Writing Events in Chicago

Check out happening writing events all around Chicago, IL

LANDMVRKS, NOVELISTS, Silly Goose, Resolve in Chicago

Sat, 20 Sep at 05:30 pm House of Blues Chicago

September Free Day at the American Writers Museum

Sun, 21 Sep at 10:00 am American Writers Museum Free

Q&A and book signing with Laura Pavlov & Kat Singleton

Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

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

Q&A and book signing with Kay Cove

Wed, 17 Sep at 07:00 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

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

Author Event: Olivia Royal with Lola Wright

Mon, 08 Sep at 06:30 pm City Lit Books Free

An Evening with Haunted Like Human

Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm UncommonGround - Lakeview USD 18 to 23

Authors on Tap: Eric LaRocca and Daniel Kraus

Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm Exile in Bookville Free

American Prophets Writing Workshop - R. O. Kwon

Thu, 04 Sep at 06:00 pm American Writers Museum USD 29

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

Dan Pelosi "Let's Party" at Everybody's Coffee

Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey) USD 52

Women of a Certain (R)age

Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm The Newport Theater USD 29 to 39

3725 PROOFREADING & EDITING

Sun, 14 Sep at 10:00 am Discovery Center USD 123

Performance: Refining The Third Ear - Night 3

Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm International Museum of Surgical Science USD 0 to 15

The Artist Within

Sun, 21 Sep at 10:00 am T Mari Gallery USD 162

Jason Diamond - Kaplan's Plot Chicago Release

Fri, 19 Sep at 07:00 pm Volumes Bookcafe USD 32 to 38

Patrick Shiroishi: Forgetting is Violent Tour w/ M. Sage

Fri, 07 Nov at 08:30 pm 3111 N Western Ave Chicago IL 60618

LANDMVRKS with The Novelists

Sat, 20 Sep at 10:30 pm House of Blues Chicago

Celebrating the Visiting Teaching Artists of Forms & Features

Thu, 04 Sep at 06:00 pm Poetry Foundation Free

Q&A and Book Signing with Veronica Lancet

Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 32

A ROYAL AFFAIR - A CAVALCADE OF AUTHORS EVENT

Fri, 24 Oct at 07:30 pm Alhambra Palace Restaurant USD 37 to 61

2025 Fuller Award Ceremony for Jackie Taylor

Mon, 20 Oct at 06:30 pm Black Ensemble Theater Free

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

Listening Party: Angel Bat Dawid

Sat, 04 Oct at 03:00 pm Constellation Free

Chicago- The Sisterhood: Next Gen Writing Workshop

Fri, 19 Sep at 05:00 pm Sip & Savor | Edgewater USD 17

Blue House Bookmobile at Printers Row Lit Fest

Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am Printer's Row, Chicago

Watershed: Ways of Knowing the River @ Big Marsh Park

Sun, 07 Sep at 02:00 pm Big Marsh Park Free

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

Say Gay Plays: With About Face Theatre and Silk Road Cultural Center

Sat, 20 Sep at 02:00 pm NEIU Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS) Free

The Perils of Girlhood: A Memoir in Essays by Melissa Fraterrigo

Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

Horror Writing and Religion - An American Prophets Program

Fri, 10 Oct at 06:30 pm University of Chicago Divinity School USD 23

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

Bloody Reads #103: Hawk Mountain

Wed, 17 Sep at 08:00 pm Bucket O' Blood Books and Records

Book Launch: Oxford Soju Club with Jinwoo Park

Wed, 01 Oct at 07:00 pm Call & Response Books USD 0 to 25

Chris Williamson - Self Discovery Live Show

Fri, 14 Nov at 07:30 pm The Vic Theatre

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

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

3725 PROOFREADING & EDITING

Sun, 07 Dec at 10:00 am Discovery Center USD 123

Writing a Global Life in Greek: An Evening with Gazmend Kapllani

Thu, 04 Dec at 07:00 pm National Hellenic Museum Free

November Free Day at the American Writers Museum

Sun, 16 Nov at 10:00 am American Writers Museum Free

A 10-Minute Play Showcase "South Side Stories"

Sun, 28 Sep at 03:00 pm Morgan Park Academy USD 20

3725 PROOFREADING & EDITING

Sun, 09 Nov at 10:00 am Discovery Center USD 123

2025 Annual Meeting and Installation Luncheon

Tue, 30 Sep at 11:30 am Union League Club USD 0 to 135

Poetic Reconstruction

Sun, 14 Sep at 06:00 pm Urban Luxe Cafe Free

DOM’S LITERARY GROUP

Thu, 15 May at 07:00 pm 2255 S Michigan Ave Free

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

Chicago Film Scene - Weekly Meetup

Wed, 06 Nov at 07:00 pm The Arrogant Frog Bar Free

Free Day at the American Writers Museum

Sun, 16 Mar at 10:00 am American Writers Museum Free

Chicago: Millennium Park Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour

Thu, 22 Feb at 06:00 am Millennium Park Welcome Center USD 15

Wordfetti ABCs of Write Ins: Bobo Emporium Residency

Thu, 24 Apr at 06:00 pm Bobo Emporium USD 13 to 18