Readers of Chicago rejoice! This weekend is the Printers Row Lit Fest, the annual Tribune-sponsored celebration of books and the people who write them. In a concession to unpredictable June weather, all author appearances and writing workshops this year will be indoors, either at the Harold Washington Library or Jones College Prep, though the bookseller booths will remain outside. As always, the festival is mostly free, except for featured speakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Sun 6/11, 1 PM, $5, $35 for assigned seating) and Senator Al Franken (Sat 6/10, 3 PM, $35); if you want to spend $50 for a Fest Pass, you can see them and get access to the express signing lanes.
At noon, your choice is cooking demonstrations by Anupy Singla and Rick Bayless; Megan Abbott and Jennifer Finney Boylan chatting about the fine art of writing suspense; and the Trib‘s Amy Dickinson discussing the challenges of dispensing advice to strangers. At 1 PM, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer E. Jason Wambsgans talks with Schmich about covering violence in Chicago, Ladydrawer Anne Elizabeth Moore and horror novelist Daniel Kraus compare the scary things in their work, Luvvie Ajayi tells Lolly Bowean about being awesome, and students from 826CHI read from their new anthology PS: You Sound Like Someone I Can Trust.
Sat 6/10-Sun 6/11: 10 AM-5:15 PM Dearborn between Harrison and Polkprintersrowlitfest.orgFree-$50
