It’s your time to be showcased under the IWPA big tent for the 40th Anniversary of the Printers Row Lit Fest in 2025. Secure your spot now to display and sell your books at the fest on Saturday, September 6th, and Sunday, September 7th, 2025. Display both days or one! The choice is yours, but make sure you choose! This year is special! 2025 marks the 140th Anniversary of the Illinois Woman’s Press Association and the 40th for Printers Row Lit Fest! Let’s make it memorable! Sign up today – don’t wait!
Share! Share with other fellow authors, publishers, writers, podcasters, book craft sellers, and book sellers of all genres! Hurry, our tent will be filled up quickly this year!
Printers Row Lit Fest was founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board to attract visitors to the Printers Row neighborhood (once t
he city’s bookmaking hub). By 2002, it had grown to five city blocks (on Dearborn, from Congress to Polk), attracting more than 200 booksellers from across the country displaying new, used, and antiquarian books, and featuring seven stages with more than 100 free literary programs.
As part of its ongoing commitment to the written word and its support of literacy and literary endeavor, the Chicago Tribune purchased the Printers Row Book Fair in 2002 from the Near South Planning Board. The Printer’s Row Lit Fest is the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest, drawing more than 125,000 book lovers to the two-day showcase.
The Illinois Woman’s Press Association will once again host a tent at the PRLF – one of the highlights of our membership year.
This is a superb place to showcase your books, writings, literary podcasts, promote literacy, and educational issues.
Use the PayPal link below to reserve your single-day or full-weekend spot!