The 22nd annual Printers Row Book Fair runs Saturday and Sunday, June 3 and 4, 10 AM-6 PM, and gathers more than 130 exhibitors, including booksellers, publishers, and literary organizations, on the blocks around Dearborn (50 West) and Polk (800 South) streets. In addition to the new, used, and collectible books for sale, the fair features dozens of readings, discussions, and signings by local and national authors as well as children’s activities, musical performances, cooking demonstrations, and food vendors. (Some exhibitors host their own author signings as well.) Events are held at the Good Eating Stage, Dearborn between Harrison and Polk; Grace Place, second floor, 637 S. Dearborn; Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Stage, Plymouth south of Harrison; Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State; Heartland Stage, Dearborn between Harrison and Polk; Kids Alley Stage, Dearborn and Polk; Nelson Algren Stage, Harrison and Plymouth; and University Center, 525 S. State. All are free, but auditorium events at Harold Washington Library Center require advance tickets (available via the fair’s Web site). Programming is subject to change. For more information call 312-222-3986 or visit www.chicagotribune.com/extras/printersrow.
EM Press Slam Poets Showcase The Joliet-based publisher hosts Carolyn Aguila, Kevin Coval (Slingshots: A Hip-Hop Poetica), Jack McCarthy, Marc Smith, and others. Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Stage. 10:30 AM
R”Visual Tales: The Graphic Novel” Panel with Lauren Weinstein (Girly Stories), Alex Robinson (Tricked), Punk Planet associate publisher and The Best American Comics series editor Anne Elizabeth Moore, and Bookslut.com’s Jessa Crispin. Harold Washington Libary Center, multipurpose room. 11 AM
Robert V. Remini The National Book Award-winning historian (Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845) discusses The House: The History of the House of Representatives. University Center, Lake Room. 11:30 AM
RStuds Terkel (And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey, et al) holds forth in a conversation with the Tribune’s Elizabeth Taylor and Rick Kogan. Harold Washington Library Center, auditorium. Noon Advance tickets required.
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“Growing Up in Fiction” Panel with novelists Lisa Alvarado (Sister Chicas), Sarah Grace McCandless (The Girl I Wanted to Be), and Eliot Schrefer (Glamorous Disasters). Harold
