Twin Cities Book Festival

The tiny literary journal Rain Taxi seems to top itself every year, lining up an increasingly impressive array of authors and other writerly types for its one-day book festival. Among this year’s eleven presenters: Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will read from her new book Half of a Yellow Sun; rock historian Steven Lee Beeber, author of The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB’s: A Secret History of Jewish Punk, will kick it with the Current’s Mary Lucia; and Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant will discuss what fantasy means today in light of their experiences writing their own stories, publishing the zine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet and editing the fantasy half of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Besides all those events, you can go trolling for used-book treasures, browse a host of literary magazines, schmooze with exhibitors from local publishers and other arts organizations, mess around with making (not writing) your own book, get a load of local celebrities trying to spell “solipsism,” and let loose with the kids at a party to celebrate the final book in Lemony Snicket’s Unfortunate Events series. 1501 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis; www.raintaxi.com/bookfest”