Books Events in Chicago
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After the Burn: A Guided Journal Healing Series with Leilani Garrett
Thu, 23 Oct at 06:30 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 17 to 49
Elyse Myers "That's a Great Question, I'd Love To Tell You"
Fri, 07 Nov at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 45 to 66
Book Launch Celebration
Sat, 06 Dec at 06:30 pm
3850 S Indiana Ave
Free
Author Talk: Susan Orlean, "Joyride" (IN PERSON)
Fri, 24 Oct at 06:00 pm
American Writers Museum
USD 10 to 13
November Book Club with Three Avenues: Big Chief
Sun, 16 Nov at 05:00 pm
Beermiscuous
Free
KAPWA II: Shake, Rattle and Roll (18+)
Wed, 29 Oct at 07:30 pm
The Understudy Coffee and Books
Free
Daddy Daughter Dance Book Launch & Dance Party with Author Malcolm Newsome
Fri, 24 Oct at 06:30 pm
Three Avenues Bookshop
USD 0 to 23
Remembering Your Ancestral Fire Audiobook Release Party
Fri, 21 Nov at 08:00 pm
UncommonGround - Lakeview
USD 34
Book Club Celebration
Thu, 23 Oct at 05:00 pm
Harold Washington Library, Winter Garden on the 9th floor
Let the Right Book In
Fri, 24 Oct at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
Chicago City Builders Book Club: Grafters and Goo Goos
Wed, 05 Nov at 06:00 pm
Arup
Free
A ROYAL AFFAIR - A CAVALCADE OF AUTHORS EVENT
Fri, 24 Oct at 07:30 pm
Alhambra Palace Restaurant
USD 37 to 61
Ladies Who Lit Presents "Meet & Mingle" with the Author: Angela Flournoy
Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm
Cafe Yaya
USD 36 to 63
Lit & Luz Live Magazine Show: Repair / Reparar
Fri, 14 Nov at 07:00 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Free
Authors on Tap: Lily King and Lindsay Hunter
Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
Margaux Eliot Book Release Y2k Party
Thu, 06 Nov at 06:30 pm
Volumes Bookcafe
USD 22 to 39
Book Launch: Dandelion: A Memoir in Essays by Danielle Bainbridge
Wed, 19 Nov at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Book Launch: The Slightest Green: A Novel by Sahar Mustafah
Fri, 14 Nov at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Chicago, IL - Silent Disco! at Punch Bowl Social
Sat, 22 Mar
Punch Bowl Social Chicago
USD 12
Paul MartÃnez Pompa's Book Launch
Sat, 25 Oct at 07:00 pm
Pilsen Arts & Community House
Dominic Hoffman Book Launch & Signing
Fri, 24 Oct at 06:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 0 to 20
Q&A and Book Signing with Kelsey Humphreys
Tue, 28 Oct at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 43
Penn Jillette "Felony Juggler" Book talk and signing
Thu, 23 Oct at 06:30 pm
The Book Cellar
Free
The Gospel Revisited: A Gathering of Grace and Renewal
Sat, 15 Nov at 02:00 pm
St. Stephen AME Church
USD 0 to 23
Play Mahjong! Book Release Party
Tue, 28 Oct at 06:30 pm
Barcocina Lakeview
USD 18 to 29
Speculative Fiction Book Club
Sun, 02 Nov at 05:00 pm
Slant of Light Books
Free
German Graphic Novel Book Club: 'Anna,' by Mia Oberländer
Wed, 10 Dec at 06:00 pm
Goethe-Institut Chicago
Free
SoL Book Club: Translated and Global Lit
Wed, 29 Oct at 06:30 pm
Slant of Light Books
Free
Leaf Town Forever Book Launch
Sun, 26 Oct at 02:00 pm
Colvin House
Free
Spooky Blind Date With A Book Swap
Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 22
BARE Book Club Chicago - Naked Thirst
Sun, 26 Oct at 06:30 pm
3851 W Fullerton Ave
USD 27
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
Letters to My Broken & Becoming - Book Talk/Workshop
Sat, 25 Oct at 12:00 pm
1506 W 53rd St
USD 0 to 13
The Underground Writers Society at Dorothy
Wed, 05 Nov at 06:00 pm
Dorothy
Free
Book Launch: Kin: The Future of Family by Sophie Lucido Johnson
Thu, 13 Nov at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
2025 Fuller Award Ceremony for Jackie Taylor
Mon, 20 Oct at 06:30 pm
Black Ensemble Theater
Free
