ILP Season 5 Lineup

Library Registration for ILP S5 is now closed. 


Thank you to all the libraries that registered for ILP S5 and for your continuous support of ILP and ILA. Marketing materials and member only content will be shared as they become available. The first ILP S5 Member only email was sent on July 10. If you are a member library for S5 and you have not received the first member only email, please contact us via the ILP email below. 

Questions?

Contact us at illinoislibrariespresent@ila.org.

Season 5 Speakers 

Season 5 Event Schedule

All events are scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. and end at 8:00 p.m.

Finding the Clues: Then and Now with Steve Burns
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Beyond the Screen: A "Wicked" Conversation with Marissa Bode
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Event title TBD - J. Kenji López-Alt
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Bringing History to Life with Jonathan Eig
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Still Afraid of the Dark: An Evening with R.L. Stine
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Beyond the Page: Percival Everett in Dialogue
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Event title TBD - Cristina Henríquez
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Babel-On with R.F. Kuang
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

The Illinois Libraries Present membership fee includes the following:

  • Participation in several virtual shared programs with other libraries across Illinois (at least 6-7 high-quality events will be offered over 9 months)
  • Event registration details, registration link, and ready-to-use promotional copy to be used for your library website for each event
  • Suites of ready-to-use marketing materials and high-quality graphics to be shared by all participating library members (including social media graphics and printable flyers) for each event
  • High-quality event production for each event

Registration 

  • Registration for ILP S5 is now closed. Registration for ILP S6 will open in Spring of 2026. 
  • All registrations for Season 5 need to be processed online, however, you can submit the registration online using the bill me later option to pay with an invoice
  • Current members are NOT automatically registered for the next season. Each ILP season will require registration
  • During the registration process, you will be asked to agree to the ILP Program Terms and Conditions linked for review during the registration process and also available on the website

  • Registration for a particular season is not complete until payment is received

  • All payments are due by July 30. We do offer exceptions to the posted payment deadline, but since the deadline was recently extended, July 30 is the latest we can do as an extension for payment. If you have any questions, please email us at illinoislibrariespresent@ila.org

Questions?

Contact us at illinoislibrariespresent@ila.org.

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