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9 February 2025

Schaumburg Local Author Fair

Event date: 3/8/2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Export event

Schaumburg Local Author Fair

I'll be participating in the Schaumburg Library Local Author Fair on Saturday, March 8. There wasn't a fair last year due to some renovation work, but it's back this spring! 

There will be authors with books of all genres — and it looks like it will be a full house since the organizers are asking us to share tables. Author fairs are great places to find books that fly beneath the radar of the usual bookshops. You might pick up something by someone soon-to-be-famous or a book that's very specific to your location or interest. Also, author fairs are terrific for writers who have questions about publishing and the writing life. Bring your youngsters who are working on their own stories!

The Author Fair will be at the Central Schaumburg Library at 130 South Roselle Road on Saturday, March 8, from noon until 3:00p. Stop by to say "hello!"

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... has been a huge fan of the works of Agatha Christie her entire adult life. Christie's vivid descriptions of picturesque English life in the early-to-mid twentieth century fascinated Kate, but many of the people and places were unfamiliar to her. A writer herself, as well as a researcher and historian with several local history books to her credit, Kate began a list of these strange words and set out to define them. Now, Christie fans like you and all those who come after will be able to fully enjoy the richness of Agatha Christie novels with their own copy of Agatha Annotated.

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