
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TEDxDePaulUniversity is back! Register today for the 2021 online event on Friday, May 21 at 11:30 a.m. CT
The DePaul community, friends and family are invited to register for this year’s TEDxDePaulUniversity free online event, “The Unexpected.” The event will take place on May 21 from 11:30-1pm CST. To learn more, visit the official DePaul University TEDx site here. About the 2021 speakers Six DePaul community members were selected to speak and explore the theme of…Continue reading TEDxDePaulUniversity is back! Register today for the 2021 online event on Friday, May 21 at 11:30 a.m. CT
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame: Fuller Award Ceremony
Register for the event here. Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer and artist whose work explores working class lives and landscapes. She will receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award for lifetime achievement. As a Chicago native, Cisneros began her career with the 1980 publication of poetry chapbook Bad…Continue reading Chicago Literary Hall of Fame: Fuller Award Ceremony
DePaul’s Blue Book: Launch Event! February 19th
DePaul’s Blue Book is the latest imprint by DePaul University’s English Department, which fosters work in literature, creative writing, and publishing. There is a virtual launch of the anthology featuring seven of its writers on Friday, February 19th, 6:00-7:00 PM. Log in information below:
The Visiting Writers Series: Upcoming Event
In partnership with the History Department, The English Department Visiting Writers Series is hosting a remote event for the release of Professor Kathleen Rooney and Professor Miles Harvey’s books beginning at 6:00 pm on September 30: Historical Research in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Readings and Conversation with Kathleen Rooney and Miles Harvey. The conversation will be moderated by…Continue reading The Visiting Writers Series: Upcoming Event