5 Chicago Book Programs
Here are some upcoming author signings and book events in the Chicago area and northwest suburbs! I tried to find as many free programs as I could, but for most of the author signings on this list, you have to buy a copy of the author's featured book to get in.
Julius LeBlanc Stewart [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Venue: Anderson's Bookshop Downer's Grove
Date & time: Monday, October 23 at 7 p.m.
Price of admission: To attend, purchase a copy of the book from Anderson's Bookshop ($17.99)
Hosted by: Anderson's Bookshop
Check out That Inevitable Victorian Thing on Goodreads!
By Sadichhak (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Venue: Magic Tree Bookstore
Date & time: Monday, October 23 at 6 p.m.
Price of admission: To attend the event, RSVP and purchase any of her books ($9.95 to $18.99) on the Magic Tree Website. To attend the event and stand in the signing line, purchase a ticket here; it comes with a copy of the book ($20.89, $22.61 with the service fee).
Hosted by: Magic Tree Books
Venue: Community Christian Church
Date & time: Tuesday, October 24 at 7 p.m.
Price of admission: To attend, purchase a copy of the from Anderson's Bookshop ($18.99)
Hosted by: Anderson's Bookshop
Check out All the Crooked Saints on Goodreads!
By sofia.reshetnikova (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Venue: Wentz Concert Hall
Date & time: Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m.
Price of admission: For one ticket to the event and one copy of the book, tickets are $22 ($23.76 with the service fee). For two tickets to the event and one copy of the book, tickets are $32 ($34.11 with the service fee). Purchase tickets here.
Hosted by: Anderson's Bookshop
Note: No personalized signatures.
Check out Otherworld on Goodreads!
Photo by Kaboompics // Karolina from Pexels
Venue: Granger Middle School
Date & time: Sunday, November 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Doors open at 9:30 a.m.)
Price of admission: Free!
Hosted by: Anderson's Bookshop
Note: Attendees must be 22 or younger as of 11/5/17.
Some of the authors who will be at the event include Jared Reck, author of A Short History of the Girl Next Door, Peter Bognanni, author of Things I'm Seeing Without You, and Adam Silvera, author of the amazing and heart-wrenching book, They Both Die at the End. For a full list of the authors attending, click here. You can purchase books, get books signed, and participate in a whole bunch of activities! I will be attending this event, but you won't know who I am if I go-- it'll be like Where's Waldo except I won't be wearing a red-and-white striped sweater, and my name is not Waldo.
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I hope you enjoyed this list of upcoming events in the YA book sphere! Let me know if you have any YA book events you want me to recommend-- I'd be happy to put up a post about them.
Julius LeBlanc Stewart [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Author: E. K. Johnston
Book: That Inevitable Victorian Thing
Date & time: Monday, October 23 at 7 p.m.
Price of admission: To attend, purchase a copy of the book from Anderson's Bookshop ($17.99)
Hosted by: Anderson's Bookshop
Check out That Inevitable Victorian Thing on Goodreads!
By Sadichhak (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Book: All the Crooked Saints
Date & time: Monday, October 23 at 6 p.m.
Price of admission: To attend the event, RSVP and purchase any of her books ($9.95 to $18.99) on the Magic Tree Website. To attend the event and stand in the signing line, purchase a ticket here; it comes with a copy of the book ($20.89, $22.61 with the service fee).
Hosted by: Magic Tree Books
Venue: Community Christian Church
Date & time: Tuesday, October 24 at 7 p.m.
Price of admission: To attend, purchase a copy of the from Anderson's Bookshop ($18.99)
Hosted by: Anderson's Bookshop
Check out All the Crooked Saints on Goodreads!
By sofia.reshetnikova (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Author(s): Jason Segel (and Kirsten Miller, though she will not be in attendance)
Book: Otherworld
Date & time: Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m.
Price of admission: For one ticket to the event and one copy of the book, tickets are $22 ($23.76 with the service fee). For two tickets to the event and one copy of the book, tickets are $32 ($34.11 with the service fee). Purchase tickets here.
Hosted by: Anderson's Bookshop
Note: No personalized signatures.
Check out Otherworld on Goodreads!
Photo by Kaboompics // Karolina from Pexels
Young Adult Literature Conference: YA Fandom Frenzy Day
Date & time: Sunday, November 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Doors open at 9:30 a.m.)
Price of admission: Free!
Hosted by: Anderson's Bookshop
Note: Attendees must be 22 or younger as of 11/5/17.
Some of the authors who will be at the event include Jared Reck, author of A Short History of the Girl Next Door, Peter Bognanni, author of Things I'm Seeing Without You, and Adam Silvera, author of the amazing and heart-wrenching book, They Both Die at the End. For a full list of the authors attending, click here. You can purchase books, get books signed, and participate in a whole bunch of activities! I will be attending this event, but you won't know who I am if I go-- it'll be like Where's Waldo except I won't be wearing a red-and-white striped sweater, and my name is not Waldo.
By Pixabay from Pexels
I hope you enjoyed this list of upcoming events in the YA book sphere! Let me know if you have any YA book events you want me to recommend-- I'd be happy to put up a post about them.
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