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 at 11:00 pm
Riviera Theatre - Chicago
American Writers Festival - American Writers Museum
Sat, 06 Jun at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
American Writers Festival - Harold Washington Library Center
Sun, 07 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
Book Event: We Dance Upon Demons by Vaishnavi Patel
Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
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
Festival of Independent Artists
Fri, 08 May at 05:00 pm
2408 N Kedzie Blvd
USD 17 to 33
2026 Writing Workshop of Chicago
Sat, 20 Jun at 09:00 am
Congress Plaza Hotel
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
Book Event: Gina Frangello & Elizabeth Crane
Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
TJ Klune "We Burned So Bright" Book Signing
Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 43
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
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
May Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 17 May at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
Book Launch & Signing with Tiffany L. Warren | A Harlem Wedding
Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 27
A Conversation with Nick Cutter!
Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm
Seminary Co-op Bookstores
USD 40
Author event with Anna Sortino in conversation with Briana Johnson
Sat, 16 May at 06:30 pm
Three Avenues Bookshop
USD 0 to 24
Emotional Support Animals by Nicole J. Georges with Jessica Hopper
Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Japanese Bookbinding: Goshuinchō & Yotsume Toji
Thu, 16 Jul at 05:30 pm
Japanese Culture Center
USD 52
June Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 21 Jun at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
Memory Museum: Stories by M Lin
Sun, 03 May at 06:30 pm
Women & Children First
Free
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
Book Event: Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter by Stephanie Fairyington
Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Write On! A Student Salon
Sat, 02 May at 05:00 pm
The Lincoln Lodge
USD 7
BEST OF PLAYGROUND(CHICAGO) ’26
Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm
Theater Wit
Book Event: The Very Definition of Love by Sophia Benoit
Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Staff & Friends Reading
Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm
Poetry Foundation
Free
Exhibit Opening: Unheard Voices of Care: Filipino Nurses in America
Fri, 15 May at 06:00 pm
International Museum of Surgical Science
Free
An Evening with Anjanette Young - Book Signing and Talk
Sat, 02 May at 04:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 0 to 31
RHINO 50th Anniversary Launch: Reading & Open Mic
Sat, 23 May at 04:00 pm
Bad Coffee, 1801 W Berteau Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Book Event: Where You'll Find Us by Jen St. Jude
Wed, 03 Jun at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
the first hngout
Fri, 08 May at 06:30 pm
3001 W Peterson Ave
USD 67
Chicago Indian Literature Festival
Sat, 30 May at 09:00 am
The Congress Plaza Hotel & Convention Center
USD 10 to 50
Have Sex Like A Man Book Signing with Arnetta Randall
Sun, 14 Jun at 02:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 0 to 27
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Ed Roberson
Thu, 18 Jun at 06:00 pm
Poetry Foundation
Free
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
The Dover Road by A. A. Milne
Thu, 16 Apr at 07:30 pm
Glessner House
USD 0 to 34
Taylor Wolfe, "Just a Busy Season" Book Tour
Fri, 01 May at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 46
ChaiTown Addas | Acts of Visibility
Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm
Heaven Gallery
Free
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
Redeem A Nation Book Signing with Damario Solomon-Simmons
Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm
Da Book Joint
USD 6 to 36
Gals Get Lit! Sci-Fi + Fantasy Book Club - The Fifth Season
Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm
2732 N Pine Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
After Coffee
Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm
1821 W Hubbard St
Free
Shorties - A Reading Series - May 2026
Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm
The Bad Apple
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
Unheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Ghosts and Monsters
Thu, 21 May
International Museum of Surgical Science
Free
Q&A and Book Signing with Sarah A. Bailey
Thu, 07 May at 06:30 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Writing from the Margins staged readings
Sat, 09 May at 05:00 pm
The Playground Theater
Free
Creativity Hoarders Anonymous (CHAnon)
Thu, 30 Apr at 05:30 pm
Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Public Library, 8th Fl., Room 8S-14
Free
Sidewalk Sale 39: A Stationery Festival
Thu, 13 Aug at 09:00 am
227 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60606-1803, United States
Make Empowerment Dolls with Victoria
Sat, 09 May at 03:00 pm
Hey, I Thought Of You
USD 40
Chicago Poetry Center's Blue Hour Generative Workshop
Wed, 20 May at 06:00 pm
Haymarket House
Free
May Blue Hour Featuring Patrycja Humienik and Soham Patel
Wed, 20 May at 07:30 pm
Haymarket House
Free
Broken Story
Tue, 28 Apr at 08:00 pm
The Classic Theatre
Free
Built for More Workshop & Book Signing
Sat, 30 May at 01:00 pm
Chicago
Free
Story Makers: Write, Illustrate, and Bind your own Book
Fri, 10 Jul at 09:00 am
The WasteShed
USD 215
✨ Book Two | Studio Déchiré Book Club ✨
Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm
Fabrik
Free
The Power of the Personal Story: Craft Your Narrative
Sat, 13 Jun at 03:00 pm
The World Music Foundation Listening Room
Free
Unheard Voices of Care Lecture Series: Reliving Our Stories
Fri, 12 Jun
International Museum of Surgical Science
Free
Zine Workshop Series by Keisa Reynolds at Three Avenues Bookshop
Sun, 19 Apr at 03:30 pm
Three Avenues Bookshop
Free
Immersing Yourself in the Past: Historical Fiction Workshop
Sat, 15 Aug at 01:00 pm
1226 W Sherwin Ave
USD 18 to 93
S2 Lawndale - hope lives here! w/ Nile Lansana
Wed, 22 Apr at 03:00 pm
Lawndale Mental Health Center
Free
Movement Philosophy ::::: Spring Session
Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm
bim bom studios
USD 0 to 87
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
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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
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