Authors on Tap: Lily King and Rebecca Makkai

Mon Dec 06 2021 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

Exile in Bookville | Chicago

Exile in Bookville
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Authors on Tap:  Lily King and Rebecca Makkai
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Authors on Tap: Lily King and Rebecca Makkai
About this Event

Looking for the perfect gift idea for that avid and discerning reader on your holiday shopping list? Well call off the dogs, because we have you covered. Exile in Bookville has the honor of hosting Lily King on Monday, December 6th at 7:00pm central to help celebrate her debut short story collection, Five Tuesdays in Winter.  This very special event will be held IN PERSON and virtually simulcast just a few floors above Exile in beautiful Curtiss Hall, located on the 10th floor of the historic Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago. Come for the breathtaking view, stay for the event!  And if that wasn't enough, Lily will be in conversation with literary superstar and Exile VIP Rebecca Makkai

Lily King is the award-winning author of five novels. Her most recent novel, Writers & Lovers, was published on March 3rd, 2020, and her first collection of short stories, Five Tuesdays in Winter, will be released on November 9, 2021. Her 2014 novel Euphoria won the Kirkus Award, The New England Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award. Euphoria was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by The New York Times Book Review. It was included in TIME's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2014, as well as on Amazon, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, and Salon’s Best Books of 2014.

Rebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great BelieversThe Hundred-Year House, and The Borrower, as well as the short story collection Music for WartimeThe Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize, among other honors. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago.

This is a ticketed event for both in person* and virtual. Each ticket comes with a signed copy of Lily's new collection, Five Tuesdays in Winter.  


*Please note the following COVID protocols for those attending IN PERSON: 

Attendees must present a physical copy or a photo of their COVID-19 vaccine card along with a valid photo ID (state, government, or school ID); or

Provide a time-stamped printout, photo, or email of a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of the event or a negative Rapid Antigen Test taken within 36 hours of the event, along with a valid photo ID (state, government, or school ID).

All persons must wear a mask for the duration of their time in the Fine Arts Building, regardless of vaccination status in accordance with our current COVID policies.


Event address: 

410 S. Michigan Avenue

10th floor

Bookstore located on 2nd floor


Please email us at [email protected] or phone us at (312)-753-3154 if you have any questions or concerns. 


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Exile in Bookville, 410 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States

Tickets

USD 34.77

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