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A Tribute to Roger Ebert, the WriterChaz Ebert and friends read from Roger’s best work

Justice and Injustice in ChicagoAlison Flowers (Exoneree Dia-ries), Sarah Macaraeg, and Kari Lydersen (Mayor 1%)

In the LoopA reading of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from students in the Creative Writing Department at Columbia

Common Submission ErrorsMichael Damian Thomas and Geoff Hyatt talk about what gets submissions rejected

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Practice Your Novel PitchAgents Alex Weiss and Lisa Rodgers respond to quick novel pitches

1 pm

Writing and TranslationRoseAnna Mueller, Kolin Jor-dan, Lucina Schell and Rey Andújar discuss translating poems and novels

The Chicago NovelGina Frangello (Every Kind of Wanting), Gint Aras (The Fugue), and Shawn Shiflett (Hey, Liberal!)

Creating a CareerJody Lynn Nye, Keith Kappel, and Jay Bonansinga give advice on how to break into the field

2 pm

RHINO Poetry ReadingRHINO Reads! in Chicago #RHINO40Readings40Cities

Chicago HistoryAmanda Seligman (Block by Block), Dominic Pacyga (Slaughterhouse), & Joe Gus-taitis (Chicago Transformed)

Emerging Chicago Mystery WritersCheryl Honigford, Renee James, Kate Hannigan, and Michelle Cox

The One Page TestRichard Thomas and Tina Jens give feedback on the first page of stories

3 pm

Our Voices: Encouraging DiversityAmerican Library Association project for getting diverse voices in publishing

High and Dry: Chicago, from Saloons to SobrietyBill Savage (The Old Time Saloon) and Neil Steinberg (Out of the Wreck I Rise)

Beyond the Lines: Re-Imagining the BookMarnie Galloway, Scott Roberts, and Kelcey Parker Ervick

Breakout TablesTopics: Comics, Novels, Game Writing, TV Writing, Playwriting, SF, Magazine Editing, Horror, and Fantasy

4 pm

Chicago MusicJim DeRogatis, Steve Krakow (Secret History), Sally Timms (The Mekons), and John Dugan (Empty Bottle)

CHIPRC’s Wasted Pages Writing Program Presents Rut Bust A NaNoWriMo creativity workshop for novel writers

Poetry and ProtestAngela Jackson and Eve Ewing discuss the poetry of protest movements

Demand the Impossible! A Radical ManifestoBill Ayers discusses his book with James Thindwa

Program DescriPtions12-12:50pm

A Tribute to Roger Ebert, the Writer (Film Row Cinema)

To mark the 50th anniversary in the fall of 1966 of Roger Ebert’s hiring by the Chicago Sun-Times, we present a celebration of his writing, with Roger’s friends and colleagues discussing his work and reading some of their favorite passages. Featuring Chaz Ebert, Mi-chael Phillips, Laura Emerick, Pamela Sherrod Anderson, Jim DeRogatis, and Rick Kogan. There will be refreshments before the event starting at 11:30am. This program is cospon-sored by RogerEbert.com.

In the Loop (Room 835-836)

This reading of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from students of the Creative Writing Depart-ment includes readings by Meg Caldwell, Josh Corson, Isabelle Davis, Alexis Franklin, Emma LaSaine, Dirk Marple, Beyza Ozer, and Marygrace Schumann.

Justice and Injustice in Chicago (Room 837)

Investigative journalist Alison Flowers (Exoner-ee Diaries) of the Invisible Institute and award-winning reporter Sarah Macaraeg discuss Chicago’s criminal justice system with reporter and author Kari Lydersen (Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel and the Rise of Chicago’s 99%).

1-1:50pmChicago Music (Film Row Cinema)

Jim DeRogatis (co-host of Sound Opinions) moderates a panel about Chicago music, fea-turing Steve Krakow (My Kind of Sound: The Secret History of Chicago Music), Sally Timms (member of The Mekons), and John Dugan (The Empty Bottle Book).

Poetry and Protest (Room 835-836)

The poetry of protest movements, and poetry as protest, is explored by award-winning poet Angela Jackson and educator/poet Eve Ewing.

