The Lit Show: Chapter 2
The Lit Show: Chapter 2
Friday, August 2nd, 2019 from 7:00 PM - Midnight
Two-Brothers Roundhouse - 205 N Broadway,
Aurora, IL 60505
After the success of GLIBA's first Lit Show we are doing it again! In partnership with ArtBar on Friday August 2nd, 2019 GLIBA will host an evening of authors, booksellers, publishers, artists and literary themed art at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora, IL.
The GLIBA is excited to partner again with ArtBar for a very special and unique event for GLIBA members to kick off the new season of ArtBar. ArtBar is an art collective based out of Aurora, IL that curates and exhibits a monthly themed pop-up art show. On Friday, August 2nd GLIBA is co-hosting a literary themed art show entitled "The Lit Show: Chapter 2". The event will be held at Two-Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora. If you are coming from Chicago the last stop on the BNSF train line drops you off at the door to the venue - which is awesome!
We have two events taking place that evening. A literary themed art exhibition will be showing the entire night and from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM live author readings will be taking place. The event is free to attend and open to all GLIBA members. No RSVP required.
Friday, August 2nd, 2019 from 7:00 PM - Midnight
Two-Brothers Roundhouse - 205 N Broadway,
Aurora, IL 60505
After the success of GLIBA's first Lit Show we are doing it again! In partnership with ArtBar on Friday August 2nd, 2019 GLIBA will host an evening of authors, booksellers, publishers, artists and literary themed art at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora, IL.
The GLIBA is excited to partner again with ArtBar for a very special and unique event for GLIBA members to kick off the new season of ArtBar. ArtBar is an art collective based out of Aurora, IL that curates and exhibits a monthly themed pop-up art show. On Friday, August 2nd GLIBA is co-hosting a literary themed art show entitled "The Lit Show: Chapter 2". The event will be held at Two-Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora. If you are coming from Chicago the last stop on the BNSF train line drops you off at the door to the venue - which is awesome!
We have two events taking place that evening. A literary themed art exhibition will be showing the entire night and from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM live author readings will be taking place. The event is free to attend and open to all GLIBA members. No RSVP required.
Featured Authors
Carol Anshaw is the author of Carry the One, Aquamarine, Seven Moves, and Lucky in the Corner. She has received the Ferro-Grumley Award, the Carl Sandburg Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. She lives in Chicago and Amsterdam.
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Joelle has performed in opera and musical theater productions across Chicagoland. She now teaches private voice lessons and is the author of the New York Times best selling The Testing trilogy (The Testing, Independent Study, and Graduation Day) as well as two mystery series: The Rebecca Robbins mysteries and the Glee Club mysteries. Her YA books have appeared on the Indie Next List, on the YALSA Top 10 books for 2014 as well as the YALSA Quick Picks for reluctant readers.
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Mikki Kendall
Hood Feminism Viking Mikki Kendall is a writer, speaker, and blogger whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, TIME, Salon, Ebony, Essence, and elsewhere. An accomplished public speaker, she has discussed race, feminism, violence in Chicago, tech, pop culture, and social media on NPR's Tell Me More, Al Jazeera's The Listening Post, BBC Women's Hour, Huffington Post Live, as well as at universities across the country. A veteran, she lives in Chicago with her family.
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Renée Rosen is the bestselling author of historical fiction. Her novels include PARK AVENUE SUMMER, WINDY CITY BLUES, WHITE COLLAR GIRL, WHAT THE LADY WANTS and DOLLFACE. She is also the author of EVERY CROOKED POT, a YA novel published in 2007.She lives in Chicago and is currently working on a new novel, THE SOCIAL GRACES about Mrs. Astor and Alva Vanderbilt vying for control of New York Society during the Gilded Age. It will be published in 2021 by Penguin Random House/Berkley.
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Peter Robertson was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland. After traveling in the States, he settled in Chicago, where he has been a book and music reviewer for daily papers and magazines. Scheduled for October 2019 publication, Robertson’s latest novel Conclusion applies an alternate world premise and literary-thriller tinge to an underlying mystery. Conclusion explores the nature of aging in society, in the context of a thriller that places two ordinary people in a race against time, revealing secrets and sinister forces in a remote wilderness.
