Poetry Contest

In celebration of Poetry Month, we are having a contest.  Name the poet that goes with the immortal lines on the form and win a copy of Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg.

To enter for your chance to win, simply email us at bdvorkin@aol.com and we will send you a copy of the contest form.  Print it, fill it out and bring it in for your chance to receive your free book. There is only one entry per customer. If we receive multiple entries with the same contact information, those entries will be disqualified. You must get all ten poets correct to win your copy of Chicago Poems.  You can also just drop in and we will have the forms on the counter.

World Book Night reception April 18th 6:30 p.m.

A celebration for World Book Night and its givers will be held Thursday April 18th at 6:30 at After-Words Books.

We at after-words are happy to be hosting a reception and conversation celebrating World Book Night and its givers.

World Book Night U.S. is an ambitious campaign to give away half a million free, specially printed books across America. Volunteer book lovers will help promote reading by going into their communities and distributing free copies of a book they enjoy to new or light readers, reaching them especially in underserved places – and even some fun spots. Volunteers from your area will be picking up the books they selected to share in locations as diverse as VA hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, ballparks, mass transit, diners, and more.

If you would like more information on World Book Night and how you can participate next year, you can visit: http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/

Or, come drink some wine with us and join the conversation.

On the Road Contest Results

Hello,

We have chosen our winners and they have already been notified. Thank you to all that participated.

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Prize Pack Give Away for the movie of On the Road

Dear Customers,

To coincide with the opening of the film version of On the Road, opening March 22 at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema we are having a give away for two prize packs. Included are a copy of the book, soundtrack, official Movie Companion, poster, postcard and a pass for you and a friend to see the movie at Landmark Century Centre Cinema.

To enter for your chance to win, become a member of our database by contacting us via our website “contact us” form with your name, address, email and phone number. In the message section of the form you must write On the Road Contest. If you are already in our database, just complete the form anyway to enter. One entry per customer. If we receive multiple entries with the same contact information, those entries will be disqualified. Incomplete entries will not be considered.

To be eligible to win you must send us a completed contact form from our website:


Enter now through March 21 for your chance to win!

Can’t wait to hear from you,
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Free Signing for Gold Coast Madam March 7 at 6pm

Now living a quiet life of a typical Florida retiree (church, walks, grandchildren), Rose Laws, a vibrant 77-year-old, is itching to tell you her incredible life story of hardships, heartache, triumphs, and fun--especially about the decades she spent sexing up Chicago. She started arranging dates for men with women in the 1960s to earn enough money to get her children out of a brutal orphanage they were put in after she left a violent marriage. She moved on to running the Addison Motel, offering the area's first advertised 4-hour rates. She ultimately moved downtown, went first class, and amassed a 5,000-person client list of the city and country's rich and powerful (politicians, judges, lawyers, pro athletes, movie stars, business tycoons, and mobsters), earning herself the media nickname "Gold Coast Madam." Take this historical opportunity to meet Rose Laws and ask her all about her reign as perhaps Chicago's most famous madam ever. Rose Laws and co-author Dianna Harris will do short readings from their book, take questions, and autograph copies.

Chicago Fire writer, Derek Haas, Book signing March 2nd at 6pm

There will be a book signing for The Right Hand (Mulholland Books/Little, Brown; Hardback; $25.99) by Derek Haas (writer for NBC’s exciting new series Chicago Fire) to be held Saturday, March 2nd 6pm at After-Words Books. Reception following.

The Right Hand is Haas’ fourth novel, and focuses on Austin Clay, a spy whose work is so covert that the government won’t even admit he exists. He is sent to track down a missing American operative who was captured in the Russian countryside, which leads Clay into a conspiracy that involves a mole that has penetrated the top levels of U.S. government.

There has always been a need in the spy game for covert missions so black no one in the American government, and almost no one in intelligence itself, knows of their existence. The left hand can't know what the right hand is doing.

Austin Clay is that right hand, executing missions that would be disavowed by his own government if he's ever compromised. Clay is sent to track down a missing American operative, a man who was captured outside of Moscow, in the Russian countryside. Clay soon discovers the missing officer is only the beginning of the mission, and soon Clay finds himself protecting a desperate woman who believes a mole has penetrated the top levels of the US government, throwing the international balance of power into jeopardy.

Derek Haas most recent project is NBC’s new TV series, Chicago Fire, which debuted this fall. Additionally, he and his screenwriting partner Michael Brandt are the force behind such kinetic screenplays as the blockbuster hit Wanted, the critically acclaimed 3:10 to Yuma, and The Double. Haas and Brandt also created and executive produce the hit show Chicago Fire, currently airing on NBC. He is also the author of The Assassin trilogy, the best-selling Silver Bear trilogy novels, Columbus, Dark Men, and The Right Hand, which was recently optioned by Universal Pictures. Derek currently lives in Los Angeles and is the editor of Popcornfiction.com, which promotes genre short fiction from top screenwriters and authors.

For more information, please contact: Beverly Dvorkin, After-Words Books 312-464-1110

Charity Book Sale February 16th and 17th noon-6 p.m.

After-words book sale to benefit charity is here, February 16th and 17th from noon to six p.m. $5 per bag of books. If you don't have a bag, we will have some available for purchase for $1.

This year’s sale will benefit the Robin Hood Foundation’s Hurricane Sandy relief fund. Robin Hood has launched a large-scale relief effort to aid those whose lives have been shattered by Hurricane Sandy. The need is great. Know that every cent of every dollar you donate will go the best community organizations that are working to help those whose lives have been torn apart.

Supplies are limited. There are no guarantees on what will be left when you get here.