CHIPRC’s Wasted Pages Writing Program Presents Rut Bust (Room 837)

Break out of that writer’s block and get back on track! Join us for a workshop that will help get you get out of that rut and excited about writing again with exercises, tools, and a friendly creative environment. All skill lev-els are welcome and encouraged, especially anyone working on a National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) project. This workshop

is presented by Chicago Publishers Resource Center, a nonprofit that strives to build commu-nity and foster creativity by providing access to the space, education, and resources neces-sary to create and self-publish literary and visual work.

2-2:50pmDemand the Impossible!: A Radical Manifesto (Film Row Cinema)

Educator and activist Bill Ayers and labor ac-tivist James Thindwa discuss Ayers’ latest book Demand the Impossible!

The Chicago Novel and a Sense of Place (Room 835-836)

Toni Nealie, author (The Miles Between Me) and Newcity literary editor, moderates a discussion about the role of place in the writing of three Chicago authors whose latest books are set here: Gint Aras (The Fugue), Gina Frangello (Every Kind of Wanting), and Shawn Shiflett (Hey Liberal!).

Writing and Translation: The Interrelationship (Room 837)

RoseAnna Mueller, Kolin Jordan, Rey Andújar, and Lucina Schell will explore the interrela-tionship between writers and translators, the art of translation, and its process. They will discuss how to approach a text, “good” vs. “bad” translations, and the experience of be-ing translated.

3-3:50pmRHINO Reads! in Chicago (Film Row)

RHINO Poetry’s effort to host readings in 40 cities to celebrate their 40 years of publica-tion continues in Chicago, with readings by Esteban Colon, Ruth Goring, Todd McCarthy, Marty McConnell, Faisal Mohyuddin, Rachel Slotnick, Arne Weingart, and Bill Yarrow.

New to the Crime Scene: Emerging Chicago Mystery Writers (Room 835-836)

Four local writers of Chicago-based myster-ies talk about their work. Cheryl Honigford is the author of The Darkness Knows, set in late-1930s Chicago; Renee James is the author of A Kind of Justice, a contemporary mystery featuring a transgender protagonist; Kate Hannigan is the author of The Detective’s As-sistant, a middle-grade mystery set in the mid-19th century and based on the life of Kate Warne, the first female detective in the U.S.; and Michelle Cox is the author of A Girl Like

You, set in mid-1930s Chicago. Allium Press publisher Emily Victorson moderates.

Chicago History: Hogs, Block Clubs, and World War One (Room 837)

A look at confrontation, community, and Chi-cago with historians Amanda Seligman (Chi-cago’s Block Clubs: How Neighbors Shape the City), Dominic Pacyga (Slaughterhouse: Chica-go’s Union Stock Yard and the World It Made), and Joe Gustaitis (Chicago Transformed: World War I and the Windy City).

4-4:50pmOur Voices: Encouraging Diversity (Film Row Cinema)

The demand for high quality diverse books is greater than ever. Small presses and indepen-dent publishers have risen to the occasion with an explosion of books by and about diverse people. Join members of the Our Voices advi-sory council from the American Library Asso-ciation, which represent roles from across the spectrum of the publishing industry, to discuss diversity in publishing and the work the Our Voices initiative is doing to promote and sup-port diversity in publishing. Panelists include Curt Matthews, Founder and Board Chair, Chicago Review Press/Independent Publish-er’s Group; Jeff Deutsch, Director of the Semi-nary Co-op Bookstores; Felicia Shakespeare, best-selling author and library media special-ist; Joy Triche, Founder and Publisher of Tiger Stripe Publishing; and Jody Gray, Director of the Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services for the ALA. Donna Seaman, Editor, Adult Books at Booklist, moderates. This panel is cosponsored by the ALA Office of Intellec-tual Freedom and the ALA Office of Diversity.

High and Dry: Chicago, from Saloons to Sobriety (Room 835-836)

Bill Savage will be discussing The Old-Time Saloon: Not Wet – Not Dry, Just History, a book originally written in 1931 by George Ade and annotated in a new edition by Sav-age; Neil Steinberg will be discussing his new book Out of the Wreck I Rise: A Literary Com-panion to Recovery.

