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1/23
Leslie Jamison
7:00 PM - A fascinating look at the larger history of the recovery movement.
nonfictionstem -
2/6
Chigozie Obioma
7:00 PM - A heart-wrenching epic about destiny and determination.
fiction -
2/7
Ha Jin
7:00 PM - An extraordinary portrait of a poet who both transcended his time and was shaped by it.
biographynonfiction -
2/9
Muriel Simms
3:00 PM - Stories of twenty-five African Americans whose families arrived, survived, and thrived in Madison.
equity-social-justicebiographynonfiction -
2/12
Susan Gloss
7:00 PM - A charming story of artists, inspiration, and how to reinvent your life with purpose and flair.
fiction -
2/15
Gaylord Schanilec: A Natural History
Gaylord Schanilec
5:00 PM - Art book exhibit focused on the landscape, natural history, and culture of the upper Mississippi.
artwisconsin-authors -
2/28
fiction -
3/8
Mitchell Jackson
7:00 PM - A candid, lyrical, and thrillingly alive portrait of a family, a community, and a nation.
equity-social-justicebiographynonfiction -
3/11
Sonya Renee Taylor
7:00 PM - Reconnect with the radical origins of minds & bodies and celebrate our collective, enduring strength
equity-social-justicebiographynonfiction -
3/12
I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood
Tiana Clark
7:00 PM - For prize-winning poet Tiana Clark, trees will never be just trees.
equity-social-justicepoetrywisconsin-authors -
4/8
Jamaica Kincaid
7:30 PM - A Small Place cannot help but amplify our vision of one small place and all that it signifies.
equity-social-justicebiographynonfiction -
4/9
G. Willow Wilson
7:00 PM - An epic adventure from an essential voice in American fiction.
fiction -
4/18
Solmaz Sharif
7:00 PM - Solmaz Sharif’s astonishing first book asks us to see the ongoing costs of war.
poetry -
4/24
Nickolas Butler
7:00 PM - A Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith.
fictionwisconsin-authors -
4/29
Mary Norris
7:00 PM - Mary Norris is again delighting readers with her wit, knowledge, and exploration of language.
nonfiction -
4/30
Cherrie Moraga
7:00 PM - A reckoning with white American history and a piercing love letter from a fearless daughter.
equity-social-justicebiographynonfiction -
5/15
Celeste Ng
12:00 PM - The Madison Public Library Foundation presents the 2019 Lunch For Libraries.
fiction
Recent Wisconsin Book Festival Events
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12/5
Eve Ewing
7:00 PM - A book about what schools really mean to Americans and to African-Americans in particular.
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
12/1
Jan Brett
10:00 AM - Children's author Jan Brett discusses a prequel to the bestselling picture book, The Hat.
children-teenfiction -
11/14
Margaret George
6:00 PM - Ascending to the throne was only the beginning...
fiction -
11/12
Susan Orlean
7:00 PM - A dazzling love letter to a beloved institution—our libraries.
nonfiction -
11/7
Gyasi Ross
7:00 PM - One of the best storytellers and one of the sharpest young intellectuals in this time
equity-social-justicepoetry -
10/26
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
10/18
children-teenfiction -
10/16
Go Big Read: The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan
7:00 PM - Go Big Read presents an ode to the majesty and history of this national treasure: The Great Lakes.
nonfictionstemwisconsin-authors -
10/16
Leif Enger
7:00 PM - A swift, full journey into the heart and heartache of an often overlooked American Upper Midwest.
fiction -
10/14
NBF Presents Making Sense of One Another: Literature and Connection
Karen Bender, Chris Bachelder
1:30 PM - A panel discussion on Literature & Connection.
fiction -
10/14
Fabu, Kim Blaeser, Max Garland, Denise Sweet, Karla Huston, Marilyn Taylor
12:00 PM - State and local poets laureate read to celebrate the poetry and people of Wisconsin.
performancepoetry -
10/14
Ingrid Fetell Lee
12:00 PM - How small changes to our surroundings can lead us to happier, healthier, more satisfying lives.
artnonfictionstem -
10/14
Summer Hours at the Robber's LIbrary
Sue Halpern
12:00 PM - An unforgettable tale of family… the kind you come from and the kind you create.
fiction -
10/14
Mark Leibovich, David Maraniss
10:30 AM - Politics, football, and the inevitable intersection of the two in today's heated cultural atmosphere
nonfiction -
10/14
Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom Beyond the Mat
Amy Pearce-Hayden, Kelly DiNardo
10:30 AM - A Sunday morning brief intro into the sutras and a guided meditation.
nonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/14
Dessa
10:30 AM - An uncompromising and candid account of a life in motion, in music, and in love.
nonfictionstem -
10/14
The Lake Michigan Cottage Cookbook
Amelia Levin
10:30 AM - A cookbook that brings the lakeshore’s flavors and charm to you year-round, wherever you are.
food -
10/13
Chloe Benjamin, Mark Kurlansky, Natalia Sylvester, Rebecca Traister
9:00 PM - Stories mined from our secret lives as readers.
fictionnonfictionperformancewisconsin-authors -
10/13
Cynthia Graber, Nicola Twilley
8:00 PM - Gastropod is the award-winning podcast that looks at food through the lens of science and history.
foodnonfictionperformancestem -
10/13
Carol Anderson
7:30 PM - The astonishing history of government-dictated racial discrimination and voting requirements.
