The First Indie Authors Book Fair (expected to become an annual event) will be held on November 2 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Re-Event Gallery in Lake Forest, IL. Visitors can meet the authors, buy some holiday gifts, get their books signed and hear snippets of the works read throughout the day. Books range from children’s picture books through young adult and adult fiction and nonfiction. Light refreshments, kid friendly.

The 2013 Chicago Book Expo will be held on Sunday, November 24, 11am-5pm in Uptown at St. Augustine College (1345 W. Argyle). The centerpiece of the event will be the expo of the Chicago area’s independent publishers in St. Augustine Hall. Authors and publishers are invited to rent exhibitor tables at very reasonable prices to sell books and promote work. There will be several literary events around Uptown in the week leading up to the Expo.