Friday 5/8: Zine writers, indie publishers, and comic artists gather for the sixth annual Chicago Zine Fest. Access Living, 5 p.m.
Sandy Tolan talks Children of the Stone with Philip Bohlman at Seminary Co-op, 6 p.m.
Learn How to Travel the World on $50 a Day with Matt Kepner. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m.
Have a laugh with The Kates! The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Or join the Loose Chicks for BYOB “spoken word goodness” at Uncharted Books, 7 p.m.
If you’re in The Rumpus Book Club, you’ve already read Mr. and Mrs. Doctor. If you have yet to join, you can still celebrate the book’s release with author Julie Iromuanya at Women & Children First (then sign up for The Rumpus Book Club). 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 5/9: The Chicago Zine Fest continues at Plumber’s Union Hall at 11 a.m., then concludes with the Dance ‘N’ Draw After Party at the International School of Comics at 9 p.m.
The 1st Annual Chicago Young Adult Book Festival starts at 10 a.m. at Conrad Sulzer Regional Library and concludes at 7:30 p.m. at The Book Cellar.
The Iraqi Mutual Aid Society collaborates with the Poetry Foundation to present Poetry off the Shelf: Middle East Poetry Festival. Poetry Foundation, 2 p.m. (reception to follow).
Author Stuart Rojstaczer discusses The Mathematician’s Shiva with Roosevelt University professor Paul Green at Seminary Co-op, 3 p.m.
Sunday 5/10: Experience a reading series “in the round” at Uncharted Books—Excited Utterance, 5:30 p.m.
Monday 5/11: Alice Dreger discusses Galileo’s Middle Finger with Kristi Kirschner at Seminary Co-op, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 5/12: Pushcart Prize winner and Whiting Writers Award recipient A. Van Jordan reads at Poetry off the Shelf. Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m.
The Association of Latinos/Latinas Motivating Action (ALMA) is a non-profit organization that fights for the rights of Latino LGBTQ community. Join them to discuss community advocacy and organization at On the Table. Uncharted Books, 7 p.m.
Wednesday 5/13: Shadows the Size of Cities author Greg Beaubien chats with When Bad Things Happen to Rich People author Ian Morris at City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday 5/14: Li-Young Lee, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Eugenia Leigh, and Helene Achanzar read at the Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m.
Local poets Emily Calvo and Andy Karol read and discuss their work at Women & Children First. 7:30 p.m.