pp@CS-Arthur (Paul A Pritchard) (09/14/84)
[A couple of weeks back I requested information on book fairs in the US.
The information below is what I have to date. (Thanks to Will Martin for
the St. Louis information.) If you have further information about the fairs
listed below, or (especially) others, please send it to me.
Further postings will appear as further information warrants.]
F O R T H C O M I N G B O O K F A I R S
FORMAT: Date(s) / City / Sponsor.
Details.
(1984)
Sep 21-23 / Bloomington,IN / Red Cross.
At old Indiana University football stadium. Fri, Sat 10-6; Sun 12-6.
Oct ??-?? / Ithaca,NY / Friends of the (Ithaca Public) Library.
Above Clever Hans Bakery, cnr. Dey & Franklin. Books sorted by category,
alpabetically for fiction. Very popular -- big queue for the opening day.
Monotonically decreasing prices. No admission charge.
(1985)
April ??-?? / W. Lafayette,IN / Friends of the (W. Lafayette Public) Library.
208 W Columbia, 1 block N from State & Northwestern.
April (3rd week ?) / St. Louis,MI / Nursery Foundation of St. Louis.
At the parking lot of the Famous-Barr department store in Clayton, MO
(a suburb of St. Louis, directly west of the city -- the store itself is about
7 blocks west of the Washington University campus, which lies partly in
St. Louis and partly in Clayton). Paid admission opening night ($3 or so).
August ? / St. Louis,MI / Carondelet YMCA.
In south St. Louis. Paid admission opening night.
August ? / Evanston,IL / Brandeis book fair.