Society of Midland Authors Books Blog

The SMA at Printers Row

The Printers Row Lit Fest isn’t just one of the region’s biggest literary events — it’s also a chance to buy autographed …

Free tickets are now available for an appearance by three of the Society of Midland Authors Award winners at 10 a.m. Saturday, June …

The Society of Midland Authors presented its annual awards on May 14, 2013, honoring its choices for the best books by Midwest …

On May 14, the Society of Midland Authors honored its choices for the best 2012 books by authors from our 12-state region. …

Harry Mark Petrakis wrote a lovely essay about Mother’s Day for the Chicago Sun-Times. “My mother not only exerted every effort to …

With great sadness, we note the death of Roger Ebert, a former Society of Midland Authors member who won the SMA’s award …

The Society of Midland Authors will present its annual awards May 14 in Chicago, honoring its choices for the best books by …

Edward Hirsch, poet, critic and president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, will speak at a Society of Midland Authors event …

The following essay originally appeared in the February 2013 issue of Literary License, the Society of Midland Authors’ newsletter. Dick Bales is …

Our March speaker, Gerry Souter, also recently made an appearance on the Al Jazeera English cable channel. He was interviewed on the …

The Society of Midland Authors presented a panel discussion on “How to Get Published” March 2 at the Creative Chicago Expo, which …

In an article for Ebony magazine, Society of Midland Authors member Natalie Y. Moore addresses a question she says she hears a …

Since our last blog post about Chicago magazine’s story about Aleksandar Hemon’s new nonfiction collection, The Book of My Lives, several other …

Aleksandar Hemon has received the Society of Midland Authors’ award for adult fiction two times — first, for his 2002 book Nowhere …

Society of Midland Authors Board Member Gerry Souter, who will speak at the Society’s program on Tuesday, March 12, is author of …

Today’s New York Times Sunday Book Review includes a review of Society of Midland Authors member Blue Balliett’s latest book for children, “Hold …

The New York Times reported today on the possibility that Amazon might soon allow consumers to resell or exchange digital materials they’ve …

Gillian Flynn, author of the best-selling novel Gone Girl, gave a lively talk at our Feb. 13 event at the Harold Washington …

With great sadness we note the death on Monday of Chicago poet David Hernandez, a former Society of Midland Authors board member …

The Society of Midland Authors is participating again in the Creative Chicago Expo — an annual resource fair that connects Chicago’s creative …