Beyond the Lines: Comics, Animation, Collage, and Re-Imagining the Book (Room 837)

Explore the boundaries between books and other artistic disciplines with comics writer and artist Marnie Galloway (In the Sounds and Seas), artist and animator Scott Roberts, and literary collagist Kelcey Parker Ervick (The Bit-ter Life of Božena Němcová).

Myth-Ink is a club of more than 50 Columbia students who write fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. In addition to writing activities and critique circles, we often host speakers who give advice on craft and creating a career. We provide a safe space for writers to share their work. Our motto is: Writers of Magic and Wonder.

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11am – Noon: Meet & GreetAll guests and attendees are invited for free refreshments.

Noon – 1pm: Common Submission ErrorsPanelists: Michael Damian Thomas, Geoff HyattPanelists will talk about the common errors they see in submissions and what makes something immediately get rejected.

1pm – 2pm: Practice Your Novel PitchPanelist: Lisa Rodgers, Alex WeissAttendees will present a short novel pitch in front of the audience and a panel of literary agents. Panelists will give feedback on the pitch.

2pm – 3pm: Creating a CareerPanelists: Jody Lynn Nye, Keith Kappel, Jay BonansingaAdvice on how to break into the field, make a name and brand for yourself, and get steady work as a freelancer.

3pm – 4pm: The One Page TestPanelists: Richard Thomas, Tina JensAttendees read the first page of their short stories in front of the audience and a panel of editors who will give feedback on whether they’d keep reading or put the story in the reject pile and why.

4pm – 5pm: Breakout TablesEach table will be hosted by a professional with a specific focus. Table topics will be: Comics (Onrie Kompan), TV (Michael Niederman), Freelance Game Writing (Keith Kappel), Novels (Jay Bonansinga), Horror (Geoff Hyatt), Science Fiction (Richard Chwedyk), Fantasy (Jody Lynn Nye), Magazine Editing/Publishing (Michael Damian Thomas), Playwriting (John Weagly).

Myth-Ink, the student science fiction, fantasy, and horror writing organization, presents a free one-day professional development seminar and Immersion Event

(23) 7Vientos is a small, inde-pendent press located in Chicago. We focus primarily on books in translation, representing the under-represented since 2010.

(5) 826CHI is a nonprofit tutor-ing and writing center in Wicker Park. We work with around 3,500 students, aged 6-18, each year to improve their expository and cre-ative writing skills. All of our pro-gramming is tuition-free, and we publish our students’ work, both in-house and professionally.

(44) Adam Fotos is a Chicago artist and cartoonist who is the cre-ator of the comic series Dragon and Goat and the graphic novel The Panopticorn. Fotos teaches art and design at Chicago State University and the College of DuPage, where he regularly publishes student an-thologies and zines as Fotopia Press.

(38) Originated by the Ameri-can Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and the Of-fice for Diversity, Literacy and Out-reach Services, ALA’s Our Voices is an initiative to offer a template to interested libraries to promote the growth of diverse, quality content in library collections.

(71) The American Writers Mu-seum will open in downtown Chica-go in spring 2017, and will be the first national museum in the United States dedicated to engaging the public in celebrating American writ-ers and exploring their influence on our history, our identity, our culture, and our daily lives.

(46) Andrea Bell is an illustra-tor and comic artist, and the illustra-tor and designer of the 2016 Chi-cago Book Expo poster.

(70) Allium Press is a small independent press which publishes fiction with a Chicago connection — historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers, literary fiction, and YA fiction. “Res-cuing Chicago from Capone…one book at a time.”

(11) Amika Press believes in developing new authors, and was founded in 2000 to offer authors professional editing and design ser-vices, and publication management.

