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Printers Row Lit Fest is an annual book fair and literary festival held in Chicago, Illinois in September. The fair's literary "tableau . . . fills a downtown district where linotype machines and printing presses once whirred." [1] The neighborhood was an early book making hub. [2]
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Printers Row, [1] also known as Printing House Row, is a neighborhood located in the south of the Chicago downtown area known as the Loop. The heart of Printers Row is generally defined by Ida B. Wells Drive on the north, Polk Street on the south, Plymouth Court on the east, and the Chicago River on the west. [ 2 ]
The festival is celebrating its 75th year, with more than 400 events taking place across the town. Literature festival announces celebrity guests Skip to main content
Out of the committee was born Staunton's first citywide literary event, the Queen City Word Fest, a celebration of words and literature. The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to ...
Wells Street Art Festival, Old Town, June [5] ... Midwest Buddhist Temple Ginza Holiday Festival; Printers Row Lit Fest, June [11] Venetian Night, August [12]
A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers' festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city. A literary festival usually features a variety of presentations and readings by authors, as well as other events, delivered over a period of several days, with the primary objectives of promoting the authors' books and ...
Chicago's early twentieth-century writers and publishers were seen as producing innovative work that broke with the literary traditions of Europe and the Eastern United States. In 1920, the critic H. L. Mencken wrote in a London magazine, The Nation, that Chicago was the "Literary Capital of the United States."