Chicago’s annual literary festival continues through October 30, with readings and book signings by local and national writers, poets, and scholars as well as discussions, lectures, workshops, tours, and children’s activities at bookstores, public libraries, and other venues. Some events feature the city’s “One Book, One Chicago” selection, Tim O’Brien’s National Book Award-winning novel The Things They Carried. Admission is free unless otherwise noted. For more information call 312-747-4300, see www.chicagopubliclibrary.org, or contact the hosting venues.
The novelist reads from Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties. 7 PM: Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, 1852 W. 19th. 312-738-1503.
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The novelist reads from Knee-Deep in Wonder. 7:30 PM: Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark. 773-769-9299.
The historian (The Reign of Elizabeth I) lectures on “Power Politics and Sexual Intrigues Around the Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I and Her Courtships.” 11 AM: Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton. 312-255-3691.
Bonnie Michaels
Gina Barge
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7