(73) Ankerwycke, launched in December 2014, is the consumer-oriented imprint of the American Bar Association. In 1215, Magna Carta was sealed underneath the ancient Ankerwycke Yew tree, start-ing the process which led to rule by constitutional law—in effect, giving

rights and the law to the people. To-day, the ABA’s Ankerwycke line of books continues to bring the law to the people. With legal fiction, true crime books, popular legal histo-ries, public policy handbooks, and prescriptive guides to current legal and business issues, Ankerwycke is a contemporary and innovative line of books for everyone from a trusted and vested authority. Follow on Twitter @AnkerwyckeBooks. An-kerwycke is a sponsor of the 2016 Chicago Book Expo.

(48) Brown & Proud Press is a collective of people of color with the intent of sharing personal narra-tives of struggle through the medium of zines as a catalyst for collective healing and social change.

(13) Burial Day Books was founded in 2011 as a boutique pub-lisher of supernatural horror. Horror, the truest, purest form of horror, is the black and beautiful dance between good and evil. We love the unknown. We fear the unknown. We bring you the unknown through our literary hor-ror novels and short fictions.

(58) Canopic Publishing is an independent book publisher dedi-cated to preserving good storytell-ing, whether through poetry, prose, or other forms of artistic expression. We started in 2003 as the book im-print for Canopic Jar, an arts jour-nal founded in 1986. Currently we have 11 books in print with more scheduled for 2017.

(29-31) Chicago Black Authors Network is a collective of published African-American authors who have banded together to form a network to highlight our work.

(72) The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame honors and preserves Chi-cago’s great literary heritage.

(37) Since first opening our doors in 1873, the Chicago Public Library has served all Chicago-ans with free and open places to gather, learn, connect, read and be transformed.

(47) CHIRP Radio is a volunteer-driven, online community radio sta-tion that focuses on music, arts, and culture. CHIRP Radio is a sponsor of the 2016 Chicago Book Expo.

(20) Chicago Publishers Re-source Center (CHIPRC) is a non-profit that strives to build community and foster creativity by providing access to the space, education, and resources necessary to create and self-publish literary and visual work.

(21) The Chicago Review of Books is an independent literary review dedicated to diverse voices, settings, genres, and ideas in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and comics.

(77) Chicago Review Press is an independent publishing com-pany founded in 1973. Over the years CRP has grown into a dy-namic midsize publisher with more than 900 titles in print, publishing around 60 new titles annually under five imprints: Chicago Review Press, Lawrence Hill Books, Ball Publish-ing, Zephyr Press, and Academy Chicago.

(51) Chicago Women in Pub-lishing is an organization dedi-cated to helping our members make industry connections and creating a vibrant and useful community of successful professionals. Whether you’re male or female, a seasoned publishing veteran, aspiring author, or considering a publishing career, CWIP can help you achieve your goals.

(78) Chicago Writers Associa-tion is a voluntary, not-for-profit or-ganization dedicated to promoting the 4 C’s of writing: creativity, com-merce, craft and community. CWA strives to foster a visible, supportive writing community and to assist writ-ers at all levels achieve their writing goals. The Chicago Writers Asso-ciation is a sponsor of the 2016 Chicago Book Expo.

(28) CityFiles Press is a small publishing company that strives to produce meaningful projects that have emotional and artistic impact. We believe in the power of words and pictures.

(14) CivicLab is dedicated to innovation, education and innova-tion for social justice and civic en-gagement.

(1) Columbia Poetry Review: Celebrating its 30th anniversary year, Columbia Poetry Review is published annually by Columbia’s Creative Writing department. It is a student-edited, nationally-distribut-ed literary journal.

(6) Curbside Splendor publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry from extraordinary voices, and seeks work that explores hybrid forms and examines contemporary culture. In August 2016, Curbside opened the Midwest’s first indie-only bookstore, Curbside Books & Records, located in Chicago’s South Loop.

(53) The Editorial Freelancers’

Association is a national network of publishing professionals that began in 1970. The EFA offers numerous resources for the development of its members, and it’s the perfect place for authors to hire the professionals they need for any written work.

(7) Featherproof Books pub-lishes strange & beautiful fiction and nonfiction and post-, trans-, and inter-genre tragicomedy.

(57) First Fruits Press is poetry that will inspire, move you to reflec-tion, and motivate.

