Writing Events in Chicago

Check out happening writing events all around Chicago, IL

Dance Gavin Dance with The Fall of Troy, Wolf & Bear and The Novelists

 Fri, 15 May Riviera Theatre - Chicago

American Writers Festival - American Writers Museum

 Sat, 06 Jun at 10:00 am American Writers Museum Free

A Conversation with Shannon Chakraborty!

 Fri, 15 May at 07:00 pm Seminary Co-op Bookstore USD 43

2026 Writing Workshop of Chicago

 Sat, 20 Jun at 09:00 am Congress Plaza Hotel

Festival of Independent Artists

 Fri, 08 May at 05:00 pm 2408 N Kedzie Blvd USD 17 to 33

Static-Head

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:30 pm The Den Theatre

Tuesday Funk #169 - April 7, 2026

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm 5148 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60640

Sor Juana 2026: A Presentation of My Name is Chabela with Marisol Arnot

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm National Museum of Mexican Art Free

Book Event: Mega Milk by Megan Milks

 Fri, 10 Apr at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

Amit Chaudhuri - "Incompleteness: New and Selected Essays" - Srikanth Reddy

 Tue, 28 Apr at 04:00 pm 5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60637

Hybrid Poetry Event with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

Book Event: Fat Swim by Emma Copley Eisenberg

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm Haymarket House USD 6 to 39

Chicago-North Romance Writers Spring Fling '26 Book Signing

 Sat, 18 Apr at 03:30 pm The Royal Sonesta Chicago Downtown Free

Knowing Book Signing and Talk with Touré Roberts

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm Da Book Joint USD 35

Black Single Mother Book Talk and Signing with Jamilah Lemieux

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:00 pm NEIU Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS) USD 35

April Free Day at the American Writers Museum

 Sun, 19 Apr at 10:00 am American Writers Museum Free

TJ Klune "We Burned So Bright" Book Signing

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey) USD 43

Water to Water: Gaza Renga – Marilyn Hacker & Deema Shehabi (IN PERSON)

 Mon, 20 Apr at 06:00 pm Water to Water: Gaza Renga – Marilyn Hacker & Deema Shehabi (IN PERSON)

A Conversation with Nick Cutter!

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm Seminary Co-op Bookstores USD 40

May Free Day at the American Writers Museum

 Sun, 17 May at 10:00 am American Writers Museum Free

Emotional Support Animals by Nicole J. Georges with Jessica Hopper

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

Memory Museum: Stories by M Lin

 Sun, 03 May at 06:30 pm Women & Children First Free

June Free Day at the American Writers Museum

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

BYOT Productions Presents: Seasonal Bathing Rituals

 Sat, 11 Apr at 07:00 pm Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro

July Free Day at the American Writers Museum

 Sun, 19 Jul at 10:00 am American Writers Museum Free

5th Annual Words of Wonder Literary Festival

 Sat, 25 Jul at 11:00 am Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center Free

August Free Day at the American Writers Museum

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

Japanese Bookbinding: Goshuinchō & Yotsume Toji

 Thu, 16 Jul at 05:30 pm Japanese Culture Center USD 52

Author Talk: “Parks and Rec” by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong (IN PERSON)

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm American Writers Museum

Book Event: Body Weather by Lorraine Boissoneault

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

Have Sex Like A Man Book Signing with Arnetta Randall

 Sat, 18 Apr at 03:00 pm Da Book Joint USD 0 to 27

Chicago-North Romance Writers Spring Fling 2026

 Thu, 16 Apr at 02:00 pm Royal Sonesta Chicago Riverfront

Book Event: The Very Definition of Love by Sophia Benoit

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

Water to Water: Gaza Renga - Marilyn Hacker & Deema Shehabi (IN PERSON)

 Mon, 20 Apr at 06:00 pm American Writers Museum USD 6 to 8

Authors on Tap: Nora Lange and Lindsay Hunter

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm Exile in Bookville Free

Chicago Poetry Center’s April Blue Hour Featuring Diego Baez and Samyak Shertok

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm Haymarket House

Staff & Friends Reading

 Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm Poetry Foundation Free

Write On! A Student Salon

 Sat, 02 May at 05:00 pm The Lincoln Lodge USD 7

the first hngout

 Fri, 08 May at 06:30 pm 3001 W Peterson Ave USD 67

Creative World-Building Workshop

 Sat, 18 Apr at 10:00 am The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago Free

Spiral Body: Body Deploys

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:00 pm International Museum of Surgical Science Free

The Dover Road by A. A. Milne

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:30 pm Glessner House USD 0 to 34

Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Ed Roberson

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:00 pm Poetry Foundation Free

Taylor Wolfe, "Just a Busy Season" Book Tour

 Fri, 01 May at 07:00 pm Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey) USD 46

Black Writers Weekend 2026 The Pop Up Experience - Chicago

 Sat, 23 May at 05:00 pm 6900 S Stony Island Ave USD 18 to 40

Gala at the Chicago Thinker's 2nd American Identity Summit

 Sat, 16 May at 06:00 pm The Study at University of Chicago USD 250

Poetry Workshop & Open Mic Night

 Sun, 12 Apr at 06:00 pm Nabala Cafe Free

Redeem A Nation Book Signing with Damario Solomon-Simmons

 Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm Da Book Joint USD 6 to 36

Talk: Italian Journeys

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:00 pm Graham Foundation Free

