Over 170 booksellers will display their wares on five tented blocks at the Printers Row Book Fair’s 18th annual “celebration of the written word.” In addition to the new, used, and antiquarian offerings, the fair features dozens of readings, panel discussions, and children’s activities. Events will be held at the Burnham Reading Room, Printers Row Hyatt, 500 S. Dearborn; the Children’s Tent, Dearborn and Polk; Dearborn Station, 47 W. Polk; Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn; the Main Stage, 700 S. Dearborn; the Poetry Tent, Polk and Clark; and the Readers Tent, Dearborn and Polk. (The Culinary Tent at Harrison and Dearborn will serve dishes prepared by local restaurant chefs throughout the day.) The fair runs Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2, from 10 AM to 6 PM; all events are free. Call 312-987-9896 or see www.printersrowbookfair.com for more information.
Kucha Brownlee
Storytelling. Children’s Tent, 11 AM.
W. Nikola-Lisa
Storytelling. Children’s Tent, noon.
David Henry Sterry
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The author discusses his memoir, Chicken: Self-portrait of a Young Man for Rent. Readers Tent, noon.