(10) Flat Out is an indepen-dent magazine that enacts multiple genres of architectural criticism through 15 recurring, fictitious char-acters authored by a rotating cast of undercover writers and design-ers.

(24) Free Write Arts & Literacy provides one-on-one literacy tutor-ing, creative writing workshops, vi-sual art workshops, music production workshops, publishing and public performance opportunities to youth detained in the Cook County Juve-nile Temporary Detention Center.

(22) Gibson House Press is an independent press based in Chica-go with a focus on literary fiction by writer-musicians and a commitment to making personal connections with readers. We will feature two debut novelists in 2017.

(9) The Green Lantern Press is an artist-run, nonprofit organiza-tion dedicated to the production, integration, and dissemination of contemporary art, literature, and philosophy.

(1) Habitat Magazine publish-es fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that is urgent, teaches us something new, and embraces a boldness through language.

(1) Hair Trigger is a student-edited fiction magazine published by Columbia College Chicago’s Creative Writing department.

(1) Hair Trigger 2.0 is an annu-al online magazine run by Creative Writing students at Columbia. It seeks to broaden the reach of Hair Trigger, creating a space for writers contributing to the literary culture of our times.

(15) Haymarket Books is a radical, non-profit, publisher of books on social justice themes. We connect activists, critical scholars, and general readers with the ideas they need to change the world.

(40) Highlights of Chicago

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Press publishes books about Chi-cago history and culture, children’s literature, and organizes tours of neighborhoods for visitors and school groups.

(50) Illinois Woman’s Press Association (since 1885) is an or-ganization of professionals who im-prove the standards of members in mass communications, promote their interests, and provide for the shar-ing of ideas and information.

(16) Jacobin Magazine is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on pol-itics, economics, and culture through a quarterly print magazine, daily on-line content, and a book series.

(49) The Ladydrawers Com-ics Collective researches, performs, and publishes comics and texts about how economics, race, sexuali-ty, and gender impact the comics in-dustry, other media, and our culture.

(74) Lake Claremont Press/Everything Goes Media: Every-thing Goes Media is home to Lake Claremont Press (Chicago nonfic-tion), A Chicago Joint (distribution for Chicago nonfiction), Everything Goes Media (gift, hobby, business, and lifestyle), S. Woodhouse Books (ideas, history, science, trends, and current events) imprints, and Con-spire Creative publishing services.

(75) Lake Forest College Press publishes in the broad spaces of Chicago studies. Our imprint, &NOW Books, publishes innovative and conceptual literature, serving as the publishing arm of the &NOW writers’ conference.

(17) Liberation Library pro-vides books to youth in prison to encourage imagination, self-deter-mination and connection to the out-side worlds of their choosing. We believe access to books is a right, not a privilege. We believe books and relationships empower young people to change the criminal jus-tice system.

(45) Little Dipper Ink is a one lady press that publishes novels, po-etry, children’s books, literary jour-nals, and more!

(12) Long Day Press is a hand-bound, literary chapbook press.

(25) Lowell Thompson is an artist/writer/recovering adman who uses his experience and skills to save America…from itself. His new “Some Of My Best Friends Are Col-ored” project aims to reform and reunite the human race.

(42) Marnie Galloway is a cartoonist and illustrator working in Chicago. Her Xeric-award winning wordless comic series “In the Sounds and Seas,” which made the Notable

Comics list in Best American Com-ics, was recently collected by One Peace Books.

(65) Misty Publications is an independent publisher of poetry and poetry hybrids.

(68-69) Open Books, the Chi-cago literacy nonprofit and book-store at 651 W. Lake, will be selling a wide variety of used books.

(56) Outrider Press is an inde-pendent small press providing edito-rial, graphic and pre-press support to authors since 1988. In affiliation with TallGrass Writers Guild, Out-rider edits, designs and publishes the acclaimed series of annual an-thologies, now in its 22nd year.

(55) Oyez Review is the liter-ary magazine of the Creative Writ-ing Program at Roosevelt University.

(61) Packingtown Review was founded in as a print literary jour-nal in 2007 at the University of Illi-nois at Chicago, and now is an inde-pendent online publication. We are non-affiliated and promiscuous, and embrace translation, adaptation, outsider art, and experimentation.

