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Ragdale Ring 2020 Performance: Michael Zapata and The Herbsaint Band
Ragdale Foundation 1230 North Green Bay Road, Lake Forest, IL, United StatesJoin Ragdale Ring for a special evening of New Orleans flavor, featuring author Michael Zapata in conversation with Rebecca Makkai, and The Herbsaint Band. This event is outdoors, with limited seating capacity to comply with Illinois COVID safety guidelines About this Event Seating for this outdoor event is limited to comply with Illinois COVID safety […]
Virtual Book Launch Party: THE TALENTED MISS FARWELL by Emily Gray Tedrowe (Presented by Women & Children First)
Women & Children First 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILJoin Women & Children First for the virtual launch party for The Talented Miss Farwell by Emily Gray Tedrowe. For this event, Emily will be in conversation with Rebecca Makkai. This event will be streamed on Women & Children First's Crowdcast channel.
Cocktails & Conversation: Kimberly King Parsons, Megha Majumdar & Julia Phillips with Rebecca Makkai
Exile in Bookville 410 S. Michigan Avenue (2nd Floor), Chicago, IL, United StatesWhat better time to host and celebrate four extremely talented National Book Award for fiction long and short listers? We believe two days after the winners of the 2020 National Book Awards winners have been announced, that’s when. Please join us on November 20th at 7pm central as Exile in Bookville welcomes Kimberly King Parsons (Black […]
PEN Out Loud: Brandon Hobson with Rebecca Makkai
Flash sale until January 27! Use the code WINTERPOL for 50 percent off General Admission tickets. The first 350 Admission With Book tickets will include a bookplate. National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson joins PEN Out Loud to celebrate his latest novel, The Removed. Weaving together multiple first-person narrators and Cherokee folklore, the novel tells the story of […]
Virtual Book Launch: THE UPSTAIRS HOUSE by Julia Fine In Conversation With Rebecca Makkai
Women & Children First 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, ILJoin us on Women & Children First's Crowdcast Channel for the virtual launch celebration for The Upstairs House by Julia Fine! For this event, Fine will be in conversation with Rebecca Makkai. REGISTER HERE Ravaged and sore from giving birth to her first child, Megan is mostly raising her newborn alone while her husband travels […]
Magic City Books Presents: Virtual Event – Kevin Brockmeier In Conversation with Rebecca Makkai
Magic City Books 221 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK, United StatesMagic City Books is proud to welcome Kevin Brockmeier for a virtual author event in celebration of his new collection of stories, The Ghost Variations. The author of the acclaimed novel The Brief History of the Dead now gives us one hundred funny, poignant, scary, and thought-provoking ghost stories that explore all aspects of the afterlife. […]
Ellen Stone Belic Presents: In Her Infinite Wisdom Joyce Carol Oates: The (Other) You In Conversation With Rebecca Makkai
Part of the 2021 Chicago Humanities Festival In her latest short story collection The (Other) You Joyce Carol Oates ponders who her characters might have become if they’d chosen different paths. Through the imaginations of her contemplative protagonists, Oates—author of contemporary classic novels like We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde—deftly detangles the complex circumstances that […]
Chicago Literary Alliance Presents: One For The Books
Throughout the first two weeks of April, enjoy a variety of virtual events presented by The Chicago Literary Alliance that celebrate the many ways we use the tools of literacy. Take part in an online silent auction featuring unique and rare books, as well as items for your home. One For The Books is a […]
Loyola University Chicago 2021 Humanities Forum: Reflections on the Early days of the AIDS Pandemic
Join our distinguished panel as they reflect on the early days of another pandemic that left lasting impacts on society: the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s. Our panelists will reflect on their experiences as caregivers, activists/ advocates, and authors when this disease first appeared as a medical mystery and discuss how its course sparked social, […]
Kate Reed Petty in conversation with Rebecca Makkai Virtual Event | True Story
Ticketing This free event will be streamed live on the Novel Neighbor’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Registration is optional, but recommended. Signed bookplates are available with purchases made through the Novel Neighbor. You may buy a copy as an add-on with your free event registration. Please note that we are not able to process international […]
