Local Author Palooza / Pop-Up Event w/ Meet + Greets, Shopping + More at Imperial Oak in Brookfield

Name: Local Author Palooza / Pop-Up Event w/ Meet + Greets, Shopping + More at Imperial Oak in Brookfield
Start: 2026-03-21T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-21T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Imperial Oak Brewing (Brookfield Brewpub)

Schedule

Sat Mar 21 2026 at 01:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Imperial Oak Brewing (Brookfield Brewpub) | Brookfield, IL

Love local authors? We do too! 📚 Join us for our very 1st FREE Local Author Palooza Book Fair to celebrate & support some awesome Chicagoland authors - RSVP ASAP: https://www.newbookjoy.com/products/local-author-palooza-pop-up-book-fair
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We’ve got quite the lineup ready with an exciting afternoon of MEET + GREETS, BOOK PURCHASES + SIGNINGS, PHOTO OPS & MORE BOOKISH FUN with a wide variety of local authors. This is a chance for readers to discover new titles, for fans to connect with their favorite writers & for everyone to support Chicago’s bookish community. 🎉 There will be books for ALL AGES & INTERESTS, so make sure you visit each author’s table to learn more about their most recent title(s)!
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LOCAL AUTHOR PALOOZA LINEUP:
- DJ Corchin
- Diane Mizwicki
- Laura Bityou Beriau
- Taylor D Tomlinson
- Amy Skala Tischmann
- Lisa Maggiore
- S.P. Lowe
- Sara Shacter
- Karla Clark
- Lisa Sukenic
- Avery Timmons
- Olivia J Bennett
- Mark Benson
- David W Berner
- Jotham Austin II
- Anne Terpstra
- Eveline Rose
- Melonie Johnson
- Allison Buccola
- Grace Daly
- Chris Kauzlarich
- Nicholas Aaron Hodge
- David Rider
- George Adamczyk
- Meathead
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We’ll also have our own New Book Joy table with themed reading pairings made by Chicago artists & even more books for sale from local authors who can’t make it to the event (like Lori Rader-Day, Renée Rosen, Shelby Van Pelt, Sandra Jackson-Opoku & a few of our other friends). ✨📖💛
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Come for all or part of the fun - it’ll be a blast! See you at @imperialoakbrewing - 9526 Ogden Ave in Brookfield (FREE PARKING in the brewery lot & surrounding streets). 🚗🚙