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Laura Ruby is the author of some of the most acclaimed novels for children and teens in recent memory, including the Printz Award-winning and National Book Award finalist Bone Gap, the ALA BFYA York series, the Edgar-nominated mystery Lily's Ghosts, and the Book Sense Pick Good Girls, among others. She is on the faculty of Hamline University’s MFA in writing for children and young adults program and lives in the Chicago area. You can visit her online at www.lauraruby.com.
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Michael Zapata is a founding editor of MAKE: A Literary Magazine. He is the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Award for Fiction; the City of Chicago DCASE Individual Artist Program award; and a Pushcart Nomination. As an educator, he taught literature and writing in high schools servicing drop out students. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa and has lived in New Orleans, Italy, and Ecuador. He currently lives in Chicago with his family.
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Order your 2019 GLIBA Holiday Catalog today!
Orders for this year's GLIBA Holiday Catalog are due by FRIDAY, AUGUST 9th. To order up to 12,500 free catalogs (free shipping included) Place Order Now!
Also, don't forget The Holiday Catalog Rebate is back!
GLIBA will reimburse any GLIBA member bookstore up to $400 for inserting or mailing the GLIBA holiday catalog to their customers. Proper forms and paperwork must be provided. Online rebate forms will be emailed out later this year.
PLACE YOUR HOLIDAY CATALOG ORDER
Orders for this year's GLIBA Holiday Catalog are due by FRIDAY, AUGUST 9th. To order up to 12,500 free catalogs (free shipping included) Place Order Now!
Also, don't forget The Holiday Catalog Rebate is back!
GLIBA will reimburse any GLIBA member bookstore up to $400 for inserting or mailing the GLIBA holiday catalog to their customers. Proper forms and paperwork must be provided. Online rebate forms will be emailed out later this year.
PLACE YOUR HOLIDAY CATALOG ORDER
Recommend a title for the 2019 GLIBA Holiday Catalog
Is there a book you would love to see in our 2019 GLIBA Holiday Catalog?? Please submit any FRONTLIST recommendations via the link below. Include title, author, ISBN, publisher and imprint. All recommendations need to be in by Thursday, July 18th. You can submit as many titles as you want. To submit more than 3 titles please re-submit the form. Bookseller Recommended titles are so important in exemplifying our stores with publishers and curating what our communities want. Thank you for your help! (Recommend Here)
Is there a book you would love to see in our 2019 GLIBA Holiday Catalog?? Please submit any FRONTLIST recommendations via the link below. Include title, author, ISBN, publisher and imprint. All recommendations need to be in by Thursday, July 18th. You can submit as many titles as you want. To submit more than 3 titles please re-submit the form. Bookseller Recommended titles are so important in exemplifying our stores with publishers and curating what our communities want. Thank you for your help! (Recommend Here)
Apply for a 2019 Heartland Fall Forum Scholarship!
We understand the financial challenges of funding trade show travel, so we work with publishers of all sizes to create a scholarship fund for booksellers from GLIBA and MIBA All current GLIBA and MIBA members are welcome to apply.
We are excited to announce we have raised the scholarship amount this year to $500!
We award roughly 25 scholarships each year; we award as many as we receive funding to support.
• We accept two applications per store
• Priority is given to booksellers whose stores are furthest from the show
• Booksellers who haven't won before will be our first priority, but everyone should apply
• The deadline to apply is Monday, July 8th, 2019.
• Winners will be announced in July.
We are excited to announce we have raised the scholarship amount this year to $500!
We award roughly 25 scholarships each year; we award as many as we receive funding to support.
• We accept two applications per store
• Priority is given to booksellers whose stores are furthest from the show
• Booksellers who haven't won before will be our first priority, but everyone should apply
• The deadline to apply is Monday, July 8th, 2019.
• Winners will be announced in July.
2019 Schedule
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