My name is Roni & I'm a bookaholic

This weekend is my drug. There's no anti-drug to my drug of choice. OK, maybe a good martini can distract me, but really, I'd rather have both with me on a hot sandy beach. Ahhh....

This weekend is the Printer's Row Book Fair. A few streets of Chicago will be plastered with books, books, and more books! Not only that, but each year there are always quite a few authors that I'd like to hear speak. Chances are that I'll go on Sunday to try to catch any of the following:

Alice Walker: 11 a.m. Sunday, June 8
Harold Washington Library Center, Auditorium
Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Color Purple," is a renowned women's and civil-rights activist. A recent work, "The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart," is a collection of autobiographical and fictional stories that examine relationships. Her latest book is "Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth: New Poems."

Margaret Atwood: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 8
Harold Washington Library Center, Auditorium
Atwood, the author of more then 26 books, is the recipient of the 2003 Harold Washington Literary Award for her creative use of the written word. Atwood's latest book, "Oryx and Crake," was published last month.

Ana Castillo: 2 p.m. Sunday, June 8
Heartland Literary Tent
Considered one of the leading voices to emerge from the Chicana experience, Chicago native Castillo is a celebrated poet, novelist, short story writer and essayist. Her latest book, "Peel My Love Like an Onion," published in 1999, was named a Los Angeles Times Book Review "Best Book of the Year."

With all the fab speakers, I dunno how I'll find time to look at actual books! And then there's the issue of all the fab speakers on Saturday. Egads! Can one OD on books?

Labels: Books