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
10/13
John Roach
7:30 PM - Musings on everything from politics and religion to family and cabin life to sports.
biographyfoodnonfiction -
10/13
Mark Kurlansky
7:00 PM - Profoundly intertwined with human civilization, milk has a compelling story to tell.
foodnonfictionstem -
10/13
Rebecca Traister
6:00 PM - A glimpse into the galvanizing force of women’s anger, which, when harnessed, can change history
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
10/13
Liam Callanan
6:00 PM - A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris.
fiction -
10/13
Vince Beiser
6:00 PM - It's the ingredient that makes possible our lives--and our future, and we're running out of it.
nonfictionstem -
10/13
nonfictionstem -
10/13
Donna Freitas
4:30 PM - A call to action for university administrators, faculty, parents, and students themselves.
nonfiction -
10/13
Natalia Sylvester
4:30 PM - A novel about immigration and the depths one Mexican American family will go for forgiveness.
equity-social-justicefiction -
10/13
Daegan Miller
4:30 PM - If you know where to look, you can uncover a different history, one that's mostly forgotten.
nonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/13
Scott Spoolman
4:00 PM - An examination of geologic processes to the landscape to understand of our state's natural history
nonfictionstem -
10/13
Johann Hari
3:00 PM - A radically new way of thinking about an epidemic sweeping across the United States.
biographynonfictionstem -
10/13
Once a Professor: A Memoir of Teaching in Turbulent Times
Jerry Apps
3:00 PM - Farm boy professor and celebrated rural historian shares the life lessons he learned.
biographynonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/13
Ling Ma
3:00 PM - A moving family story, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale, and a hilarious, deadpan satire.
fiction -
10/13
Dan Kaufman
3:00 PM - The untold story behind the most shocking political upheaval in the country.
nonfiction -
10/13
Joy Thomas Moore, Doug Nelson
3:00 PM - The seven pillars of presence that all parents can use to positively influence their kids.
children-teennonfiction -
10/13
Brantley Hargrove
2:00 PM - A biography that chronicles the life and death of the greatest storm chaser who ever live.
biographystem -
10/13
Natalie Eilbert
1:30 PM - This book attempts to indict us, so that the wounded might one day be free.
poetrywisconsin-authors -
10/13
Megan Monday, Brijetta Hall Waller
1:30 PM - Love Wisconsin is a storytelling project all about the people of Wisconsin.
artnonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/13
Realer Than Real: Writing With All Five Senses
Michelle Wildgen, Susanna Daniel
1:30 PM - A workshop about sensory writing and how to use it in your fiction and nonfiction.
fictionnonfiction -
10/13
Margaret Hagerman
1:30 PM - A clear-eyed and sometimes shocking account of how white kids learn about race.
children-teenequity-social-justicenonfiction -
10/13
Diane Grosklaus Whitty, Dong Isbister, Daniel Youd
1:30 PM - Translators are an indispensable link between authors and their foreign readers.
nonfiction -
10/13
Jeff Bercovici
1:00 PM - A deeply reported tour of the science helping athletes redefine the notion of “peak age.”
nonfictionstem -
10/13
Courtney Kersten
12:00 PM - Kersten charts the uncertainty of her midwestern homeland by looking to the stars and planets.
biographynonfiction -
10/13
Meghan O'Gieblyn
12:00 PM - What does it mean to be a believing Christian and a Midwesterner in an increasingly secular America?
biographynonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/13
Tom Matthews
12:00 PM - A novel that exposes all-too-familiar forces that hasten the decline of the average American family.
fictionwisconsin-authors -
10/13
Tommy: My Journey of a Lifetime
Tommy Thompson, Doug Moe
12:00 PM - Former WI governor Tommy Thompson's journey from boyhood to politics to the world stage.
nonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/13
Heather Swan
11:00 AM - A luminous, global journey from the worlds of honey producers, urban farmers, and mead makers.
nonfictionstemwisconsin-authors -
10/13
Call Me When You Want to Talk about the Tombstones
Cynthia Marie Hoffman
10:30 AM - A mother and daughter embark on a moving quest to reconstruct their family history.
poetry -
10/13
Mary Robinette Kowal, Mirah Bolender, K Arsenault Rivera
10:30 AM - Three fearless women writers discuss the state of writing (and reading) Science Fiction and Fantasy.
