NONPROFIT FAIR

Chicago Book Expo open hours on Saturday, November 19, include a literary and educational nonprofit and service organization fair. The following organizations will have tables of information and staff to answer questions:

826CHI
Alderman Harry Osterman, 48th Ward
Center for Book and Paper Arts
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Chicago Filmmakers
Chicago Public Library
ChicagoPublishes.com
Chicago Screenwriters Network
Chicago Writers Association
Chicago Zine Fest
Friends of the Uptown
Neighborhood Writing Alliance
Open Books
Poetry Foundation
Read/Write Library (formerly Chicago Underground Library)
St. Augustine College
Story Week
Summer Forum
Uptown United

Throughout the weekend, Chicago Public Library will be registering guests for library cards, and Open Books will be accepting donations of gently used books for their bookstore, with all their sales supporting literacy programming and events.

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING

Author readings, free workshops, children's activities and more will take place at Chicago Book Expo on both Saturday, November 19, and Sunday, November 20. All activities listed below are free, but space is limited in workshops and kids' activities. Please check back for times and dates.

Panels

In the Shadow of Borders Sunday, 2:00
Moderator: John Rich, Chicago Writers House
Panelists: Jonathan Messinger, TimeOut Books editor and co-founder/editor of Featherproof Books, Danielle Chapman, City of Chicago Publishing Industry Programs, and others

Writing for Theatre with the Reader Saturday, 2:00
Hosted by and with writers from Chicago Reader
Chicago is a writer's town and a theater town, so why aren't the people who write for theater thought of as part of the literary community? The question is explored by a panel of Chicagoans involved in creating theatrical literature.

Writing in Uptown with the Reader
Hosted by and with writers from Chicago Reader

Today and Tomorrow Through the Critical Lens Sunday, 3:00
Panelists: Joseph Altshuler, editor-in-chief SOILED Journal, Jonny Thakkar, co-founder of The Point Magazine, J. C. Gabel (Stop Smiling). Moderator: Michael Kramer (20th-Century U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History at Northwestern University)

Cookbooks – More than Just Great Recipes Sunday, 12:00
Join Anupy Singla (The Indian Slow Cooker), Viktorija Todorovska (The Puglian Cookbook), and Terra Brockman (Seasons on Henry's Farm) to discuss their successes in authoring cookbooks and where the world of home cooking is heading. (Presented by Agate Publishing.)
"You make the best food, why don't you write a cookbook?!" Many home cooks and professional chefs alike have been told this, if they haven't secretly thought it themselves. But what goes into becoming a cookbook author? Do you need to attend a culinary institute? Maybe you can just quit your job and take up full-time recipe testing? Or perhaps you can "crowdsource" recipes and stories from family members? Singla, Todorovska, and Brockman will answer those questions and more as they discuss their fascinating and unique paths to becoming published cookbook authors. Moderated by Chicago Tribune food and features writer Bill Daley, this panel focuses on where cookbooks are headed in a world populated by sites like allrecipes.com and Epicurious apps, as well as the experiences of three Chicago authors who have combined to sell tens of thousands of cookbooks worldwide.

Workshops

A Flash in the Pan: Getting Started on Short Short Stories Sunday, 1:00
Kathleen Rooney, Rose Metal Press
The flash fiction, the short short story, the micro-tale, the mini-essay: whatever you call them, it is in these tightly compressed forms that the techniques of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction meet and merge to create exciting new modes of expression. Through brief in-class readings and definitions, participants will see how such tiny stories can pack a huge punch. After discussing how these narratives-in-miniature are structured, as well as what they can teach us about longer forms, students will have the chance to do an in-class exercise, and will walk out with a rough draft of a very short story that they can continue to hone, as well as with a new sense of how to bring economy to their sentences in writing of all lengths and genres.

Bind Your Own Book Sunday, 3:00-5:00
Regin Igloria, North Branch Projects
North Branch Projects is an independently run project space located in Albany Park that uses the book arts to expand the creative reach of individuals. The space offers workshops, classes, and free community bookbinding sessions, providing an outlet for exploring the creative process in a neighborhood where few resources exist for the arts.

Notes for a People's Atlas Saturday, 4:00
Dave Pabellon (peoplesatlas.com)
A hands-on workshop of Note's for a People's Atlas, specifically centered around Chicago, with an option for participants to create their own NPA based on neighborhood or personal boundaries. Also, a presentation of the history of the project and the worldwide off-shoots that have been created since it's initiation.

Readings and Performances

Fire Talk With Me: The Reader-as-Endurance Performer Saturday, 3:00
Davis Schneidermann (Blank: A Novel, among others)
Tired of boring readings? Wish you could react to the reading as it happens, instead of having to wait for oh-so-slow social media after the event? This performance pushes the reader to his physical limits, lets danger bloom like a thousand lotus flowers, and puts you in the driver's seat.

Reading Experiment in Progress Sunday, 3:00-5:00
Jennifer Karmin
An interactive performance and mini-reading of Jennifer Karmin's text-sound epic Aaaaaaaaaaalice.

Read/Write Library Pop-up Library and Open Cataloging Social Saturday and Sunday, all day
(formerly Chicago Underground Library)
Saturday: Pop-up library and drop-off event; selections from the library will be out for people to browse, and Read/Write will be taking submissions from the public.
Sunday: Open cataloging social; Read/Write cataloggers will be present and available for conversation with the public. Try to your hand at cataloging!

Plus readings from Curbside Splendor and authors of Miss Nyet Publishing, Allium Press, Nan Bu Nan Publishing, Rose Metal Press, Chicago Center for Literature and Photography, Wolfsword Press and Lake Street Press.

Just for kids and young adults!

Eco-Friendly Readings and Activities for Kids Saturday and Sunday, 12:00
Grow Books Press will be hosting Readings and Workshops with the launch of our new series of eco-friendly books for urban kids with themes ranging from school yard bullies to making big decisions- all stories are based, written and illustrated in our great city. Our "Imagination" workshop will ignite the creativity of kids ages 5-12 in imagining their perfect world. (Including readings from authors and illustrators!)

Environmental Reading and Activity-Book Making
Tim Magner, Green Sugar Press

Booking Your Character: A Drop-in Workshop with 826Chi Saturday 1:00-4:00
Join 826CHI to create a an original character and start an epic story. You'll also learn several simple ways to make pocket-sized books for your hero's first adventure. (This is a drop-in workshop for kids of all ages.)


CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON DATES AND TIMES!