Amy Danzer
@amydanzer.bsky.social
Director of Programming, Printers Row Lit Fest
Board President, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
Editorial Project Manager, Newcity
Board President, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
Editorial Project Manager, Newcity
Thursdat night — see you there!
Details: www.exhibitb312.com/event-detail...
Details: www.exhibitb312.com/event-detail...
December 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Thursdat night — see you there!
Details: www.exhibitb312.com/event-detail...
Details: www.exhibitb312.com/event-detail...
View of full moon and Sears/Willis Tower 12.4.25
December 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
View of full moon and Sears/Willis Tower 12.4.25
Saturday afternoon’s music-filled celebration of the new book THE PLAN OF CHICAGO: A CITY IN STORIES by Nelson Algren Award-winner Barry Pearce, published by Cornerstone Press. Huge congrats, Barry! So excited to dig in!
Book details: www.publishersweekly.com/9781968148119
Book details: www.publishersweekly.com/9781968148119
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Saturday afternoon’s music-filled celebration of the new book THE PLAN OF CHICAGO: A CITY IN STORIES by Nelson Algren Award-winner Barry Pearce, published by Cornerstone Press. Huge congrats, Barry! So excited to dig in!
Book details: www.publishersweekly.com/9781968148119
Book details: www.publishersweekly.com/9781968148119
Every year, CSPAN’s Book TV records a number of programs at Printers Row Lit Fest. You can now view this year’s recorded programs here, along with recorded programs from previous years: www.c-span.org/search/?sear...
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Every year, CSPAN’s Book TV records a number of programs at Printers Row Lit Fest. You can now view this year’s recorded programs here, along with recorded programs from previous years: www.c-span.org/search/?sear...
Next Tue. (11/11), in celebration of Mark Turcotte's appointment as the Illinois Poet Laureate (!!!), DePaul University's English Department is hosting a special reading. Free and open to the public. Stop through!
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Next Tue. (11/11), in celebration of Mark Turcotte's appointment as the Illinois Poet Laureate (!!!), DePaul University's English Department is hosting a special reading. Free and open to the public. Stop through!
Sunset in Albany Park, Chicago - 10.27.25
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Sunset in Albany Park, Chicago - 10.27.25
SAT., 10/18 is the 11th annual ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE, a rare and wonderful opportunity for kindred spirits to bring creative energy to downtown Chicago and participate in playful solidarity.
For details and to sign up: tinyurl.com/4e8bpzks
For details and to sign up: tinyurl.com/4e8bpzks
October 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
SAT., 10/18 is the 11th annual ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE, a rare and wonderful opportunity for kindred spirits to bring creative energy to downtown Chicago and participate in playful solidarity.
For details and to sign up: tinyurl.com/4e8bpzks
For details and to sign up: tinyurl.com/4e8bpzks
Sunset/moonrise w/Ana
Chicago, IL
10.7.25
Chicago, IL
10.7.25
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Sunset/moonrise w/Ana
Chicago, IL
10.7.25
Chicago, IL
10.7.25
It's Banned Books Week (10/5-11, 2025)
Join the fight against censorship by celebrating the right to read.
For information about Chicago area events this week, visit: www.facebook.com/events/17104...
Join the fight against censorship by celebrating the right to read.
For information about Chicago area events this week, visit: www.facebook.com/events/17104...
October 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
It's Banned Books Week (10/5-11, 2025)
Join the fight against censorship by celebrating the right to read.
For information about Chicago area events this week, visit: www.facebook.com/events/17104...
Join the fight against censorship by celebrating the right to read.
For information about Chicago area events this week, visit: www.facebook.com/events/17104...
10/20 at the Black Ensemble Theater, the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will present Jackie Taylor - author of more than 100 plays and musical bios, thousands of poems, a screenplay, and two books - with this year’s Fuller Award for her lifetime achievements.
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-fulle...
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-fulle...
