Printers Row Lit Fest
printer row lit fest annual book fair literary festival held chicago illinois september fair literary tableau fill downtown district linotype machine printing press whirred neighborhood early book making hub founded near south planning board originally called printer row book fair initially intended attract visitor printer row neighborhood chicago near south side previously major publishing hub chicago tribune acquired festival near south planning board known printer row lit fest festival located dearborn congress polk along polk plymouth court clark early st century attendance around attendee according publisher weekly midwest largest book fair attendance reached included festival hundred book vendor multiple talk author reading program cspan television broadcast festival initial thirtyfour year fair held late spring early summer june fair held september regularly held september ever since book united state printer row book fair official website