This Saturday and Sunday, June 11-12, Agate will be returning to Printers Row Lit Fest, the Chicago Tribune’s annual book festival, which happens to be the largest of its kind in the Midwest. Come visit the Agate staff and many of our fantastic authors in Tent BB, located on Dearborn Avenue just north of Polk Street. There will be deeply discounted prices on both new books and back-listed titles.
If you’re interested in meeting any of our authors, check out the schedule of demos, talks, and book signings below.
Saturday
Marilynne Robinson in conversation with Mary Schmich
Sat., 10-10:45am, Harold Washington Library Center, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
Even the Terrible Things Seem Beautiful to Me Now
Mary Schmich
Raymond Lambert, ALL JOKES ASIDE
Agate Tent Signing: Sat., 11am-12:00pm, Agate Publishing Tent
All Jokes Aside
Following on his critically acclaimed 2012 documentary Phunny Business, Raymond Lambert delivers an uproarious and insightful memoir on the heralded Chicago comedy club, All Jokes Aside, which helped launch the careers of Jamie Foxx, Mo’Nique, Chris Rock, Steve Harvey, Dave Chappelle, and many more of today’s household names in entertainment.
Raymond Lambert
Freda Love Smith, RED VELVET UNDERGROUND
Agate Tent Signing: Sat., 12-1:00pm, Agate Publishing Tent
Red Velvet Underground
Former indie-rock musician (Blake Babies, Mysteries of Life) and writer Freda Love Smith delivers a heartfelt book on the cross-section of food and music, as well as her yearlong journey teaching her son to cook.
Freda Love Smith
Diana Moles, Jolene Worthington, and Maureen Schulman, THE ELI’S CHEESECAKE COOKBOOK
Sat., 1:45-2:15pm, Food and Dining Stage
Agate Tent Signing: Sat., 2:30-3:00pm, Agate Publishing Tent
The Eli’s Cheesecake Cookbook
Celebrates the 35th anniversary of Eli’s Cheesecake, the iconic dessert from Eli Schulman’s landmark Chicago restaurant—Eli’s The Place for Steak. With 50 recipes and entertaining anecdotes of celebrity favorites and historical events marked by Eli’s signature dish, this is the go-to guide for cheesecake.
Maureen Schulman
James P. DeWan, PREP SCHOOL
Sat., 2:30-3:15pm, Food and Dining Stage
Agate Tent Signing: Sat., 3:30-4:00pm, Agate Publishing Tent
Prep School
A collection of articles from the Chicago Tribune column of the same name, Prep School is the ultimate tool on learning how to become a better cook and offers an array of helpful cooking techniques and advice for beginner and gourmet chefs alike.
James P. DeWan
Jocelyn Delk Adams, GRANDBABY CAKES
Sat., 3:30-4:00pm, Food and Dining Stage
Agate Tent Signing: Sat., 4:15-5:00pm, Agate Publishing Tent
Grandbaby Cakes
Beautiful debut cookbook from Jocelyn Delk Adams, nationally adored food blogger and a fresh new voice in home baking. Grandbaby Cakes offers 50 vintage cakes with modern twists, tracing the roots of her family’s recipes with charming anecdotes and delicious results. A book perfect for passing from generation to generation.
Jocelyn Delk Adams
Sunday
Coffee with Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn
Sun., 10-11:00am, Center Stage
Even the Terrible Things Seem Beautiful to Me Now
Mary Schmich
Chefs from the Green City Market, THE GREEN CITY MARKET COOKBOOK
Sun., 11-11:30am, Food and Dining Stage
Agate Tent Signing: Sun., 12-12:30pm, Agate Publishing Tent
The Green City Market Cookbook
The Green City Market Cookbook is the first collection of recipes from the premier Midwest farmers market.
Green City Market
Jeannie Morris, BEHIND THE SMILE
Agate Tent Signing: Sun., 11:30am-12pm, Agate Publishing Tent
An enthralling and candid memoir by award-winning journalist Jeannie Morris about Carol Moseley Braun’s groundbreaking and tumultuous, yet ultimately victorious, 1992 US Senate campaign. Credited by Barack Obama as an important predecessor for his own campaigns, Moseley Braun is still the only African-American woman ever elected to the US Senate.
Jeannie Morris
JeanMarie Brownson, DINNER AT HOME
Sun., 12:45-1:30pm, Food and Dining Stage
Agate Tent Signing: Sun., 1:45-2:15pm, Agate Publishing Tent
Dinner at Home
140 original recipes for sharing with friends and family, including themed menus for holidays and special occasions. Brownson, a longtime Chicago Tribune columnist, food editor, and test kitchen director, co-authored the James Beard award-winning Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless, and culinary director of Frontera Foods and Frontera Media Productions.
JeanMarie Brownson
Joan Barnes, PLAY IT FORWARD
Sun., 3:30-4:15pm, Hotel Blake, Dearborn Room
Agate Tent Signing: Sun., 4:45-5:15pm, Agate Publishing Tent
Play It Forward
An inspiring story of entrepreneurial spirit and redemption, featuring business woman Joan Barnes. The book follows her journey from founding and leading Gymboree to the brink of its prosperous IPO, to the personal crisis that forced her to step down as CEO, to her successful second act as the founder of an innovative yoga business.
Joan Barnes