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New Honor for The Book Stall  -- Best Indie Bookstore!

 Chicago magazine has named The Book Stall the best independent bookstore
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Saturday, October 4, 2008 11:00 a.m.

BONI ASHBURN
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: BONI ASHBURN, Illinois native and resident of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, signs her children's book,...
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Sunday, October 5, 2008 4:00 p.m.

Book Launch with wine and cheese - BETH BOOSALIS DAVIS
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: BETH BOOSALIS DAVIS, an attorney and former Evanston alderman, launches her new book, Mayor Helen Bo...
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Monday, October 6, 2008 7:00 p.m.

Judge JOAN LEFKO
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: Judge JOAN LEFKO, from the U.S. District Court in Chicago, whose husband and mother were tragically ...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008 4:00 p.m.

SUSAN ORLEAN
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: SUSAN ORLEAN, author of well-received adult titles such as The Orchid Thief, signs her children's pi...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008 7:00 p.m.

JIAN PING
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: JIAN PING, Chicago resident and native of China, signs Mulberry Child: A Memoir of China, the story ...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008 11:30 a.m.

NEWTON MINOW and CRAIG LeMAY
Location: Luncheon at a downtown club, To be announced, Chicago, IL 60600
Description: NEWTON MINOW and CRAIG LEMAY speak about their book, Inside the Presidential Debates: Their Improba...
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Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:00 p.m.

PETER POST
Location: Luncheon at a downtown club, To be announced, Chicago, IL 60600
Description: PETER POST, great-grandson of Emily Post, speaks about Playing Through: A Guide to the Unwritten Rul...
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Thursday, October 9, 2008 7:00 p.m.

LUCIEN LAGRANGE and ROBERT SHAROFF
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: LUCIEN LAGRANGE, one of Chicago's most prominent architects, and the author ROBERT SHAROFF speak abo...
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Friday, October 10, 2008 12:00 p.m.

JOHN SHORS
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: Bring a snack lunch and meet JOHN SHORS, author of Beneath a Marble Sky, who will speak about Beside...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008 11:00 a.m.

GARY MARX and DAN OVERTURF
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: Gary Marx and Photographer Dan Overturf will be at the Book Stall for a signing and slide presentati...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008 1:00 p.m.

CLARK WEBER
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: CLARK WEBER, one of Chicago's most popular disk jockeys during the 1960s and '70s, signs Clark Weber...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008 2:00 p.m.

TAMMY LECHNER
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: TAMMY LECHNER will be here to sign her book Chicago Cubs..Our Team, Our Dream...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:30 a.m.

WOMEN'S BOARD OF RUSH Book Fair
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: Don't miss WOMEN'S BOARD OF RUSH Book Fair today and tomorrow October 15th....
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:00 p.m.

NEWTON MINOW and CRAIG LE MAY
Location: Luncheon at a downtown club, To be announced, Chicago, IL 60600
Description: NEWTON MINOW and CRAIG LE MAY speak about Inside the Presidential Debates: Their Improbable Past an...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 7:00 p.m.

ROWAN JACOBSEN
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: ROWAN JACOBSEN, Vermont writer on food and the environment, speaks about Fruitless Fall: The Collap...
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Friday, October 17, 2008 11:30 a.m.

CHERIE BLAIR
Location: Luncheon at a downtown club, To be announced, Chicago, IL 60600
Description: CHERIE BLAIR, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, talks about Speaking for Myself: My ...
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Friday, October 17, 2008 11:30 a.m.

BARBARA FAIRCHILD
Location: Corner Cooks, 507 Chestnut, Winnetka, IL 60093
Description: Join us from 11:30 a.m. 'til 1:30 p.m. when BARBARA FAIRCHILD, Editor-in-Chief of Bon Appetit: Fast,...
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Friday, October 17, 2008 3:00 p.m.

BARBARA FAIRCHILD
Location: Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 160 E. Pearson, Chicago, IL 60611
Description: Join us from 3 until 4:30 p.m. when BARBARA FAIRCHILD, Editor-in-Chief of Bon Appetit: Fast, Easy, F...
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Friday, October 17, 2008 6:30 p.m.

MEM FOX and HELEN OXENBURY
Location: The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
Description: Author MEM FOX and Illustrator HELEN OXENBURG present their body of work, including their collaborat...
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Monday - Friday: 9:30 am until 8:00 pm

Saturday: 9:30 am until 5:30 pm

Sunday: 11:00 am until 5:00 pm





     
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Authors in our Shop

Philip Roth addressed a rapt audience at The Book Stall on September 16.  Some 75 people enjoyed a live web broadcast of an interview with Roth on the day of the publication of his latest novel,   Indignation.

Master of Children's Literature, Patricia Polacco, dazzled children, teachers, and fans alike at the Book Stall.


Author Tonya Hurley, writer of Ghostgirl, hangs out with some teenage fans on a Friday night.

Our Children's book club makes a great gift. Choose from sending monthly, bi-monthly, hardcover, paperback, we'll find a plan that works for you! Our staff will pick a title appropriate for your child and send it on its way! Click here for more information!
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"We know the names of most of our customers when they walk in the door. 
The rest we know by the time they leave."




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