# Event Details - **Event Name**: Book Event: The Spirits by Bonnie Jo Campbell - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: "Campbell’s writing is rapturous and darn near Shakespearean." - Donna SeamanAbout this EventWe are excited to welcome back Bonnie Jo Campbell for an event celebrating the release of her newest novel, The Spirits! For this event she will be joined in conversation by W&CF co-founded Linda Bubon.The best-selling author of The Waters returns with a tale of love, transgression, and the miraculous healing power of the holiday table.Bonnie Jo Campbell, a master of rural American fiction, brings us a hair-raising winter tale to warm us by the fireside. In this contemporary Christmas Carol, Campbell has created a gritty, spooky, and ultimately heartening holiday story that unfolds in an isolated farmhouse. It is the night before Christmas in a small town in Michigan, and a young woman is haunted by her father’s death. She has been silently penitent for nine years, but her guilt and grief have estranged her from her community and her family. She has taken refuge in the natural world of the plants and trees she tends, but on this anniversary of the tragedy, the supernatural landscape is rattling its chains.When a surprise guest appears at the (dreaded) Christmas Eve dinner, the family begins to open up and reveal dangerous secrets and crimes nobody is willing to face. Within this darkest chaos, a sliver of light appears, showing a way to reclaim communion and even a sense of humor. While redemption is never easy or wholesale, the story that a family creates together can heal wounds.Bonnie Jo Campbell is the author of The Waters, a Today Show “Read with Jenna” Book Club selection. Her other novels include Once Upon A River, a National Bestseller that was adapted into the award-winning film, and Q Road. Campbell’s short story collections include American Salvage, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award, and Women and Other Animals, an AWP Grace Paley Prize winner. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, and a recipient of the Eudora Welty Prize and Mark Twain Award. She lives outside Kalamazoo on a small farm with her husband and donkeys. Visit www.bonniejocampbell.netLinda Bubon is one of the founders of Chicago's Women & Children First bookstore.Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are strongly encouraged for this event but not required. We have one industrial air purifier, two smaller air purifiers, and four ceiling fans throughout our space. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other access needs please email . - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/book-event-the-spirits-by-bonnie-jo-campbell/100001998933936213 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art, Entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - Location: Women & Children First - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Women & Children First - **lat**: 41.97722220000001 - **long**: -87.6682417 - **full address**: Women & Children First, 5233 North Clark Street, Chicago, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Book Event: The Spirits by Bonnie Jo Campbell - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/9f04f511de0b988d9559d2d8a300d81631b67a9e3245cfddf431f90fb19feede-rimg-w1200-h600-dc782818-gmir.jpg?v=1787745667 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Book Event: The Spirits by Bonnie Jo Campbell being held? - **A:** Book Event: The Spirits by Bonnie Jo Campbell takes place on Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Women & Children First, 5233 North Clark Street, Chicago, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Book Event: The Spirits by Bonnie Jo Campbell? - **A:** Book Event: The Spirits by Bonnie Jo Campbell is organized by Women & Children First. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Book Event: The Spirits by Bonnie Jo Campbell", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/9f04f511de0b988d9559d2d8a300d81631b67a9e3245cfddf431f90fb19feede-rimg-w1200-h600-dc782818-gmir.jpg?v=1787745667", "startDate": "2026-10-15T19:00:00-05:00", "endDate": "2026-10-15T20:30:00-05:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/book-event-the-spirits-by-bonnie-jo-campbell/100001998933936213", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Women & Children First", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "5233 North Clark Street", "postalCode": "60640", "addressLocality": "Chicago", "addressRegion": "IL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "41.97722220000001", "longitude": "-87.6682417" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "\"Campbell’s writing is rapturous and darn near Shakespearean.\" - Donna Seaman", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-26", "availabilityEnds": "2026-10-15T20:30:00-05:00", "validFrom": "2026-08-26", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/book-event-the-spirits-by-bonnie-jo-campbell/100001998933936213" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-26", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-26", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/book-event-the-spirits-by-bonnie-jo-campbell/100001998933936213", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-26", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-26", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/book-event-the-spirits-by-bonnie-jo-campbell/100001998933936213", "price": 0, "name": "Donation to the WCF Event Fund" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Women & Children First", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/women-and-children-first/17676387", "description": "Women & Children First is one of the largest feminist bookstores in the country, stocking more than 30,000 books by and about women, children's books for all ages, and the best of lesbian and gay fiction and non-fiction. 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