Though we’re still waiting for the final schedule for this year’s Printers Row Lit Fest on June 6-7 in Chicago, we know that the authors of eleven UIP books will be included on panels (see the list below). And, C-Span’s Book-TV will be on hand to film a few of the panels for future broadcast. In addition, Cheryl Ganz is scheduled to appear on WGN-TV during the Midday News program on Friday June 5th.

If you’re in Chicago that weekend, please visit the University of Illinois tent on Dearborn Avenue. We’ll have our regional interest titles on display and for sale. Special request: no tornadoes this year!

UIP author list:

David Beito and Linda Royster Beito — Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard’s Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power

Edward Callary — Place Names of Illinois

Gary Cialdella — The Calumet Region: An American Place (Gary will attend but his book is not yet published)

Cheryl Ganz — The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair

Karen Graves — And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida’s Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers

John Hallwas — Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers

Joe McFarland and Gregory Mueller — Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois & Surrounding States

Steven Riess and Gerald Gems — The Chicago Sports Reader

Margaret Washington — Sojourner Truth’s America

C. Todd White — Pre-Gay L.A.: A Social History of the Movement for Homosexual Rights

David Zalaznik — Life along the Illinois River