September 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
10/20 at the Black Ensemble Theater, the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will present Jackie Taylor - author of more than 100 plays and musical bios, thousands of poems, a screenplay, and two books - with this year’s Fuller Award for her lifetime achievements.
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-fulle...
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-fulle...
Flashback Friday to that gorgeous weekend earlier in the month when several city streets in Chicago's Printers Row neighborhood were transformed into a booklover's paradise.
Photo credit: @donseeley.bsky.social
Photo credit: @donseeley.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Flashback Friday to that gorgeous weekend earlier in the month when several city streets in Chicago's Printers Row neighborhood were transformed into a booklover's paradise.
Photo credit: @donseeley.bsky.social
Photo credit: @donseeley.bsky.social
Thur., 10/2 at 18th Street Casa de Cultura, the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame presents Nuestros Corazones Literarios (Our Literary Hearts).
Free and open to the public.
For details and to RSVP: tinyurl.com/mu388d9v
Free and open to the public.
For details and to RSVP: tinyurl.com/mu388d9v
September 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thur., 10/2 at 18th Street Casa de Cultura, the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame presents Nuestros Corazones Literarios (Our Literary Hearts).
Free and open to the public.
For details and to RSVP: tinyurl.com/mu388d9v
Free and open to the public.
For details and to RSVP: tinyurl.com/mu388d9v
View from 18th Street
(Chicago)
(Chicago)
September 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
View from 18th Street
(Chicago)
(Chicago)
This year's Harold Washington Literary Award-winner Sandra Cisneros with Booklist’s Editor in Chief Donna Seaman ❤️🎉
September 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This year's Harold Washington Literary Award-winner Sandra Cisneros with Booklist’s Editor in Chief Donna Seaman ❤️🎉
Mayor Brandon Johnson just proclaimed today SANDRA CISNEROS DAY and September LITERARY MONTH IN CHICAGO. 🎉❤️🙌📚
A couple ways to celebrate:
Tonight: The Harold Washington Literary Award dinner, where Sandra will be honored (ticketed event)
Saturday: Printers Row Lit Fest - FREE & Open to the public
A couple ways to celebrate:
Tonight: The Harold Washington Literary Award dinner, where Sandra will be honored (ticketed event)
Saturday: Printers Row Lit Fest - FREE & Open to the public
September 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Mayor Brandon Johnson just proclaimed today SANDRA CISNEROS DAY and September LITERARY MONTH IN CHICAGO. 🎉❤️🙌📚
A couple ways to celebrate:
Tonight: The Harold Washington Literary Award dinner, where Sandra will be honored (ticketed event)
Saturday: Printers Row Lit Fest - FREE & Open to the public
A couple ways to celebrate:
Tonight: The Harold Washington Literary Award dinner, where Sandra will be honored (ticketed event)
Saturday: Printers Row Lit Fest - FREE & Open to the public
It's the 40th anniversary of Printers Row Lit Fest and Newcity published a gorgeous "oral history" - a collective mosaic of stories about Lit Fest. Read here: lit.newcity.com/2025/09/01/a...
And join us this weekend: 10am-6pm on Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7
And join us this weekend: 10am-6pm on Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7
September 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It's the 40th anniversary of Printers Row Lit Fest and Newcity published a gorgeous "oral history" - a collective mosaic of stories about Lit Fest. Read here: lit.newcity.com/2025/09/01/a...
