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. Also, you will get to decorate your own bookmarks! Learn more about the book on her website here.
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
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 of the book are available for checkout at the West Town Branch Library. Please ask staff for a copy. Find out more here
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
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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 how some of life’s most important lessons are often the most unexpected. Jacqueline Kelly-McHale, faculty, School of Music Jamal McPherson, graduate student, School of Public Service Coya Paz, interim dean, The Theatre School Priyanka Podjale, 2020 graduate, College of Communication… Read Article →
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 Boys and her must-read 1984 young adult novel, The House on Mango Street. Her most recent work is 2015’s A House of My Own: Stories From My Life. Cisneros has received many prestigious awards, including the American Book Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan… Read Article →
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:
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 Amy Tyson of the History Department. We would love to see as many faculty and students attending as possible for this one-hour event where participants can talk to the authors and gain insight into their writing process. It’s also a great… Read Article →
Professor Miles Harvey will be discussing his new book, The King of Confidence, on June 3rd at 7 p.m. alongside authors Donovan Hohn and Eileen Pollack as part of the At Home with Literati Series with Literati Bookstore. Find more info about the At Home Literati series and the Zoom event here.