Books Events in Chicago
Check out happening books events all around Chicago, IL
Q&A and Book Signing with Jamie Applegate Hunter
Sat, 27 Sep at 06:30 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Q&A and book signing with Kat T. Masen and Willow Winters
Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Locker Room Confessions Sports Romance Panel
Sat, 04 Oct at 02:00 pm
The Den Theatre
USD 48
C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters
Sat, 13 Sep at 04:00 pm
Athenaeum Theatre
Q&A and book signing with Laura Pavlov & Kat Singleton
Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
SEE HER BE HER Screening Event - Chicago, IL
Sat, 06 Sep at 01:00 pm
AMC River East 21
USD 0 to 80
Q&A and book signing with Kay Cove
Wed, 17 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
What's On Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life by Allison Daminger
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Trymaine Lee Book Launch "A Thousand Ways to Die"
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 45
Crime Ink: Iconic Book Launch
Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Tiny Shelf Concert: Twelve Gage
Sat, 20 Sep at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 29
Claiming Our Space: Powering an Equitable Future
Fri, 12 Sep at 05:30 pm
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
USD 25 to 1,500
Children's Storytime: HILWA'S GIFTS by Safa Suleiman
Sat, 13 Sep at 10:30 am
Women & Children First
Free
ALCHEMISED Midnight Release Party
Mon, 22 Sep at 09:30 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 48
The Princess Bride - An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes at Auditorium Theatre Chicago
Sat, 27 Sep
Auditorium Theatre Chicago
Author Event: Olivia Royal with Lola Wright
Mon, 08 Sep at 06:30 pm
City Lit Books
Free
Authors on Tap: Eric LaRocca and Daniel Kraus
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
Frontier One Book Launch - By Robert Reif
Fri, 05 Sep at 06:00 pm
The Metropolitan
Free
Offsite: A Truce That is Not Peace by Miriam Toews
Sat, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm
Haymarket House
USD 11 to 53
Book Launch w/ Author Katie Simon - Chicago
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Pleasure Chest
Free
Canto-Kójo: Reading Series and Bloodmercy Book Launch
Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 21
Read w/ Teens
Sat, 20 Sep at 03:00 pm
Da Book Joint
Free
Kids' Storytime with Dr. Gloria!
Sat, 20 Sep at 11:00 am
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 14
Dan Pelosi "Let's Party" at Everybody's Coffee
Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 52
Kids' Storytime with Tiffany Smith!
Sat, 04 Oct at 11:00 am
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 25
Jason Diamond - Kaplan's Plot Chicago Release
Fri, 19 Sep at 07:00 pm
Volumes Bookcafe
USD 32 to 38
Totally Lit Speed Dating - LGTBQ edition
Wed, 10 Sep at 06:30 pm
Volumes Bookcafe
USD 25
Q&A and Book Signing with Veronica Lancet
Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 32
September Book Club with Three Avenues: The Favorites
Sun, 21 Sep at 05:00 pm
Beermiscuous
Free
A ROYAL AFFAIR - A CAVALCADE OF AUTHORS EVENT
Fri, 24 Oct at 07:30 pm
Alhambra Palace Restaurant
USD 37 to 61
Printers Row After Party: Rainbo Club
Sun, 07 Sep at 07:00 pm
Rainbo Club
Book Talk: The Wilderness with Angela Flournoy
Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 37
CLHOF @ PRLF
Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am
Printers Row Lit Fest
Chicago City Builders Book Club: Grafters and Goo Goos
Wed, 05 Nov at 06:00 pm
Arup
Free
Blue House Bookmobile at Printers Row Lit Fest
Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am
Printer's Row, Chicago
Jennifer Pastiloff & Gertrude Lyons Book Event
Tue, 09 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Authors on Tap: ML Rio and Lindsay Hunter
Tue, 16 Sep at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
Paul Selig: A Channeled Weekend Workshop in Chicago
Sat, 11 Oct at 10:00 am
Color Club
USD 295 to 395
Miss Women in peace 2025
Sat, 13 Sep at 06:00 pm