Modern Fiction Lilliput Bookclub: Heart the Lover by Lily King

 Tue, 21 Apr at 06:30 pm Lilliput Books Free

Long Story Short

 Mon, 13 Apr at 10:00 am Front Porch Arts Center USD 10

Film: "Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers" (1990)

 Thu, 23 Apr at 04:00 pm Doc Films Free

Creativity Hoarders Anonymous (CHAnon)

 Thu, 16 Apr at 05:30 pm Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Public Library, 8th Fl., Room 8S-14 Free

Chicago Poetry Center's Blue Hour Generative Workshop

 Wed, 15 Apr at 06:00 pm Haymarket House Free

Where The Mind, Pen, &, Paper Converse: The Blessed Mic Experience

 Sun, 26 Apr at 05:00 pm 6055 S Wentworth Ave USD 7 to 10

Sidewalk Sale 39: A Stationery Festival

 Thu, 13 Aug at 09:00 am 227 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60606-1803, United States

Book Talk With Deborah Jiang-Stein

 Wed, 22 Apr at 04:30 pm 5733 S University Ave Free

Shorties - A Reading Series - May 2026

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm The Bad Apple Free

April Book Club: This Book Made Me Think Of You

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:30 pm Burning Bush Brewery USD 15 to 23

Creativity Hoarders Anonymous (CHAnon)

 Thu, 30 Apr at 05:30 pm Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Public Library, 8th Fl., Room 8S-14 Free

Writing from the Margins staged readings

 Sat, 09 May at 05:00 pm The Playground Theater Free

Digital Archive of the Unseen — Workshop: Rewriting the Record

 Sat, 09 May at 11:00 am Walls Turned Sideways Free

I Hate My Job Chicago Launch Party

 Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm Pilsen Community Books USD 0 to 61

New/Next Writers Showcase

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm Haymarket House Free

Journal Workshop: Polaroid Edition

 Sun, 26 Apr at 01:00 pm New Sound Cafe USD 20 to 28

Q&A and Book Signing with Sarah A. Bailey

 Thu, 07 May at 06:30 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

Epic Storytelling: Shaggy Dog Story by Andy Davis

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:30 pm Sulzer Regional Library, Chicago Public Library Free

Make Empowerment Dolls with Victoria

 Sat, 09 May at 03:00 pm Hey, I Thought Of You USD 40

May Blue Hour Featuring Patrycja Humienik and Soham Patel

 Wed, 20 May at 07:30 pm Haymarket House Free

Chicago Poetry Center's Blue Hour Generative Workshop

 Wed, 20 May at 06:00 pm Haymarket House Free

Story Makers: Write, Illustrate, and Bind your own Book

 Fri, 10 Jul at 09:00 am The WasteShed USD 215

Who Served Victorian Books? with Leah Price

 Fri, 17 Apr at 03:00 pm Regenstein Library Free

Broken Story

 Tue, 28 Apr at 08:00 pm The Classic Theatre Free

Book Signing -101 Teas to Steep before you die

 Mon, 13 Apr at 11:00 am 1160 N State St, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60610

From The Page: A New story Series-- Travel Tales

 Sat, 18 Apr at 07:30 pm 3658 N Pulaski Rd USD 15

Intro to Free-Flow Journal Writing: Chicago

 Sat, 11 Apr at 11:00 am Chicago Free

Immersing Yourself in the Past: Historical Fiction Workshop

 Sat, 15 Aug at 01:00 pm 1226 W Sherwin Ave USD 18 to 93

Author Chat With Rob Osler & Anne Laughlin

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm Partners in Crime Bookshop Free

S2 Lawndale - hope lives here! w/ Nile Lansana

 Wed, 22 Apr at 03:00 pm Lawndale Mental Health Center Free

Spring Fling ‘26 Book signing

 Sat, 18 Apr at 03:30 pm Royal Sonesta Chicago Downtown

Movement Philosophy ::::: Spring Session

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm bim bom studios USD 0 to 87

Telling a Better Story Testimony Writing Workshop

 Sat, 25 Apr at 10:00 am 920 W Wilson Ave Free

Poetic Reconstruction

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

Professional Report Writing Skills 1 Day Workshop | Chicago, IL

 Fri, 09 Jan at 09:00 am For venue details reach us at [email protected] USD 524 to 1,467

Digital Archive of the Unseen — Closing Reflection: Sealing the Archive

 Sat, 23 May at 06:00 pm Walls Turned Sideways Free

Spoken Word Poetry

 Fri, 04 Apr at 06:30 pm Urban Luxe Cafe Free

2026 BATES HALL FAMILY REUNION (CHICAGO, IL)

 Thu, 25 Jun at 10:00 am __ USD 0 to 25

Proposal Writing Skills 1 Day Workshop |Chicago, IL

 Fri, 19 Dec at 09:00 am For venue details reach us at [email protected] USD 519 to 1,453

Free Poetry Writing Workshop and Poetry Reading hosted by Audacious Don

 Mon, 27 Feb at 04:00 pm Legler Regional Library, Chicago Public Library USD 0 to 29