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The Printers Row Lit Fest is the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest. By 2002 it had grown to five city blocks (on Dearborn, from Ida B.

Printers Row Lit Fest was founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board to attract visitors to the Printers Row neighborhood (once the city's bookmaking hub) in the South Loop of Chicago. Wells Drive to Polk), attracting more than 200 booksellers from across the country displaying new, used and antiquarian books, and featuring seven stages with more than 100 free literary programs. For 2022 the event will be held on Sept. 10th & 11th!

09/07/2024

It’s Official.

Welcome to Printers Row Lit Fest 2024.
10am - 6pm today
10am - 6pm tomorrow

Come see us!

PrintersRowLitFest.org

09/07/2024

Daniel Lefferts, Ways and Means: A Novel in conversation with Matt Faries, Unabridged Bookstore

“[An] auspicious debut . . . a wildly entertaining drama of ambition and consequence.” —SAM SACKS, Wall Street Journal

“An absolute riot...Thrilling...Lefferts's wry examination of the societal and economic shifts that led to the once unthinkable hits incredibly close to home.” —CHRIS MURPHY, Vanity Fair

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/07/2024

Modern Chicago Mayors - Gordon Mantler, The Multiracial Promise: Harold Washington's Chicago and the Democratic Struggle in Reagan's America, Dick Simpson, Chicago’s Modern Mayors: From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot, and Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune discuss Chicago's mayoral history in conversation with Joan Esposito, WCPT820 Heartland Signal.

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/07/2024

The Interplay of Writing, Design, and Illustration in Gaming, TV, and Film Naghmeh Farzaneh (Filmmaker and Animation Art Director), Keisha Howard (Founder of Sugar Gamers), and Vincent Proce (Emmy-Award Winner) discuss the creative intersections of writing, design, and illustration in various media in conversation with Anna Hozian (Associate Dean of DePaul's College of Computer and Digital Media).

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/07/2024

Raising Awareness and Inspiring Change: The Transformative Power of Photography - Photographers Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen, National Geographic, in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer Alex Garcia.

TODAY!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/07/2024

Hauntings, Magic, and Murder - Juneau Black (Summers End: A Shady Hollow Mystery), Daniel Kraus (Pay the Piper), Cynthia Pelayo (Forgotten Sisters), and Caroline Woods (The Mesmerist) discuss the elements of hauntings, magic, and murder in their works in conversation with Michelle Falkoff.

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/07/2024

Scoop Jackson, Ice: Why I Was Born to Score in conversation with Jason Goff.

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Luis Urrea, Good Night, Irene in conversation with Michael Zapata - Acclaimed author Luis Urrea discusses his novel "Good Night, Irene," which explores love, loss, and survival during World War II, in conversation with Michael Zapata.

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

PrintersRowLitFest.org

09/06/2024

El Tesoro del Abuelo: A Bilingual Storytime and Hands-On Box Decorating Workshop - A bilingual storytelling session featuring "El Tesoro del Abuelo" (Grandfather's Treasure) with Patricia Carlos Dominguez, followed by a hands-on box decorating workshop for children and families.

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Artists on Press: Voices of Cultural Production - A discussion with Sloane Johnson, Jerry Strub, and Han Teverbaugh (Founder of BetterinPrint by Han) on the role of artists in cultural production, moderated by Matteo Zito (Nero Ink).

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

PrintersRowLitFest.org

09/06/2024

Join Exhibit B for their reading!
Chris Aldana, Luya Poetry Series, Lindsay Hunter, Hot Springs Drive, Jessica Nirvana Ram, Earthly Gods, and Dan "Sully" Sullivan, O Body. Emcee: James Stewart III.

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10 AM – 6 PM
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09/06/2024

🪶Two Trailblazers in Chicana/o Poesia: A reading and discussion with Madison, WI Poet Laureate (2020-2024) Angela Trudell Vasquez and Carlos Cumpián, Human Cicada. Emcee/Moderator: Gina Gamboa, 18 Street Casa de Cultura.

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

New York Times Bestselling Author
Veronica Roth, When Among Crows in conversation with Sammie Virella, Anderson’s Bookshop

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Shawntelle Madison, The Fallen Fruit: A Novel in conversation with LaTanya Lane.

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Mafia Spies - Screening and discussion with Thomas Maier, whose book Mafia Spies about how two Chicago gangsters were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba's Fidel Castro during the Cold War inspired the Paramount+ Series in conversation with Harrison Sherrod, Film Producer.

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Cristina Henriquez, The Great Divide in conversation with Frances De Pontes Peebles.

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Between Worlds: The Immigrant Experience in Poetry and Fiction - Ananda Lima, Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil and Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, Seasons of Separation: An Igbo Family Tale in conversation with Jim Joyce.

