Printers Row Lit Fest

Printers Row Lit Fest is an annual book fair and literary festival held in Chicago, Illinois. The fair's literary "tableau . . . fills a downtown district where linotype machines and printing presses once whirred."[1] It is held in early summer in June.[1]

Founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board and originally called the Printers Row Book Fair, it was initially intended to attract visitors to the Printers Row neighborhood on Chicago's near South Side, which had previously been a major publishing hub.[2] The Chicago Tribune acquired the festival from the Near South Planning Board in 2002. It is now known as the Printers Row Lit Fest.[2]

Festivals are located on Dearborn between Congress and Polk and along Polk between Plymouth Court and Clark.[3] In the early 21st century, attendance was around 80,000 to 90,000 attendees. According to Publishers Weekly, it was by then the Midwest's largest book fair.[4] In the 2010's, attendance reached 150,000. Included in the festival are hundreds of book vendors, multiple talks with authors, readings, and other programs.[5] C-SPAN Television has broadcast from the festival.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Clark, Bernadine (1991). Fanfare for Words: Bookfairs and Book Festivals in North America. Washington, DC: Library of Congress: Center for the Book. pp. 26, 31. ISBN 0844407119.
  2. 1 2 Chicago Tribune (13 February 2014). "Printers Row Lit Fest - Chicago Tribune". chicagotribune.com.
  3. ↑ "Printers Row Book Fair". Chicago Reader.
  4. ↑ "Emily Cook Walks the Talk". PublishersWeekly.com.
  5. ↑ Chicago Tribune Staff. Weekends in Chicago. Chicago: Agate Publishing. p. 51.
  6. ↑ "Printers Row Lit Fest". c-span.org. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Tribune, Chicago. "Theater events at the Printer's Row Lit Fest".

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