Leah Johnson & George M. Johnson present THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR
Tue, 02 Dec at 06:30 pm
Women & Children First
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
Book Talk: Coltan Scrivner - Morbidly Curious
Tue, 04 Nov at 06:00 pm
International Museum of Surgical Science
Free
Q&A And Book Signing With Sarah Chamberlin
Thu, 06 Nov at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Women Reading Who-Dun-Its in West Loop
Tue, 11 Nov at 06:00 pm
800 W Fulton Market
Free
RL Book Club #103: "Our Share of the Night"
Tue, 21 Oct at 07:30 pm
Reed's Local
Jesse James Rose in Conversation with Matt Rodrigues
Wed, 22 Oct at 06:30 pm
Three Avenues Bookshop
USD 0 to 34
Pocket Con 2025 : The Free Comic Convention Celebrating Characters and Creators of Color
Sat, 29 Nov at 12:00 pm
Chicago History Museum
Ali Gordon - We Have Reached The End Of Our Show
Tue, 21 Oct at 06:30 pm
Volumes Bookcafe
USD 19 to 22
Lit & Luz: 2025 Keynote Address with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Sun, 09 Nov at 02:00 pm
6212 N Clark St
Free
Chicago City Builders Book Club: Nature's Metropolis, Part One
Thu, 22 Jan at 06:00 pm
Arup
Free
Writing a Global Life in Greek: An Evening with Gazmend Kapllani
Thu, 04 Dec at 07:00 pm
National Hellenic Museum
Free
Book Club Run of Refugee High with Elly Fishman
Sat, 22 Nov at 10:00 am
Chi Tea
USD 18 to 39
Made in Chicago Fun Run/Walk with David Hammond and Monica Eng
Sat, 08 Nov at 10:00 am
Avalon Branch, Chicago Public Library
Chicago City Builders Book Club: Nature's Metropolis, Part Two
Wed, 04 Mar at 06:00 pm
Arup
Free
Book Talk: Wendell McConnaha - Losing Sight of the Shore
Sun, 07 Dec at 02:00 pm
International Museum of Surgical Science
Free
Chicago City Builders Book Club: Nature's Metropolis, Part Three
Wed, 15 Apr at 06:00 pm
Arup
Free
Audacious Book Tour- Chicago
Tue, 28 Oct at 06:00 pm
Macy's Lower Level (Barbaras Bookstore)
USD 35
Conscious Selling: Chicago Book Launch
Wed, 10 Dec at 05:30 pm
100 S Wacker Dr #600
Free
Q&A and Book Signing With Rebecca M. Zornow
Sun, 23 Nov at 04:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
National Hobbit Day
Tue, 21 Oct at 10:00 am
Lilliput Books
Free
Parking Cameron Crowe: The Uncool Book Tour
Sun, 02 Nov at 01:00 am
Athenaeum Theatre - IL
American Prophets: Kathryn Gin Lum, "Heathen" (IN PERSON)
Wed, 10 Dec at 06:00 pm
American Writers Museum
USD 10 to 13
Listening Tour Stop with Amy Kemp - Hosted by Taina Rodriguez-Encarnacion
Wed, 21 Jan at 07:00 pm
4042 N Pulaski Rd suite 1
USD 34
"American Sirens" by Kevin Hazzard
Fri, 20 Feb at 07:00 pm
TBD
Running Tour of The Salt Shed with Photographer Sandra Steinbrecher
Sun, 16 Nov at 02:00 pm
The Salt Shed
USD 18 to 55
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
ISPS-US 2025 Annual Conference: Bridging the Divides
Sat, 08 Nov at 08:00 am
UIC Student Center West
USD 23 to 450
"Intermezzo" by Sally Rooney
Sun, 15 Mar at 12:00 pm
TBD
"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
Cameron Crowe: The Uncool Book Tour
Sun, 02 Nov at 01:00 am
Athenaeum Theatre - IL
Photography Studies Club
Thu, 11 Sep at 06:00 pm
Filter Photo
Free
OZ Experience in Chicago: Escape the witch!
Sat, 24 May at 11:00 am
2338 N Halsted St
USD 10 to 30
October "Bookmarks & Bonding" - DÃa de los Muertos Xicágo
Sat, 25 Oct at 03:00 pm
National Museum of Mexican Art
Three Avenues Open Mic Night
Sat, 30 Aug at 07:30 pm
3009 N Southport Ave
Free
"The Final Revival of Opal & Nev" by Dawnie Walton
Sat, 17 Jan at 02:00 pm
TBD
Chicago City Builders Book Club Holiday Party: House on Mango Street
Wed, 03 Dec at 06:00 pm
To Be Determined
Free
Sexuality Book Club
Wed, 19 Feb at 07:00 pm
Eli Tea Bar
Free
Liberation Library 2025 Packing Days
Sun, 12 Jan at 11:00 am
In These Times
Free
"Vinyl & Book" Night
Wed, 20 Aug at 07:30 pm
Eli Tea Bar
Free
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