(67) Poems While You Wait is a collective of poets and their vintage typewriters who provide their pa-trons with an unexpected and de-contextualized encounter with po-etry. Give us your name, give us the topic that you would like us to write a poem about, give us a $5 do-nation, and give us 15-20 minutes while you wander around. Upon your return you will have a custom-made, one-of-a-kind original poem.

(63) The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience. The Po-etry Foundation is a sponsor of the 2016 Chicago Book Expo.

(64) Poetry magazine was founded in Chicago by Harriet Mon-roe in 1912, and has published a new issue every month for one hun-dred years. Today, Poetry regularly presents new work by the most rec-ognized poets, but its primary com-mitment is still to discover new voices.

(1) Point Blank Poetry Club is a group of student writers aiming to foster creativity and challenge the boundaries of genre and experi-ence through community outreach.

(1) Punctuate is a student-edit-ed nonfiction magazine published by Columbia’s Creative Writing dept.

(43) Radiator Comics distrib-utes hand-made and self-published comic books, zines, and graphic

novels by nearly 50 comics artists from around the United States!

(19) Read/Write Library col-lects and provides access to Chi-cago media in order to promote diverse modes of cultural produc-tion and civic engagement. Through contemporary book clubs, collection of 5,000+ publications, and a digi-tal catalog, we reveal threads con-necting neighborhoods, generations, and cultures.

(32) Red Anemone Books Inc. is a Chicago publisher specializing in quality books that venture outside of the ordinary. If you’re looking for provocative science fiction, quirky contemporary fiction, suspenseful short stories, or unusual mathemat-ics, we have the books for you.

(54) Ricochet Review is a po-etry magazine that strives to pub-lish both established and emerging writers who work in poetry and/or poetry translations. The editorial board is comprised of students and guided by faculty at Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center.

(60) RHINO Poetry is an in-dependent literary organization in its 40th year, primarily devoted to the publication of RHINO, an an-nual high-quality print journal of poetry, flash-fiction and translations reflecting passion, originality, artis-tic conviction, and a love affair with language. RHINO also fosters writ-ers with RHINO Reads! & our Poetry Forum workshops.

(66) Rose Metal Press is an in-dependent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit pub-lisher dedicated to producing three beautiful books a year in hybrid genres: prose poetry, flash fiction, and image-and-text collaborations.

(41) Scott Roberts is a cartoon-ist who creates and prints experi-mental art comics. He also makes animated films, and founded the De-Paul Animation program in Chicago.

(8) Soberscove Press seeks to make available art-related materi-als that fill a gap in the literature or are difficult to access. We also work with artists on the production of books that resonate with our growing list.

(34-35) Society of Midland Authors (SMA), an 100-year-old organization of authors from 12 Midwest states, is dedicated to honoring creative literary efforts through ongoing public programs, annual book awards, a speakers bureau, and newsletter. Author sign-ings: 12-2pm: Emily Calvo, Amelia Cotter, George Levy, Stan “Tex” Banash; 2-4pm: Carol Saller, Rosina Neginsky, Bill Yarrow, Fern Schemer Chapman; 4-5pm: Whitney Scott,

Genevieve Davis, Diane Piron-Gel-man, Jack Clark.

(36) The Soon to be Famous™ Illinois Author Project, now in its fourth year, recognizes outstanding self-published adult fiction by Illinois authors. Conceived and conducted by Illinois library marketing profes-sionals, this unique project harnesses the power and credibility of librar-ies to affect books and reading.

(18) The South Side Weekly is a nonprofit newsmagazine that cov-ers arts, culture, and politics on the South Side of Chicago. The South Side Weekly is a sponsor of the 2016 Chicago Book Expo.

(59) Sundress Publications is a (mostly) woman-run, woman-friendly non-profit publication group found-ed in 2000 that hosts a variety of online journals and publishes chap-books and collections, both print and digital. We also publish the annual Best of the Net Anthology, celebrat-ing the best work published online, and The Wardrobe, with work from women writers in all genres.

