# Books events in Evanston, Today and Upcoming Books events in Evanston

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All Books events in Evanston, Illinois. Here you can find more information about Upcoming events in Evanston like parties, concerts, meets,shows, sports, club, reunion, Performance

## Events in Evanston

- **Event Name**: Dawn Turner MAJESTIC HILLS
  - **Description**: Dawn Turner will discuss her latest novel, Majestic HillsAbout this EventAugust 18 | In-Store | 6:00 PMDawn Turner, Majestic HillsIn
  - **Date**: Tue Aug 18 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue Aug 18 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/dawn-turner-majestic-hills/100001990888666595
  - **Venue**: Bookends & Beginnings
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  - **Price**: USD 0 to 29
  - **Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art, Entertainment, Sports, Theatre, performances, Workshops
- **Event Name**: Author Talk: Full of Myself with Austin Channing Brown
  - **Description**: Join Austin Channing Brown & Ryan Ken to discuss "Full of Myself." Held at The Aux Evanston and hosted by Zora's Place.About this EventJoin Austin Channing Brown (she/her) in conversation with Ryan Ken (they/them) as
  - **Date**: Fri Sep 25 2026 at 06:30 pm – Fri Sep 25 2026 at 08:30 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/author-talk-full-of-myself-with-austin-channing-brown/100001990437070860
  - **Venue**: Zora's Place
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  - **Price**: USD 0 to 34
  - **Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art, Entertainment, Theatre, comedy
- **Event Name**: Eliza Knight LOST IN THE SUMMER OF '69
  - **Description**: Eliza Knight will talk about her latest book, Lost in the Summer of '69, with Renee RosenAbout this EventJuly 23 | In-Store | 6:00 PMEliza Knight, Lost in the Summe
  - **Date**: Thu Jul 23 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu Jul 23 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/eliza-knight-lost-in-the-summer-of-69/100001990251496803
  - **Venue**: Bookends & Beginnings
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  - **Price**: USD 0 to 19
  - **Categories**: art, literary-art, trips-adventures, music, festivals, entertainment, music-festivals, country-music-festivals, dog
- **Event Name**: Eat Their Words: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
  - **Description**: A Culinary & Literary Adventure Book ClubAbout this EventEat Their Words is a food-focused book club featuring literature and memoirs written by chefs, foodies, and other food lovers,
  - **Date**: Mon Jul 13 2026 at 07:00 pm – Mon Jul 13 2026 at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/eat-their-words-with-the-fire-on-high-by-elizabeth-acevedo/100001992373637182
  - **Venue**: Hive Center for the Book Arts
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  - **Price**: USD 0 to 75
  - **Categories**: art, food-drinks, literary-art, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Baby-Sitter Club Sleep-Under Party at Booked
  - **Description**: It's a night full of fun, friendship, and all things Baby-Sitter Club!About this EventWE LOVE BSC!!! We're so excited for the new Baby-Sitters Club book that we're having a sleep-under party! Come in your PJs and make som
  - **Date**: Fri Jul 17 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri Jul 17 2026 at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/baby-sitter-club-sleep-under-party-at-booked/100001992853644898
  - **Venue**: Booked
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: fitness
- **Event Name**: Blair Kamin THE GATES OF HARVARD YARD
  - **Description**: Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Blair Kamin on the making of THE GATES OF HARVARD YARD, in conversation with Ann Marie LipinskyAbout this EventAugust 4 | In-Store | 6:00 PM
  - **Date**: Tue Aug 04 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue Aug 04 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/blair-kamin-the-gates-of-harvard-yard/100001992495174704
  - **Venue**: Bookends & Beginnings
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  - **Price**: USD 0 to 23
  - **Categories**: workshops, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Sarah Mesle TANGLED
  - **Description**: Sarah Mesle will discuss her latest book, Tangled, with Heather RadkeAbout this EventOctober 22 | In-Store | 6:00 PMSarah Mesle, TangledWhi
  - **Date**: Thu Oct 22 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu Oct 22 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/sarah-mesle-tangled/100001992016498972
  - **Venue**: Bookends & Beginnings
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  - **Price**: USD 0 to 29
  - **Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art
- **Event Name**: Out North Reads: Box Hill — Kink, Community & Queer History
  - **Description**: Join Out North Reads for a discussion of Box Hill—exploring leather culture, identity, desire, and queer community. 21+ welcome.About this EventSet against the backdrop of Britain's leather scene in the 1970s and 1980s,
  - **Date**: Mon Sep 21 2026 at 07:00 pm – Mon Sep 21 2026 at 08:30 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/out-north-reads-box-hill-—-kink-community-and-queer-history/100001991802327379
  - **Venue**: Hive Center for The Book Arts
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  - **Price**: USD 13
  - **Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art
- **Event Name**: There There by Tommy Orange
  - **Description**: For Native American Heritage Month, we are reading "There There" by Tommy Orange.

How to Join:
Members will receive the Google form RSVP link through email or Facebook Messenger and have access before it's opened to non-members. Even if you can’t make it
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 14
  - **Date**: Wed Nov 18 2026 at 06:00 pm (-06:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/there-there-by-tommy-orange/200029239313035
  - **Venue**: Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum
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- **Event Name**: Monthly PEPL Meeting
  - **Description**: Join our monthly meeting at 7 PM at the Robert Crown Library. Anyone interested in learning more about us and supporting the Evanston Public Library is welcome!
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 2
  - **Date**: Mon Jul 13 2026 at 07:00 pm – Mon Jul 13 2026 at 08:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/monthly-pepl-meeting/200030214219352
  - **Venue**: Robert Crown Community Center & Ice Arena
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  - **Categories**: meetups
- **Event Name**: "A Long Petal of the Sea" by Isabel Allende
  - **Description**: For Hispanic Heritage Month, we are reading "A Long Petal of the Sea" by Isabel Allende.

