Book Events: Fairs, Festivals, and Conferences (2024 and 2025)
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4 Events Found in Illinois
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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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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C2E2
McCormick Place
2301 S Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60616
Hosted by: C2E2
Dates: Friday, April 26, 2024 to Sunday, April 28, 2024
Website: C2E2
Phone: 800-354-4003
Email: C2E2INFO@Reedpop.com
Description:
Comic, cosplay, gaming, wrestling, anime pop culture convention
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