Book Events: Fairs, Festivals, and Conferences (2025 and 2026)

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5 Events Found in Illinois

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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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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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C2E2 C2E2
McCormick Place

2301 S Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60616


Hosted by: C2E2
Dates: Friday, April 11, 2025 to Sunday, April 13, 2025

Website: C2E2
Phone: 800-354-4003
Email: C2E2INFO@Reedpop.com

Description:

Comic, cosplay, gaming, wrestling, anime pop culture convention

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Words of Wonder Literary Festival Words of Wonder Literary Festival
Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center

10201 South Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60628


Hosted by: Burst Into Books
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2025
Time: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. CDT

Website: Words of Wonder Literary Festival
Email: burstintobooks@gmail.com

Description:
The Annual Words of Wonder Literary Festival is a celebration of books-to-be-written and books-to-be-read.Black Power Line

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