Book Events: Fairs, Festivals, and Conferences (2023 and 2024)
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6 Events Found in Illinois
C2E2
McCormick Place
2301 S Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60616
Hosted by: C2E2
Dates: Friday, March 31, 2023 to Sunday, April 2, 2023
Website: C2E2
Phone: 800-354-4003
Email: C2E2INFO@Reedpop.com
Description:
Comic, cosplay, gaming, wrestling, anime pop culture convention
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Anime Central
Donald E. Stephens Convetion Center & Hyatt Regency O'Hare
555. N River Rosd , Rosemont, Illinois
Hosted by: Anime Central
Dates: Friday, May 19, 2023 to Monday, May 22, 2023
Website: Anime Central
Description:
Cosplay gathering and exhibition.
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ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Hosted by: American Library Association
Dates: Thursday, June 22, 2023 to Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Website: ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Email: ala@ala.org
Description:
Educational programming and relevant information about the impact of libraries
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ALA Conference
Hosted by: American Library Association
Dates: Thursday, June 22, 2023 to Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Website: ALA Conference
Description:
Join #TheBookAwardCelebration! on June 28, 2020
ALA Annual Conference is the premier global library event each year, bringing together the newsmakers, innovators, thought leaders, and influencers in the library field, from all over the world. News is made at these events, where important announcements are made, updates are shared, relevant legislation and policy are addressed, and discussions take place that have a major impact on libraries, their role, and their ongoing transformation. This event trends nationally on Twitter and are extensively covered in the media.
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The Soulful Chicago Book Fair
61st Street from Cottage Grove to King Drive
Hosted by: Asadah Kirkland
Date: Saturday, August 5, 2023
Time: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Website: The Soulful Chicago Book Fair
Email: soulfulchicagobookfair@gmail.com
Description:
The Soulful Chicago Book Fair is a FREE, outdoor, celebration of literacy and literary arts found throughout the African Diaspora. It is Chicago’s only living “author-centric” festival, filled with OUR stories told through books, spoken word, storytelling, songwriting, play writing and art!
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Printers Row Lit Fest
Historic Printers Row
Date: Saturday, September 9, 2023
Time:
Website: Printers Row Lit Fest
Phone: 312-836-7000
Description:
The 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). By 2002, it had grown to five city blocks (on Dearborn, from Congress to Polk), attracting more than 200 booksellers from across the country displaying new, used and antiquarian books and featuring more than 200 authors participating in panels, discussions and a variety of other programs.
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