Book Events: Fairs, Festivals, and Conferences (2023 and 2024)

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6 Events Found in Illinois

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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 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 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 Printers Row Lit Fest
Historic Printers Row

Date: Saturday, September 9, 2023
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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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