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

David Masciotra, Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy in conversation with David Faris

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Writing the Weird to Get at the Truth -
Ashley Honeysett, Fictions, Lynn Schmeidler, Half-Lives, Izidora Angel (trans.) She Who Remains, and Alta L. Price (trans.), About People, in conversation with Terese Svoboda, Roxy and Coco/The Long Swim

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

PrintersRowLitFest.org

09/06/2024

Bilingual Latinx Poetry Reading featuring
Diego Báez, Luz Magdaleno Flores, Marcy Rae Henry, Jacob Saenz, Jose-Luis Moctezuma, Pablo Ramirez, and Marisa Tirado.

On stage at Jazz Showcase (806 S. Plymouth Ct.)
Free and open to the public
No age restrictions

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Shayla Lawson, How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir in conversation with Natalie Moore.

“Phenomenal.... A memoir that opens into the world, with brilliance, courage, and elegant prose.... This is a book to read, read again, and remember.”—Imani Perry, New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award winner South to America

Poet and journalist Shayla Lawson follows their National Book Critics Circle finalist This Is Major with these daring and exquisitely crafted essays, where Lawson journeys across the globe, finds beauty in tumultuous times, and powerfully disrupts the constraints of race, gender, and disability.

One of Esquire's Best Memoirs of 2024
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Elle, Them, Book Riot, LitHub, Stylecaster, and Chicago Review of Books

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Sarah Gerard, Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable - Sarah Gerard talks about her personal journey and investigative work behind her book "Carrie Carolyn Coco," which deals with themes of friendship, tragedy, and obsession with true crime, in conversation with Kevin Davis.

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

PrintersRowLitFest.org

09/06/2024

📚Gina Frangello, Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels: Bookmarked (Bookmarked, 18) in conversation with Eileen Favorite.

THIS WEEKEND!
📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Amy Leach, The Salt of the Universe in conversation with Paula Carter.
Gace Place, 1st floor
1PM Saturday

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Tomorrow is the big day!

Are you ready for all the amazing programs, authors, and exhibitors we’ve got in store for you?

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

PrintersRowLitFest.org

09/06/2024

Children’s activity!
Storybook Parade

Kids, come dressed up as your favorite storybook character and join us to welcome the Storybook Parade led by 2024 Miss Chinatown Chicago 1st Runner-up Angel Zhao and 2nd Runner-up Irene Lo, the Yin He Dancers, and the Chicago Public Library's Great Horned Owl!🦉

This will be a fun activity you won’t want to miss!

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10 AM – 6 PM

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09/06/2024

🏙Writing Chicago - Avery Cunningham, The Mayor of Maxwell Street and Cyn Vargas, Nothing's Ever the Same in conversation with Giano Cromley.

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Our last but not least list of exhibitors for the 39th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest includes our U-Z exhibitors!

Don’t miss Printers Row Lit Fest this weekend!

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10 AM – 6 PM

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09/06/2024

David Friend, The Naughty Nineties: The Decade That Unleashed S*x, Lies, and the World Wide Web in conversation with James Warren.

David is also the Editor for Creative Development with Vanity Fair.

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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09/06/2024

Daniel Schulman, The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America in conversation with Ethan Michaeli.

📆Printers Row Lit Fest 2024: September 7 & 8
⏰10AM – 6PM

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620 S Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL
60605

Opening Hours

Saturday	10am - 6pm
Sunday	10am - 6pm

Telephone

+13129871980

Website

http://printersrowlitfest.org/

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PRLF 2023 WGN9 Daytime Chicago Segment

Thank you so much DaytimeChicago WGN 9 Chicago - 1948-Today for this interview with program director Amy Danzer, and author Jonathan Eig! Tune in to hear about this years lit fest. Coming next weekend Sept 9th & 10th from 10am - 6pm! #PRLF #PRLF23 #Chicago #ThingsToDoChicago #PrintersRowLitFest

Sharing this booktastic video from HMS Media covering the Printers Row Lit Fest! We're getting ready for 2023 and we can't wait to share what we have planned! We hope to see you at Printers Row on Sept 9 + 10. G E T E X C I T E D ! For more info visit PrintersRowLitFest.org #PRLF #PrintersRow #Chicago #Bookfair #PRLF23 #tasteofchicago

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Printers Row Lit Fest was founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board to attract visitors to the Printers Row neighborhood (once the city's bookmaking hub) in the South Loop of Chicago. By 2002, it had grown to five city blocks (on Dearborn, from Ida B. Wells Drive to Polk Street), attracting more than 200 booksellers from across the country displaying new, used and antiquarian books, and featuring seven stages with more than 100 free literary programs for audiences of all ages. The Printers Row Lit Fest, it is considered the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest, drawing more than 125,000 book lovers to the two-day showcase.

Please join our community and stay up to date on all our Printers Row activities through our website: printersrowlitfest.org

See you in June!