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09/13/2026

I partnered with sweaty ponytales for the perfect Read & Run Tours merch drop for readers everywhere and readers who run 🥰

Buy our new collab this weekend in Chicago at Printers Row Lit Fest! Visit the Read & Run Chicago™️ table outside Hotel Blake.

Read local s**t design available in:
🎽 Unisex sweat-wicking tanks sizes XS-XL (🚫medium sold out!)
👕 Long sleeve unisex cotton t-shirt sizes S-2XL

$45. Available while supplies last!

If you’re outside of Chicago, DM me about shipping! 📦

Big things coming up this week in the Read & Run world! 🗓️ WEDNESDAY, SEPT 9 at 6PM Join us and journalist Malissa Roden...
09/07/2026

Big things coming up this week in the Read & Run world!

🗓️ WEDNESDAY, SEPT 9 at 6PM

Join us and journalist Malissa Rodenburg (Malissa Rodenburg) for the first-ever run + live interview for the Writers Who Run column out of the American Writers Museum . All are welcome—no cost to join.
👉 RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gp2tVM3H

🗓️ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12-SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 from 10AM - 6PM

Read & Run Chicago will be stationed at a table right outside the Hotel Blake on the west side of the street. Visit us for:
📚 Gently used Chicago books that support or programming
❤️ Blind dates with Chicago books
🍂 Fall challenge packets
🔖 Free bookmarks, buttons, and stickers
👚 New Read & Run Tours’s merch collab with sweaty ponytales
💌 Free postcards with purchase

🗓️ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 at 2PM

Writers Who Run panel at Printers Row Lit Fest featuring Brian Hieggelke, Samantha Hoffman, Robert Scoop Jackson, Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, and Heidi Stevens in conversation with Malissa Rodenburg, Writers Who Run columnist!

See you there, Chicagoans and visitors.

09/04/2026

OUR FAVORITE S**T IS THE LOCAL KIND! 😂

The Read & Run Tours x sweaty ponytales MERCH REVEAL is here! 👀

We want you to READ LOCAL S**T.

No matter what way you’re involved in the Read & Run world, whether you’re a community member of Read & Run Chicago™️, an author using our event services, or an organizer on the Read & Run on the Road™️ program, we can all agree: reading local stories makes us more connected to local authors and more connected to the physical spaces we call home.

Reading local s**t is the best.

We’re debuting these long sleeved shirts and running tanks next week IRL in CHICAGO:

🗓️ Sept 9 at the American Writers Museum at the live Writers Who Run interview + run with Martha Engber

🗓️ Sept 12-13 At the Read & Run Chicago table at Printers Row Lit Fest

If you want to make sure you don’t miss out, DM to buy now and pick up next week!

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Welcome to September, readers & runners nationwide! Here are this month’s signature events in the Read & Run world: 📅 Se...
09/04/2026

Welcome to September, readers & runners nationwide!

Here are this month’s signature events in the Read & Run world:

📅 Sept 12
📍DC
Read & Run on the Road: Running Tour of 100 Things to Do in Arlington Before You Die with Author Barbara Noe Kennedy
Host: Chelsey Stone

📅 Sept 27
📍Chicago 👉 Haymarket House
Running Tour of Freed to Kill with Gera-Lind Kolarik
Host: Read & Run Chicago™️

What are signature events? The original event format we created: Book-themed guided routes where stories take place. They’re hosted by Read & Run Chicago and independent organizers with the Read & Run on the Road program.

➡️ Tap the ‘Events’ link in bio for info + tickets!

Looking for free community programming in Chicago? 👉 Follow Read & Run Chicago™️ and subscribe to their newsletter.

09/03/2026

What’s YOUR GUESS?!

Tomorrow I’m releasing our new merch in collaboration with sweaty ponytales, and I had so much fun at FABRIK River North asking people what they thought it said.

Here are the first two words: “read local _____.”

What do you think it says? 🤔 Write your guess in the comments!

CHICAGO: you’ll be able to purchase IRL next week during our Writers Who Run live event at American Writers Museum or at Printers Row Lit Fest.

REVEAL IS TOMORROW!!!



09/02/2026

We collaborated with sweaty ponytales on a new merch release, and it’s SO.GOOD. 🤗

It’s the perfect snark of sweaty ponytales and the spirit of Read & Run Tours.

Stay tuned for the launch…I’ve got a plan 😂

Ps. It’s going to be available IRL in Chicago on September 9 at our live Writers Who Run event with Martha Engber at the Writers Museum and also that weekend at Printers Row Lit Fest!

We’ll release online sales later this fall.

09/02/2026

I’m so jazzed for this one!

Join Read & Run Tours and journalist Malissa Rodenburg (Malissa Rodenburg) in Chicago on September 9 for a three-mile run with author Martha Engber (Martha Engber) followed by a live Writers Who Run interview.

Join us on Wednesday, September 9 at 6:00 PM at the American Writers Museum (180 N Michigan) for a casual three-mile run (12:00 minute per mile pace) with author Martha Engber through the Chicago streets that inspired her books’ settings, followed by the first-ever live taping of the next Writers Who Run column. Learn about Martha’s work and how running and movement fit into her practice.

After the Q&A, we’ll have book sales and signing of Martha’s Chicago-based novels, Winter Light andits sequel, Scattered Light.

👉 Tap the link in bio to RSVP.

It’s free! There are snacks! You’ll meet other writers! Other runners! Other readers! AND hang out at the American Writers Museum!

The first-ever LIVE Writers Who Run 👟🎥Two weeks from today, join us and journalist Malissa Rodenburg (Malissa Rodenburg)...
08/26/2026

The first-ever LIVE Writers Who Run 👟🎥

Two weeks from today, join us and journalist Malissa Rodenburg (Malissa Rodenburg) for yhe first-ever live interview for the Writers Who Run column!

Join us Chicago at the American Writers Museum on Wednesday, September 9 for a run with author Martha Engber (Martha Engber) and live interview.

You’ll learn more about Martha’s work and how running and movement fit into her practice. 

After the Q&A, we’ll have book sales and signing of Martha’s Chicago-based novels, Winter Light and its sequel, Scattered Light.

All are welcome—no cost to join.

Not runnning? Skip the run and join us for the live interview directly.

Tap the ‘Events’ link in bio to save your spot.

07/30/2026

I love working with authors who love to connect IRL with readers and are ready to use creative formats to build community while promoting their books. ❤️

Reading is not dead, and there is a world of voracious readers ready to devour your work!

Learn more about event services for authors at readandruntours.com.

Welcome to July, readers & runners nationwide! The Read & Run world has one signature event this month. 📅 July 12📍Chicag...
07/09/2026

Welcome to July, readers & runners nationwide!

The Read & Run world has one signature event this month.

📅 July 12
📍Chicago 👉 Go Green Community Fresh Market
Running Tour of Don’t Go with Tonika Lewis Johnson
Host: Read & Run Chicago™️

What are signature events? The format we created: Book-themed guided routes where stories take place. They’re hosted by Read & Run Chicago and independent organizers with the Read & Run on the Road program.

➡️ Tap the ‘Events’ link in bio for tickets!

Looking for free community programming in Chicago? 👉 Follow Read & Run Chicago™️ and subscribe to their newsletter.

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