Explore Chicago Haunts This Halloween

Chicago historian and ghosthunter Ursula Bielski offers informative and chilling tours of the city's haunted sites throughout the year, with every seat on her Chicago Hauntings tour bus reserved before you've realized fall is here.

If you slacked on the Halloween planning again this year, catch the author relating Chicago's paranormal phenomena tonight at The Book Cellar.

Or pick up a copy of Chicago Haunts, More Chicago Haunts, or Graveyards of Chicago to add a little haunted to your Halloween this year.

Unabridged Website

From Robert McDonald, author of A Field Guide to Gay & Lesbian Chicago:

Unabridged Bookstore, has finally up and joined the 21st century and got ourselves a website! In the interest of getting the word out and getting the site known, I'd be much obliged if you could click your browser over to http://www.unabridgedbookstore.com/ and check it out for a moment, and pass this note on, encouraging your e-friends to do the same. You can't buy anything from the site itself, so it's not like I'm asking you to make a financial commitment, just a stop in for a quick online visit. I'll be updating the site frequently, and we'll be profiling books near and dear to us and trumpeting new sale book arrivals and such.

Curse the Curse: Chicago Icon Celebrates Tribute Book on Friday the 13th

I told you we have new books . . . which means we also have book release parties.

Lake Claremont Press and the Billy Goat Tavern are throwing a "Books, Booze, Music, and Cheezborgers" party at the legendary tavern's lower Michigan Avenue location to celebrate the publication of Rick Kogan's highly-anticipated book, A Chicago Tavern: A Goat, a Curse, and the American Dream.

What: Books, Booze, Music, and Cheezborgers

When: Friday, October 13, 2006: 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. and
Saturday, October 14, 2006: noon-4:00 p.m.*
*family-friendly

Where: Billy Goat Tavern
430 N. Michigan Ave. (lower level) at Hubbard St.
Chicago, IL 60611

All are welcome to enjoy the last fall block party with other Chicago lovers.

The Newest in New

Everything is shiny and new around Lake Claremont Press:
new office, new address, new phone number, new fax number, new Web site (with a sweet shopping cart), and new books!
Because we've been busy with so many other projects the blog took a hit, but we're back! To catch up on anything you may have missed in the past month or so, check back here for the latest news or subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter. And we may not be conveniently located next to the brown line train any longer, but you can find our new office here:
Lake Claremont Press
4848 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60640.
It's not a storefront office, so please call before you come by: 773/728-1600.
Or you can contact us and our authors via mail by writing to:
Lake Claremont Press
P.O. Box 25291
Chicago, IL 60625.