While at Read & Run Chicago we celebrate women’s stories today and everyday, here are a few places related to our programming to tangibly support women, non-binary, and trans people in Chicago this International Women’s Day.

Read & Run Chicago volunteer Leslie Hiquiana rounds up some of the best Filipino restaurants and cafes in Chicago—and which Mia P. Manansala mystery to read while your’e there.

Watch a recording of a live Q&A with Clark and Division author Naomi Hirahara that Read & Run Chicago hosted in April 2023.

Read poet Stephanie Sarabia’s original poem, “A Love Letter to Lake Michigan,” originally performed at a February 2024 Read & Run Chicago event.

To understand more the real-life parallels between Makkai’s novel and 1980s Lakeview, Read & Run Chicago hosted three LGBTQ elders after our Book Club Run of The Great Believers in January 2025 in partnership with Gerber/Hart Library & Archives, the largest LGBTQ archives in the Midwest and a resource for Rebecca Makkai.

Watch this video to hear from two former members of Jane, the revolutionary underground abortion network in Chicago.

From Chicago Public Library’s crown jewel to dive bars, here are the Chicago bookish community’s list of coziest places to read in Chicago this winter.

There are countless books set in Chicago that teach us the food, history, and culture of the city we love. Here’s our 2024 Holiday Gift Guide for the Chicagoans in your life.

Do you remember your quinceañera? We asked this question to readers & runners at our October 2024 Book Club Run of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, a three-mile loop around Cicero, Illinois, inspired by Erika L. Sánchez’s award-winning young adult novel. Here’s what three runners have to say.

Here’s every book that inspired a 2024 Read & Run Chicago event.

Guide Kaylee Tock rounded up some best practices for deciding where to spend your advocacy dollars.

Guide Kaylee Tock rounded up resources, further reading, and even a self-guided route to help you continue your learning of Jane and reproductive rights advocacy in Chicago and beyond.

Read & Run Chicago's September 14 Running Tour is inspired by the work of Jane, a pre-Roe V. Wade abortion counseling service. Guide Kaylee Tock rounds up the books and documentaries worth watching.

Meet the real-life activists that shaped the fictional story in Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers.

Three self-guided routes inspired by Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming.

In June 2024, we hosted a virtual Q&A with NYT Bestselling Author Ann Napolitano. Here’s what we learned about her.

Here are some of the digital collections guide Quinn Sluzenski referenced while researching for the running tour of The Girls in 3-B.

Read & Run Chicago’s partnership with Lemont Downtown took us to trails throughout the city to bring local author Pat Camalliere’s historical mystery series to life.

Read & Run Chicago guide Quinn Sluzenski rounded up some of the best books and resources to learn more about the pre-Stonewall era in Chicago!

Learn more about Chelsey Stone’s Read & Run on the Road events in San Diego and Los Angeles this spring and summer!