Join The Chicago Poetry Center for a free night of poetry! The Blue Hour Poetry Reading and Workshop is tonight at 6:30 pm! Featuring poets Andy Sia and Matthew Olzmann, his latest book “Constellation Route” is out this month. https://www.poetrycenter.org/january-19-matthew-olzmann-andy-sia/
The festival showcases collaborative artworks between writers, visual artists, and musicians from Chicago and Mexico. Find tickets & more information HERE: https://www.litluz.org/chicago-2021-live-show
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Learn more about Chicago Public Library’s events featuring Bedrock Faith by Eric Charles May here: https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/search/index
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Since 2001, One Book, One Chicago has engaged residents and fostered a sense of community through reading two annually selected books and related events.
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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