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04/27/2018

Book Riot has the skinny on how best to prepare for taking the !

Last year, a bookish friend and I loaded into my old Subaru and drove all over the city in the pouring rain. We dashed in and out of bookstore after bookstore; from The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square with its quaint little coffee shop, to the glamorous culinary bookstore Read it and Eat, to Open Book...

02/26/2018

Job Alert - Anderson's has TWO job openings (Naperville & Lagrange)!

MY ACCOUNT | SIGN IN | LOG OUTAnderson's Bookshop Naperville 123 W Jefferson Ave, Naperville, IL 60540 (630) 355-2665 M-Sat 9-9 | Sun 11-5 (Virtual Tour)Anderson's Bookshop Downers Grove 5112 Main St, Downers Grove, IL 60515 (630) 963-2665 M-F 9-8 | Sat 9-6 | Sun 12-5 (Google Map)Anderson's Bookshop...

01/15/2018

Come celebrate the release of the new chapbook, REASONS FOR SMOKIN, by poet (and Women & Children First bookseller) Xandria Phillips. For this event, Xandria will be joined by Chekwube Danladi at Women & Children First Bookstore on Friday evening.

10/23/2017

This Friday, join Chicago Review of Books at Volumes Bookcafe for a literary Halloween costume party with 8 of your favorite local writers!

The Chicago Review of Books and Volumes Bookcafe are teaming up with eight Chicago authors to present the First Annual Halloween Affaire, an evening of food, drink, and creepy tales. The party goes from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, October 27th at Volumes. Literary costumes are required (characters, crea...

09/13/2017

Celebrate Wicker Park's rich literary history! Wicker Park Lit Fest kicks off tomorrow at Quimby's Bookstore at 7pm with Marc Lazar, Kathy Moseley, Jonas Cannon & The Blue Ribbon Glee Club!

Then check out other venues like Volumes Bookcafe, Wicker Park Secret Agent Supply Co. & more for other events going all through Sunday!

06/16/2017

It's been three years since our soft open! Anita and her book club gave us these delicious cookies to celebrate. On Saturday we'll have a cake to share in honor of our official opening!

06/07/2017

Don't forget that CHIBA is going to be at Printer's Row Lit Fest all weekend long. Come visit us at the Northeast corner of Dearborn and Polk to chat about the future of independent bookstores in Chicago!

2017 Printers Row Lit Fest is the Midwests largest gathering of book lovers and runs June 10-11. It will play host to more than 200 authors and presenters in tents, stages, exhibits and indoor events stretching throughout the historic Printers Row neighborhood in the South Loop.

05/25/2017

Congrats to all of this year's New City Lit 50 honorees. Several of our ChIBA stores were included (826CHI, The Book Cellar, The Seminary Co-op Bookstores, Volumes Bookcafe, Women & Children First Bookstore, Open Books & Bookends & Beginnings) and so many of our friends in lit. Looking forward to the rest of 2017!

The literary community of Chicago has long responded to political and social change and this year is no exception. Public funding is being stripped from arts, humanities and science institut…