Schedule
All programs are entirely free to attend and no prior registration is required.
SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE AT ALL PROGRAMS.
All times listed are Central Time. No programs will be livestreamed. Join us in person!
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American Writers Festival Programs
Main Stage – Pritzker Auditorium
Level Up: Writing & Gaming
1:00 pm
Keith Ammann, Derek Tyler Attico, Keisha Howard, Samantha Ortiz, and Carly A. Kocurek
Writing Politics Today
2:00 pm
Mark Bowden, Matthew Teague, and Natalie Y. Moore
Writing the Story of Jazz
3:00 pm
Larry Tye and Gregory Royal Pratt, with live jazz from the Richard D. Johnson Trio
Writing Literary Fiction
4:00 pm
Renée Watson and Jabari Asim
History & Bio Stage – South Hall
Writing the Dark Testament: Black History
1:30 pm
Charisse Burden-Stelly, Andrew W. Kahrl, and Arionne Nettles
Writing Latino History
2:30 pm
Marie Arana and Juan Martinez
Writing Family History
3:30 pm
Paul Hendrickson and Elizabeth Taylor
Writing Labor History
4:15 pm
Steve Watkins and Rosemary Feurer
Fiction/Genre Stage – Reception Hall
Making up True Stories: Novels and Books About Real People
1:15 pm
Amanda Flower, Sarah James, Brianna Labuskes, Brianna Madia, and Dipika Mukherjee
Writing Other Worlds
2:00 pm
Darcie Little Badger, Suzanne Walker, and Michi Trota
New Fiction
2:45 pm
Donna Hemans, Jessica Shattuck, Yukiko Tominaga, and Michael Zapata
Writing Memoir
3:30 pm
Nicole Chung, Lydia Millet, and Donna Seaman
Writing True Crime
4:15 pm
Shawn Cohen, Philip Eil, and Evan F. Moore
Partner Stage – Third Floor
Children's and Young Adult Literature
All of these programs, storytimes, book sales, and book signings take place in the Children’s Library. Fun for the whole family!
Winter Garden Activities
SIGNING SCHEDULE
These book signings take place in the Winter Garden, 9th Floor.
12:30 pm
Shawn Cohen
Philip Eil
Steve Watkins
1:00 pm
Marie Arana
Jabari Asim
Jamie Loftus
Rose Miron
Renée Watson
1:30 pm
Xio Axelrod
Mary V. Dearborn
George Getschow
Harold Holzer
Swan Huntley
Claire Legrand
Monika Zgustova
2:00 pm
Keith Ammann
Derek Tyler Attico
Amanda Flower
Sarah James
Carly A. Kocurek
Branna Labuskes
Brianna Madia
Sara Paretsky
2:30 pm
Charisse Burden-Stelly
Heather Hendershot
Andrew W. Kahrl
Dipika Mukherjee
Arionne Nettles
3:00 pm
Mark Bowden
CM Burroughs
Darcie Little Badger
Natalie Y. Moore
Matthew Teague
Suzanne Walker
3:30 pm
Donna Hemans
Jessica Shattuck
Yukiko Tominaga
Michael Zapata
4:00 pm
Diana Khoi Nguyen
Cindy Juyoung Ok
Gregory Royal Pratt
Larry Tye
4:30 pm
Nicole Chung
Paul Hendrickson
Lydia Millet
All of the writing workshops, partner tables, special activities, and book sales and signings (for non-Children’s Lit) take place in the Winter Garden, ninth floor. Guests include StoryStudio Chicago, ACLU Illinois, Chicago Books to Women in Prison, Silent Book Club, and more.