(62) Swan Isle Press is an in-dependent, not-for-profit, literary and academic publisher dedicated to world literature in translation—fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—ad-vancing the knowledge and appre-ciation of literature, art, and culture.

(33) Tamale Hut Cafe Writers Group meets the second Saturday of each month at the Tamale Hut Café in North Riverside for an af-ternoon of conversation, camarade-rie, and critique. We are affiliated with the long-running Tamale Hut Café Reading Series.

(39) Tiger Stripe Publishing is a Chicago-based independent pub-lisher of children’s books that cel-ebrate diversity. Our books either featuring diverse main characters or have been created by diverse author and illustrator team. Check out our “Q Saves the Sun” and “How I Became We” titles.

(76) Tortoise Books: Slow and steady wins in the end. In an indus-try dominated by fast-sellers and flash-in-the-pan subgenres, Tor-toise Books is carving out a niche as a patient and meticulous imprint, blending the best of traditional and new publishing models to put out works that will stand the test of time.

(26-27) Windy City Historians has a mission to provide an open and friendly environment that en-courages the sharing of resources, and knowledge among historians, researchers, communications profes-sionals, educators, and artists to aid in the development of works related to Chicago history.

Chicago Book Expo Exhibitors1-4 Columbia Department of Creative Writing: Columbia Poetry Review, Hair Trigger, Punctuate5 826 Chicago 6 Curbside Splendor7 Featherproof Books8 Soberscove Press9 Green Lantern Press10 Flat Out11 Amika Press12 Long Day Press13 Burial Day Press14 CivicLab15 Haymarket Books16 Jacobin Magazine17 Liberation Library18 South Side Weekly19 Read/Write Library20 Chicago Publishers Resource Center21 Chicago Review of Books22 Gibson House Press23 7Vientos24 Free Write Arts and Literacy25 Lowell Thompson26-27 Windy City Historians 28 CityFiles Press29-31 Chicago Black Authors Network32 Red Anemone Books 33 Tamale Hut Cafe Writers Group34-35 Society of Midland Authors36 Soon To Be Famous Illinois Author Project37 Chicago Public Library38 ALA Our Voices39 Tiger Stripe Publishing40 Highlights of Chicago Press41 Scott Roberts42 Marnie Galloway43 Radiator Comics44 Adam Fotos45 Little Dipper Ink46 Andrea Bell47 CHIRP Radio 48 Brown and Proud Press49 Ladydrawers Comic Collective50 Illinois Woman’s Press Association51 Chicago Women in Publishing52 Midwest Writers Association53 Editorial Freelancers Association54 Ricochet Review55 Oyez Review56 Outrider Press57 First Fruits58 Canopic Publishing59 Sundress Publications60 RHINO Poetry61 Packingtown Review62 Swan Isle Press63 Poetry Foundation64 Poetry Magazine65 Misty Publications66 Rose Metal Press67 Poems While You Wait68-69 Open Books used book sale70 Allium Press71 American Writers Museum72 Chicago Literary Hall of Fame/ Chicago Book Expo73 Ankerwycke Press74 Lake Claremont Press75 Lake Forest College Press76 Tortoise Books77 Chicago Review Press78 Chicago Writers Association

After-Words Bookstore (after-wordschicago.com) is one of the few independent bookstores in downtown Chi-cago, at 23 E. Illinois. Visit the After-Words display on the 8th floor to purchase books signed by most authors speak-ing at the Chicago Book Expo.

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Chicago Book Expo co-organizers Lynn Haller and John K. Wilson would like to thank Cora Jacobs, Rob Funderburk, Tony Trigilio, Tina Jens, Richard Chwedyk, and all the Myth-Ink students at Columbia College; our lead sponsors the Poetry Foundation and Anker-wycke Books; additional sponsors Chicago Writers Association, South Side Weekly, CHIRP Radio, Chi-cago Book Review, and Newcity; Chaz Ebert, Beverly Dvorkin, Emily Victorson, Joy Triche, Jacob Saenz & RHINO Poetry, Andrea Bell, Linda Gaddis; our day of event volunteers; and all of our speak-ers, exhibitors, and attendees.

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