Join us in-person to celebrate the return of regular story time with Miss Linda! Story time with Miss Linda is the first Wednesday of every month. Story time is designed for 2 to 5 year olds who are ready to sit, listen, and participate, but children of all ages are welcome. W&CF Co-founder Linda Bubon reads and performs 5 or more stories along with songs and finger plays. Story time is free, but cash donations are appreciated. Doors open at 10:15 am. Stories start at 10:30 a.m.

The Misconceiver by Lucy Ferriss

Lucy Ferriss will be discussing her rediscovered novel The Misconceiver to raise funds for Midwest Access Coalition. This event will be held just down the street from the bookstore at Raygun (5207 N. Clark St.).

We're excited to head up the street to the new Whiskey Girl Tavern for a conversation with Sarah Schulman!

Sarah will be joined by volunteers from Gerber/Hart Library and Archives to discuss her fictional works, including The Cosmopolitans, Maggie Terry, Shimmer, Rat Bohemia, and The Child.

Join us for an in-person event celebrating Confidence by Rafael Frumkin. For this event, Frumkin will be in conversation with Julia Fine.

Join us for an in-person event celebrating The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland!

Join us for an in-person book launch in celebration of The Ghost of You by Margarita Saona (translated by Luciana Erregue). For this event, Margarita will be in conversation with Chicago-based authors Laura Ring and Caroline Guindon.

Then Liya discovers her family's wishing lantern store is struggling, and she decides to resume a tradition she had with her beloved late grandmother: secretly fulfilling the wishes people write on the lanterns they send into the sky. It may boost sales and save the store, but she can't do it alone . . . and Kai is the only one who cares enough to help.

In partnership with Books & Books, we're delighted to present a virtual event with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin in celebration of her new book Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included). This event will be held on Zoom webinar.

Dr. Lakshmin is a physician specializing in women’s mental health; a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine; the founder of Gemma, the digital platform focused on women’s mental health and equity; and a contributor to The New York Times. In Real Self-Care she explains why our understanding of self-care is incomplete at best and manipulative at worst. Fixing your troubles isn’t as simple as buying a new day planner.

Join us for an in-person event celebrating Empty Theatre: A Novel: or The Lives of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Empress Sisi of Austria (Queen of Hungary), Cousins, in Their Pursuit of Connection and Beauty by Jac Jemc. For this event, Jac will be in conversation with Lori Felker.

Join us for an in-person event celebrating Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo!

Join us for the return of Drag Story Hour to Women & Children First with our beloved host Muffy Fishbasket! Muffy will be joined by Mrs. Yuka and Amanda Lynn for a half-hour of fabulous stories.

Join us on Zoom Webinar for a virtual event celebrating Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice by Judith L. Herman, MD. For this event, Judith Herman will be in conversation with Rachel Louise Snyder. This event is being hosted in partnership with Chicago Books to Women in Prison.

In her groundbreaking work, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, renowned psychiatrist Judith L. Herman fundamentally changed our understanding of trauma. When it was first published in 1992, The New York Times called the book “[o]ne of the most important psychiatric works to be published since Freud.”