Photos from the Capitol Hill Book Fest on Sunday Afternoon
By Larry Janezich
Posted on September 18, 2023
CHC visited the Capitol Hill Book Fest in the North Hall of Eastern Market on Sunday afternoon. Dozens of authors from across the city were there, promoting their works. Panels of writers discussed their works outside on the west side of the Market under a tarp protecting from the occasional rain drop.
Here are some random photos of some of the vendors:
Robert Pohl, Capitol Hill resident and President of Friends of SE Library. Has half a dozen books to his credit, the latest being 101 Hours in a Zeppelin: Ernst August Lehmann and the Dream of Transatlantic Flight, 1917. Based on the original letters of physics professor Robert Wichard Pohl this book tells the story of the first flight to exceed 100 hours in the air.
Adrienne Tropp. Capitol Hill Resident. Author of Shanghai Losses. “Ever since young Rachel Weiser and her family fled Nazi Germany for Japanese-controlled Shanghai, her grandfather’s tours of the city, her close friendship with a Russian schoolmate, and her doll, Mary, are what enable Rachel to endure this new life.”
Sunu P. Chandy. Author of My Dear Comrades. “In this poetry collection, Sunu P. Chandy includes stories about her experiences as a woman, civil rights attorney, parent, partner, daughter of South Asian immigrants, and member of the LGBTQ community.”
Louis Bayard. Prolific Capitol Hill resident author. His latest is Jackie and Me. His 2006 award winning novel The Pale Blue Eye is a historical murder mystery featuring a young West Point cadet – Edgar Allan Poe – and was adapted for the screen by Scott Cooper and features actor Christian Bale.
East City Books had a presence ….
as did Capitol Hill Books.
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