Will you Take Home a Power Smokeless Grill on Calkins Day? Only the Steward of Tara Knows for Sure

In one final "spammy" push for Calkins Day 2023, I'm here to tell you about a last minute element to our annual celebration.

On Thursday, Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara, sent me this message and photo: "How about an in-store limerick contest? We have a prize for it."

Now, while the contest won't look anything quite as grand as the limerick match we held at the Book and Bean Cafe in Joliet for Calkins Day 2019, we did briefly discuss a couple ways to manage that.

We do know for certain that no purchase (or gifting) is necessary to participate.

If you want to know, or possibly take a Power Smokeless Grill home, you'll have to come out to The Book Market in Crest Hill sometime between 6 and 8 p.m. Feb. 13.

If you need more reasons to attend, you should read these posts: "Five Reasons Why You Should Attend Calkins Day 2023 on Feb. 13 at The Book Market in Crest Hill." and Authors: Help Build the Steward's Library on Calkins Day (And Take Home a Book for Yourself).

Note: Being an author is not a requirement for coming home with a free book. Anyone who attends is welcome to talk Ed out of one (it probably won't take much effort. Ed is very generous and eager to for the world to know and love the BryonySeries, more eager than even me).

If you're not quite sure what Calkins Day is (whoever is really sure about that?), we invite you to read this post, which includes links to past events, information about Ed, and to our "Guide to Becoming Un-Serious."

Yes, I'm very serious about that.

You see, Ed always says he's "stolen" my BryonySeries characters for his own writing.

Well, the BryonySeries has stolen his invented Calkins Day holiday and turned it into so much more.

Calkins Day is a day to celebrate laughter, imagination, and generosity.

You may not find our event packed wall-to-wall with attendees. In fact, you might find you are our only attendee.

But you will find laughter, imagination, and generosity when you walk through the doors of The Book Market sometime between 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 13. We guarantee that or you will get your pombec back.

The Book Market is located at 2365 Plainfield Road in Crest Hill.

We hope to see you there.