More than 170 booksellers will show their wares on South Dearborn between Congress and Polk for the 16th annual Printers Row Book Fair, which also features dozens of readings, lectures, performances, and panels (and coincides with BookExpo America, the book industry’s annual trade show). The fair runs from 10 AM to 6 PM Saturday and Sunday, June 3 and 4. Events will be held at Dearborn Station, 47 W. Polk; Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn; Printers Row Hyatt, Burnham Reading Room, 500 S. Dearborn; the Children’s Corner and the Poetry Tent, both at the corner of Polk and Dearborn; and the main stage, midway between Congress and Polk. All events are free. Call 312-987-9896 for more information.
“Ask the Publishing Experts”
Open mike and readings by Eduardo Arocho, J.M. Morea, Teresa Vazquez, and contributors to Jane’s Stories II. Christopher Stewart hosts. (11 AM, Poetry Tent)
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Writers read from their work: This Mother’s Daughter (Brady), Teaching Maggie: Letters on Life, Writing, and the Virtues of Solid Food (Reilly), and The Same Phrase Describes My Marriage and My Breasts: Before the Kids They Used to Be Such a Cute Couple (Rosenthal). (11:30 AM, Grace Place, second floor)
Darwin McBeth-Walton
Reading and signing of her children’s book The Underground Railroad. (12:30 PM, Children’s Corner)
Mark Strand, Elise Paschen
