Events

Friday, October 18, 2024, 7:00 PM, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now: An Evening with Jason Reynolds, Evanston Township High School Auditorium, 1600 Dodge Ave., Door 6, Evanston, IL 60201. BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY of Twenty-Four Seconds from Now at the event, while supplies last. No registration required. “Reynolds astounds in a sweetly hilarious story of two Black […]

Monday, October 21, 2024, 7:00 PM, Polostan: An Evening with Neal Stephenson, The Book Stall, 811 Elm St., Winnetka, IL 60093. BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY of Polostan at the event. SPACE IS LIMITED -- REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://bit.ly/StephensonFANEvent The #1 New York Times bestselling author of thirteen previous critically acclaimed works of fiction, including Termination Shock and […]

Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 7:00 PM, The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World, Latin School of Chicago, Wrigley Theatre, 59 W. North Blvd., Chicago, IL 60610. No registration required. Book sale and signing at the event. “Digital systems are rapidly replacing human beings because, we are told, they are more […]

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 7:00 PM, How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It's Up to You to Do It), a FAN webinar featuring Lindsey Cormack, Ph.D. in conversation with Heidi Stevens. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/CormackFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of How to Raise a Citizen from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall […]

Friday, November 1, 2024, 7:00 PM, Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me, a FAN webinar featuring Glory Edim in conversation with Natalie Y. Moore. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/EdimFANWebinar BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away copies of Gather Me to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. “She […]

Monday, November 11, 2024, 7:00 PM, By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land, a FAN webinar featuring Rebecca Nagle in conversation with Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, Ph.D. (Lumbee). REGISTER: www.bit.ly/NagleFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of By the Fire We Carry from FAN's partner bookseller The […]

Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 7:00 PM, Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation, a FAN webinar featuring Tom McGrath in conversation with Rachel Slade. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/McGrathFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Triumph of the Yuppies from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited […]

NEW DATE! Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 7:00 PM, Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm, a FAN webinar featuring DeMar DeRozan in conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib (FAN ’21, ‘24). REGISTER: www.bit.ly/DeRozanFANWebinar BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away copies of Above the Noise to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. […]

Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 7:00 PM, The Miraculous from the Material: Understanding the Wonders of Nature, a FAN webinar featuring Alan Lightman, Ph.D. in conversation with Dacher Keltner, Ph.D. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/LightmanFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of The Miraculous from the Material from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to […]