And join us this weekend: 10am-6pm on Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7
And join us this weekend: 10am-6pm on Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7
Will be talkin' Printers Row Lit Fest w/Rick Kogan on After Hours with Rick Kogan tonight (Sun., 8/31) around 6:30pm. Tune in! wgnradio.com/on-air/
#2025printersrowlitfest
#2025printersrowlitfest
August 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Will be talkin' Printers Row Lit Fest w/Rick Kogan on After Hours with Rick Kogan tonight (Sun., 8/31) around 6:30pm. Tune in! wgnradio.com/on-air/
#2025printersrowlitfest
#2025printersrowlitfest
The ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE’s poets and writers guild is calling all poets, writers, and bibliophiles at large to get involved in this year’s parade – whether it's sharing ideas, helping us get organized, participating in the parade, or promoting it. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The ARTS IN THE DARK PARADE’s poets and writers guild is calling all poets, writers, and bibliophiles at large to get involved in this year’s parade – whether it's sharing ideas, helping us get organized, participating in the parade, or promoting it. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We’re thrilled to have a powerful lineup for the 40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest. We have 7 Pulitzer Prize-winners in the mix! For details: printersrowlitfest.org
Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7
10am-6pm
Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7
10am-6pm
August 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We’re thrilled to have a powerful lineup for the 40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest. We have 7 Pulitzer Prize-winners in the mix! For details: printersrowlitfest.org
Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7
10am-6pm
Sat., 9/6 & Sun., 9/7
10am-6pm
I’m helping to organize a poets and writers guild for the Arts in the Dark Parade, slated for Saturday, October 18. If you have ideas for the parade, would like to help participate, promote, or support in some other way, we would love to hear from you (by 8/29)! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’m helping to organize a poets and writers guild for the Arts in the Dark Parade, slated for Saturday, October 18. If you have ideas for the parade, would like to help participate, promote, or support in some other way, we would love to hear from you (by 8/29)! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Last call for 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest volunteers!
We are looking for:
- Author Escorts
- Stage Managers
- Program and Venue Support
- Greeters and individuals to help out in the Info Booth
For details and to apply: form.jotform.com/241338550893...
We are looking for:
- Author Escorts
- Stage Managers
- Program and Venue Support
- Greeters and individuals to help out in the Info Booth
For details and to apply: form.jotform.com/241338550893...
August 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Last call for 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest volunteers!
We are looking for:
- Author Escorts
- Stage Managers
- Program and Venue Support
- Greeters and individuals to help out in the Info Booth
For details and to apply: form.jotform.com/241338550893...
We are looking for:
- Author Escorts
- Stage Managers
- Program and Venue Support
- Greeters and individuals to help out in the Info Booth
For details and to apply: form.jotform.com/241338550893...
Just ONE MONTH AWAY! Join us in Historic Printers Row for Chicago's 40th annual Printers Row Lit Fest: printersrowlitfest.org
August 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Just ONE MONTH AWAY! Join us in Historic Printers Row for Chicago's 40th annual Printers Row Lit Fest: printersrowlitfest.org
Chicago's 40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest: Sept. 6 & 7
70+ programs on 6 stages ft. 200+ authors and presenters
150+ booksellers/exhibitors
Join us for the largest literary event in the Midwest and one of the longest running literary festivals in the country!
printersrowlitfest.org
70+ programs on 6 stages ft. 200+ authors and presenters
150+ booksellers/exhibitors
Join us for the largest literary event in the Midwest and one of the longest running literary festivals in the country!
printersrowlitfest.org
July 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Chicago's 40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest: Sept. 6 & 7
70+ programs on 6 stages ft. 200+ authors and presenters
150+ booksellers/exhibitors
Join us for the largest literary event in the Midwest and one of the longest running literary festivals in the country!
printersrowlitfest.org
70+ programs on 6 stages ft. 200+ authors and presenters
150+ booksellers/exhibitors
Join us for the largest literary event in the Midwest and one of the longest running literary festivals in the country!
printersrowlitfest.org
My guy Billy Lombardo is presenting a writing workshop on Scene and Summary as part of The NU Summer Writers' Conference: Sat., 8/2 at 1pm
Registration info here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...
Full schedule here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...
Registration info here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...
Full schedule here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...
July 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My guy Billy Lombardo is presenting a writing workshop on Scene and Summary as part of The NU Summer Writers' Conference: Sat., 8/2 at 1pm
Registration info here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...
Full schedule here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...
Registration info here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...
Full schedule here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...