Friday 11/6: 2015 Iowa Short Fiction Award Winners Edward Hamlin (Night in Erg Chebbi and Other Stories) and Charles Haverty (Excommunicados) read selections from their respective works. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m.
Women & Children First celebrates the launch of Thicker Than Blood by Jan English Leary, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 11/7: Join Rosie Forrest, Dave Landsberger, and Nick Ward for a reading at City Lit Books, 5 p.m.
Patrick Tomlinson presents his debut science fiction novel, The Ark, at The Book Cellar. 7 p.m.
Sunday 11/8: Larry O. Dean, Laura Goldstein, and Tim Murray perform mini-sets in the round for Excited Utterance. Uncharted Books, 5:30 p.m.
Monday 11/9: Peter Golden reads from his new book, Wherever There Is Light. The Sanctuary, 7 p.m.
Tuesday 11/10: Lisa Randall talks Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe at Harold Washington Library’s Cindy Pritzker Auditorium. 6 p.m.
Dress up for drinks—20% off beverages if you wear ‘50s fashion to see Renee Rosen at The Book Cellar. She introduces White Collar Girl at 6 p.m.
Patricia Smith and Reginald Dwayne Betts take their Poetry off the Shelf. Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m.
Wednesday 11/11: The Book Cellar chats with Gioia Diliberto about Diane Von Furstenberg: A Life Unwrapped. 20% off drinks if you dress in your best ‘70s outfit, 7 p.m.
An Adventure Was Home: Gertrude Stein in Chicago. Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m.
Women & Children First hosts a paperback release party for Jonathan Eig’s The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution. 7:30 p.m.
Thursday 11/12: Journey with Luc Sante to The Other Paris. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Sonali Dev, Amy Jo Cousins, and Christa Desir discuss the necessity of breaking taboos in contemporary fiction. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.