Friday 7/24: Browse or buy at the Newberry Library Book Fair from 12 p.m.–8 p.m., or from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Leslie Parry and Christine Sneed have a conversation about their most recently published books, Church of Marvels and Paris, He Said. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday 7/25: Shop ‘til you drop—Women & Children First hosts their annual used book sidewalk sale, which benefits the Women’s Voices Fund. 10 a.m.–6 p.m., or 11 a.m.–5 p.m. on Sunday.
Join James Shea, Carrie Olivia Adams, and Nathan Hoks for Poetry Night at City Lit Books. 5 p.m.
Sunday 7/26: Sunday Salon features Kathleen Rooney, James Shea, David Berner, Scott Miles, and Eileen Favorite at Riverview Tavern, 7 p.m.
Wednesday 7/29: Jamila Woods performs at the Art Institute’s Gallery 100 for Pop-up Poetry, a series inspired by Whistler and Roussel: Linked Visions. 12 p.m.
Thursday 7/30: Ella Leya discusses The Orphan Sky at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
David Ferrell reads from his first novel, If Only Again, at Uncharted Books, 7:30 p.m.