Rachel Weaver and her husband Jason Smith said that instead of having a baby, they had a bookstore. The couple opened The Book Table together in…
A conversation with: The Book Table co-owner Rachel Weaver
Posts published in “Books”
‘Happily Everly After’: The story of a little girl living with a heart defect
It is not often that a 2-year-old gets to write a book about their life experience, but thanks to her parents, Everly Backe did just…
Open Books marks 10 years of helping Chicago’s underprivileged schools
Margot Horn picked up one of many books stacked haphazardly along a plastic table and traded it for a smaller paperback one. She said that…
Pilsen Reads giveaway book program a ‘teacher’s dream’
Pilsen Reads, an online program created by Pilsen Community Books, is a teacher’s dream. With only a click, teachers can submit a wish list of…
Longtime sports publishing house ‘Triumphs’ in Chicago
On April 14, Kobe Bryant stepped onto the court and put up 60 points against the Utah Jazz in his final game after 20 years…
SWOP-Chicago Sex Worker Outreach Project
There will be a discussion & reading from a new book by ‘The Honest Courtesan’ Maggie McNeil at 1700 S. Loomis in Pilsen on July 23 from…
City Lit Curates Well-read Relationships with Readers
City Lit Sidebar – Independent Bookstore Day As she made her way from shelf to shelf with an armful of oversized children’s books, straightening and arranging…