Chicago Publisher ‘CCLaP’ Holds Quadruple Book Release Party – August 10th, 2011

The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography, or CCLaP
[cclapcenter.com], is proud to announce their latest local live event,
a large-scale party to celebrate the release of their first four paper
books this summer.
An electronic publisher since 2007, CCLaP has been
quietly releasing new special-edition, handmade “Hypermodern” paper
editions of its four titles throughout the summer; and on August 10th
the group will be gathering at the popular Beauty Bar in the Bucktown
neighborhood for drinks, free food, and a half-hour reading from all
four featured authors, as well as a few surprise guests. Beauty Bar is
located at 1444 West Chicago Avenue, and the free event will take
place from 7 to 9 p.m., the reading itself from 8:00 to 8:30. All four
books will be for sale individually for $20 apiece; or for one night
only, attendees can purchase all four in a bundle for only $50.

Books and performers being featured that night include the novella
“Too Young to Fall Asleep” by SALLY WEIGEL, about a
Radiohead-listening “emo” high-school student who volunteers for the
Iraq War (originally published in 2009 [cclapcenter.com/asleep]); “99
Problems” by BEN TANZER, essays about the mental intersection between
running and writing (originally published in 2010
[cclapcenter.com/99problems]); “Life After Sleep” by MARK R. BRAND, a
day-after-tomorrow tale concerning a device that allows people to only
need two hours of sleep a night (originally published this past winter
[cclapcenter.com/lifeaftersleep]); and “Salt Creek Anthology” by JASON
FISK, a collection of linked “micro-stories” regarding four trashy
couples in the far Chicago suburbs (published this summer
[cclapcenter.com/saltcreek]). CCLaP’s “Hypermodern” series
[cclapcenter.com/hypermodern] is an attempt to create special
collector-worthy editions of all the center’s electronic books,
reasonably priced yet expertly made; they feature handmade hardbound
covers, including a color photo of the ebook’s original cover adhered
to the front, external Coptic stitching, whimsical decorative
endpapers, a special signature/provenance page for collectors, and a
full Colophon in the back listing all materials used. CCLaP itself has
been open online since 2007, and with a handful of local live events
held in varying venues across the city each year; the center also
produces a semi-weekly podcast, sells general giftstore-style
merchandise, and publishes over 150 book reviews a year at its popular
website. Among other accolades, it’s been featured twice at respected
arts guide BoingBoing.net, and its blog is followed by almost ten
thousand unique monthly visitors.

For questions or more information, please contact executive director
Jason Pettus at cclapcenter@gmail.com, or visit
[cclapcenter.com/events].

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QUICK CALENDAR INFORMATION

Name: CCLaP Quadruple Book Release Party

Date: Wednesday, August 10th, 2011, 7 to 9 p.m. (performance at 8:00)

Location: Beauty Bar Chicago, 1444 W. Chicago Avenue

Cost: Free

Description: The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography
celebrates the release of its first four paper books, at the popular
Beauty Bar in Bucktown. Free food, cash bar, one-night specials on
book bundles, and performances by local authors Ben Tanzer, Mark R.
Brand, Jason Fisk and Sally Weigel.

For more: http://www.cclapcenter.com/events

iCal file: http://www.cclapcenter.com/events/4bookparty.ics

Contact: Jason Pettus, cclapcenter@gmail.com