How to Join:
Please RSVP no matter what. Members will receive the Google form RSVP link through email or Facebook Messenger and have access before it's opened to non
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 9
  - **Date**: Thu Sep 17 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/a-long-petal-of-the-sea-by-isabel-allende/200029177185004
  - **Venue**: South Of The Border Restaurant & Bar
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## Trending Events in Evanston

- **Event Name**: Iowa Hawkeyes at Northwestern Wildcats Football
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Ryan Field
🏠 Address: 1502 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201
🌆 City: Evanston
📍 Location: 42.0641, -87.6926🎉 Welcome to Iowa Hawkeyes at Northwestern Wildcats Football, where dreams come alive and possibilities are endless! 🏛️ Joi
  - **Venue**: Ryan Field
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- **Event Name**: Penn State Nittany Lions at Northwestern Wildcats Football
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Ryan Field
🏠 Address: 1502 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201
🌆 City: Evanston
📍 Location: 42.0641, -87.6926✨ Experience the magic of Penn State Nittany Lions at Northwestern Wildcats Football, where moments become memories that la
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- **Event Name**: Ball State Cardinals at Northwestern Wildcats Football
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Ryan Field
🏠 Address: 1502 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201
🌆 City: Evanston
📍 Location: 42.0641, -87.6926✨ Discover the extraordinary at Ball State Cardinals at Northwestern Wildcats Football, where magic meets reality in ways y
  - **Venue**: Ryan Field
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- **Event Name**: Colorado Buffaloes at Northwestern Wildcats Football
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium
🏠 Address: 2240 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
🌆 City: Evanston
📍 Location: 42.0585, -87.6736✨ Enter a world of endless possibilities at Colorado Buffaloes at Northwestern Wildcats Football
  - **Venue**: Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium
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- **Event Name**: Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Northwestern Wildcats Football
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Ryan Field
🏠 Address: 1502 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201
🌆 City: Evanston
📍 Location: 42.0641, -87.6926🎉 Welcome to Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Northwestern Wildcats Football, where the impossible becomes possible and dreams ta
  - **Venue**: Ryan Field
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- **Event Name**: Illinois Fighting Illini at Northwestern Wildcats Football
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Ryan Field
🏠 Address: 1502 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201
🌆 City: Evanston
📍 Location: 42.0641, -87.6926✨ Embark on an extraordinary journey at Illinois Fighting Illini at Northwestern Wildcats Football, where every moment prom
  - **Venue**: Ryan Field
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- **Event Name**: Indigo Girls, Josh Ritter, James McMurtry, Kathleen Edwards, Margaret Glaspy, Tift Merritt, Bebe Stockwell, Folk Bitch Trio, Dean Johnson, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Esther Rose in Evanston
  - **Description**: 🎶 The Ultimate James McMurtry Experience LIVE at Dawes Park—This Sunday, September 13, 2026! 🎶
It's that time of the year where everyone wants to have a musical breath! Your favorite, James McMurtry is hitting Dawes
  - **Venue**: Dawes Park
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- **Event Name**: Colorado Buffaloes at Northwestern Wildcats Football at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium
  - **Description**: ✨ Enter a world of endless possibilities at Colorado Buffaloes at Northwestern Wildcats Football at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, where every moment tells a story! 🏛️ The stunning Northwestern Medicine Field at M
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- **Event Name**: South Dakota State Jackrabbits at Northwestern Wildcats Football
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: Ryan Field
🏠 Address: 1502 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201
🌆 City: Evanston
📍 Location: 42.0641, -87.6926🎉 Prepare to be amazed at South Dakota State Jackrabbits at Northwestern Wildcats Football, the most anticipated gathering
  - **Venue**: Ryan Field

## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top events in Evanston?
  - **A:** Dawn Turner MAJESTIC HILLS (Tue Aug 18 2026 at 06:00 pm at Bookends & Beginnings), Author Talk: Full of Myself with Austin Channing Brown (Fri Sep 25 2026 at 06:30 pm at Zora's Place), Eliza Knight LOST IN THE SUMMER OF '69 (Thu Jul 23 2026 at 06:00 pm at Bookends & Beginnings), Eat Their Words: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Mon Jul 13 2026 at 07:00 pm at Hive Center for the Book Arts), Baby-Sitter Club Sleep-Under Party at Booked (Fri Jul 17 2026 at 07:00 pm at Booked).
- **Q**: What are the top free events in Evanston?
  - **A:** Baby-Sitter Club Sleep-Under Party at Booked (Fri Jul 17 2026 at 07:00 pm at Booked).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Evanston in July 2026?
  - **A:** Eliza Knight LOST IN THE SUMMER OF '69 (Thu Jul 23 2026 at 06:00 pm at Bookends & Beginnings), Eat Their Words: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Mon Jul 13 2026 at 07:00 pm at Hive Center for the Book Arts), Baby-Sitter Club Sleep-Under Party at Booked (Fri Jul 17 2026 at 07:00 pm at Booked), Monthly PEPL Meeting (Mon Jul 13 2026 at 07:00 pm at Robert Crown Community Center & Ice Arena).
- **Q**: How can I find events in Evanston?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming events in Evanston on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for events in Evanston?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for events in Evanston?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting events in Evanston include Bookends & Beginnings, Zora's Place, Hive Center for the Book Arts.
- **Q**: What is the price range for events in Evanston?
  - **A:** Prices for events in Evanston range from USD 13 to USD 75. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for events in Evanston?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting events in Evanston include Bookends & Beginnings, Zora's Place, Hive Center for the Book Arts.
- **Q**: Are there any online events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new events in Evanston?
  - **A:** Follow the  category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new events are listed in Evanston.

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