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Chicago Is Lit: Independent Bookstore Day and More Spring Events

For regular readers of this column, Saturday’s Independent Bookstore Day is likely as highly anticipated as the Super Bowl (if not more so). If you haven’t made your game day […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • April 25, 2025
    • Comics and Graphic Novels , Fiction , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events , Nonfiction , Poetry

    Book Smarts: Secret World Books of Highland Park—Third Space for the North Shore

    Capitalism abhors a creative gathering place—otherwise auto dealerships would put on poetry slams and hardware stores would host book clubs, wouldn’t they? While coffeehouses and restaurants often step up to […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • April 23, 2025
    • Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events , Nonfiction , Writing

    Chicago Is Lit: A Literary Pub Crawl & More February Events

    Authors are frequently asked, “When is your book coming out?” I heard this question when I finished the first draft of my novel, and while I was editing the sixth […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • January 31, 2025
    • Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events , Nonfiction

    Channeling Book Fair Nostalgia: Call & Response Books’ Grown Up Book Fair

    By: Holly Smith Many adult readers remember, with a good dose of nostalgia, the excitement and awe they felt at the annual Scholastic Book Fair. Books were trundled into the […]

  • Guest Author
  • January 17, 2025
    • Events , Lit , Live lit events

    Chicago Is Lit: Poetry Brothel and More December Events

    Scenes from The Poetry Brothel in New York, images courtesy of Poetry Society of New York.

    Chicago’s literary scene heats up this weekend at the relaunch of the Poetry Brothel’s local chapter. For those who like their poetry with a side of burlesque, this event bills […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • December 4, 2024
    • Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events

    Dialogs: Five-Star Authors in a Five-Star City

    The Chicago Humanities Festival brought two midwest authors to Northwestern’s campus last Saturday afternoon and a packed crowd of literature lovers. Rebecca Makkai and Indiana’s John Green had the audience […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • November 14, 2024
    • Children's books , Dialogs , Events , Film & TV , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events

    Dialogs: “The Only Moral Is Run!” – R. L. Stine at the Chicago Humanities Festival

    This Guest Post was written by Holly Smith I entered the Music Box Theatre with anticipation. I was there to see the first episode of the Goosebumps TV show and […]

  • Guest Author
  • October 30, 2024
    • Events , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events , Zines

    Feature: The Red Devil Lady Presides Over Chaotic Fun – Quimby’s and Zine Club Chicago’s Anniversary Celebration

    By Guest Author Holly Smith The Mothership “Quimby’s is the mothership,” proudly declares Cynthia E. Hanifin, producer of Zine Club Chicago which often meets at the bookstore at 1854 W. […]

  • Guest Author
  • October 12, 2024
    • Chicago history , Food , Lit , Live lit events , Nonfiction

    Review: Malört—Chicago History in a Bottle

    He had been warned. At a recent house concert in Printers Row, Pat Byrne, a soulful Irish troubadour based in Texas, bravely took a swig of the yellow liquid, scrunched […]

  • June Sawyers
  • October 11, 2024
    • Children's books , Dialogs , Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events , Writing

    12 Years of Crafting Mad Science: Kate McKinnon Discusses Her New Book The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science

    By Guest Writer Holly Smith A Cosplayer Welcome As I sat down in the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture to see a live interview with comedian Kate McKinnon about […]

  • Guest Author
  • October 9, 2024
    • Chicago history , Essays , Events , Fiction , Lit , Live lit events , Nonfiction , Poetry , Previews , Zines

    Chicago Is Lit: Printers Row Lit Fest and More September Events

    2023 Printers Row Lit Fest images, credit Robert Kusel

    Avid book lovers can be a solitary bunch—after all, it’s hard to lug our stacks (and stacks) of books around a party. But that is exactly what’s about to go […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • September 2, 2024
    • Events , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events , Poetry

    Chicago Is Lit: August Live Literature Events and Readings

    Poems While You Wait crafting original typewritten poetry-on-demand

    This month’s column explores another reason Chicago’s literary scene is “lit”: the wide variety of live literature events held in neighborhoods across the city. From conversations with award-winning authors to […]

  • Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch
  • August 3, 2024
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