21c Museum Hotel Chicago
USD 151 to 269
The Perils of Girlhood: A Memoir in Essays by Melissa Fraterrigo
Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
RL Book Club #103: "Our Share of the Night"
Tue, 21 Oct at 07:30 pm
Reed's Local
Chicago City Builders Book Club: Don't Make No Waves
Wed, 24 Sep at 06:00 pm
Arup
Free
Chicago Book Confab 2025
Wed, 03 Sep at 10:00 am
637 S Dearborn St
Free
Offsite: Patricia Lockwood at Haymarket House
Sun, 12 Oct at 07:00 pm
Haymarket House
USD 11 to 40
FREELANCER a novel
Sun, 28 Sep at 01:30 pm
City News Cafe
Free
Novelists
Mon, 22 Sep at 06:00 pm
Beat Kitchen
Author Talk: Nicholas Meyer (IN PERSON)
Thu, 18 Sep at 06:00 pm
American Writers Museum
Totally Lit Speed Dating - Hetero Edition
Wed, 17 Sep at 06:30 pm
1373 N Milwaukee Ave
USD 25
Bloody Reads #103: Hawk Mountain
Wed, 17 Sep at 08:00 pm
Bucket O' Blood Books and Records
Conscious Selling: Chicago Book Launch
Wed, 10 Dec at 05:30 pm
100 S Wacker Dr #600
Free
Book Launch: Oxford Soju Club with Jinwoo Park
Wed, 01 Oct at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 25
Book Talk: Birds of the Great Lakes with Dexter Patterson
Sat, 11 Oct at 02:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 24
Queer Literary Horror Series Fun Run with Author David Jay Collins
Wed, 29 Oct at 06:00 pm
The Lost Hours
USD 18 to 39
Listening Tour Stop with Amy Kemp - Hosted by Taina Rodriguez-Encarnacion
Thu, 18 Sep at 07:00 pm
4042 N Pulaski Rd suite 1
USD 34
RL Book Club #102: "Underground Airlines"
Tue, 30 Sep at 07:30 pm
Reed's Local
A Conversation with Andrew W. Kahrl, Author of "The Black Tax"
Tue, 07 Oct at 06:00 pm
DePaul University
Free
Barry Pearce - 'The Plan of Chicago' - Book Release Party at Martyrs'
Sat, 15 Nov at 01:00 pm
3855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60613
READ IF YOU DARE: A Night Full of Horror brought to you by Berkley x Exile
Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
American Prophets: James Baldwin & Queer Spirituality (IN PERSON)
Tue, 16 Sep at 06:00 pm
American Writers Museum
Writing a Global Life in Greek: An Evening with Gazmend Kapllani
Thu, 04 Dec at 07:00 pm
National Hellenic Museum
Free
"Cemetery Boys" by Aiden Thomas
Fri, 17 Oct at 07:00 pm
TBD
Get Lit: The Case of the Book Club Butcher
Tue, 07 Oct at 05:30 pm
American Writers Museum
USD 8 to 29
"American Sirens" by Kevin Hazzard
Fri, 20 Feb at 07:00 pm
TBD
Ivy+ Alumni: Books & Brews
Tue, 23 Sep at 05:30 pm
Chicago French Market
Free
Parking The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes
Sun, 28 Sep at 12:00 am
Auditorium Theatre Chicago
Get Lit: Santa's Book Fair
Tue, 02 Dec at 05:30 pm
American Writers Museum
USD 8 to 29
"The Sentence" by Louise Erdrich
Sun, 16 Nov at 07:00 pm
TBD
40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest
Sat, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm
Printers Row Lit Fest
ISPS-US 2025 Annual Conference: Bridging the Divides
Sat, 08 Nov at 08:00 am
UIC Student Center West
USD 23 to 450
"Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close" by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
Sat, 13 Dec at 01:00 pm
TBD
DOM’S LITERARY GROUP
Thu, 15 May at 07:00 pm
2255 S Michigan Ave
Free
Silent Book Club - Eli Tea Bar- Sponsored By 40th Ward Dems
Wed, 08 Jan at 07:00 pm
Eli Tea Bar, North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Eli Rallo Launches "Does Anyone Else Feel This Way?" at Everybody's Coffee
Sun, 19 Oct at 02:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 49
Christmas with C.S. Lewis
Mon, 15 Dec at 06:00 pm
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
Photography Studies Club
Thu, 11 Sep at 06:00 pm
Filter Photo
Free
October "Bookmarks & Bonding"
Sat, 25 Oct at 01:00 pm
TBD
"The Final Revival of Opal & Nev" by Dawnie Walton
Sat, 17 Jan at 02:00 pm
TBD
Sexuality Book Club
Wed, 19 Feb at 07:00 pm
Eli Tea Bar
Free
Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 16 Mar at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
Dorothy's Silent Book Club!
Sun, 13 Jul at 06:00 pm
Dorothy
Free
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