fictionstem -
10/13
nonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/13
Judy Moody and the Right Royal Tea Party
Megan McDonald
10:30 AM - Judy Moody is in a royal purple-mountain-majesties mood. Make that Majesty with a capital M!
children-teenfiction -
10/13
Pardeep Singh Kaleka, Arno Michaelis
10:30 AM - The powerful story of a friendship between two men—one Sikh and one skinhead.
equity-social-justicebiographynonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/12
2018 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture
Benjamin Alire Saenz
7:30 PM - A lecture by multi-award-winning novelist and poet Benjamin Alire Saenz
children-teenequity-social-justicefiction -
10/12
Jamel Brinkley
7:30 PM - In a world shaped by race, gender, and class—luck may be the greatest fiction of all.
equity-social-justicefiction -
10/12
Kate Moore
7:30 PM - The incredible true story of the women who fought America’s Undark danger.
nonfictionstem -
10/12
Where Did You Get This Number?
Anthony Salvanto
7:30 PM - For any American who wants to get a better read on what America is thinking.
nonfiction -
10/12
Chaya Bhuvaneswar
7:00 PM - Centered on the experiences of diverse women of color facing sexual harassment and racial violence.
equity-social-justicefiction -
10/12
Britteney Black Rose Kapri
6:00 PM - A refreshing, unapologetic look at the line between sexual freedom and sexual exploitation.
equity-social-justicepoetry -
10/12
equity-social-justicebiographynonfiction -
10/12
Lucy Tan
6:00 PM - An exploration of what we owe to our country, our families, and ourselves.
fictionwisconsin-authors -
10/12
Bao Phi
5:00 PM - The Charlotte Zolotow Award is given annually to the author of the best picture book text in the US.
children-teenequity-social-justicefiction -
10/12
Wisconsin People & Ideas 2018 Fiction and Poetry Contest Reading
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters
5:00 PM - A reading from the winners of the Wisconsin People and Ideas fiction and poetry contest.
fictionpoetrywisconsin-authors -
10/12
Samira Ahmed
4:30 PM - A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl whose world is rocked by a domestic terrorism attack.
children-teenequity-social-justicefiction -
10/12
Jacki Whisenant
4:30 PM - A look at how science has been visually communicated through the ages.
artstemwisconsin-authors -
10/12
Rosemary Zurlo-Cuva , Katrin Talbot, Andrea Potos
4:30 PM - How do we write about experience that ties us to something beyond our material lives?
poetrywisconsin-authors -
10/12
Erle Ellis
2:00 PM - A discussion of our role in shaping the planet, and how it will influence our future on many fronts
nonfictionstem -
10/11
How Are You Going to Save Yourself
JM Holmes
8:30 PM - Four young friends coming of age in the postindustrial enclave of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
fictionwisconsin-authors -
10/11
Big Ideas for Busy People: Contagion
7:00 PM - 5 minute talks from some of UW-Madison’s biggest brains turning a microscope on microbes
nonfictionstem -
10/11
equity-social-justicepoetry -
10/11
Amelia Brunskill, Adrianne Finlay, Madeline Reynolds
7:00 PM - A panel discussion of debut YA writers living in the Midwest.
children-teenfiction -
10/11
7:00 PM - celebration of the life and legacy of world-renowned 2014 NEA Jazzmaster Richard Davis
performance -
10/11
Chloe Benjamin
7:00 PM - If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life?
fictionwisconsin-authors -
10/11
David Quammen
6:00 PM - Recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our understanding of evolution and life's history
nonfictionstem -
10/11
Stu Levitan
5:30 PM - Madison in the Sixties details the ten tumultuous years that changed Madison forever
nonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/11
Rebecca Makkai
5:30 PM - A story of survivors who were forever affected by the AIDS crisis.
fiction -
10/11
Laura Jean Baker
5:30 PM - A beautiful and brave memoir of motherhood and its discontents.
biographynonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/11
2018 Friends of Madison Public Library Book Sale
Friends of Madison Public Library
9:00 AM - Find great bargains for your home library and support the library!
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10/10
The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind: Thomas Jefferson’s Idea of a University
Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
4:30 PM - The 2018 James Madison Lecture about Thomas Jefferson’s revolutionary ideas about higher education
nonfiction -
10/10
2018 Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale
Friends of UW Libraries
4:00 PM - The largest used book sale in Wisconsin returns this fall!
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10/9
How to Leave: Quitting the City and Coping with a New Reality
Erin Clune
7:00 PM - Priceless stories of own experiences leaving New York for her hometown in Wisconsin.
biographynonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/7
Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment & Ambush
James Patterson
10:00 AM - The world's #1 bestselling author has teamed up with the world's most famous genius.
children-teenfiction -
9/27
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Caroline Fraser
6:00 PM - The grown-up story behind the most influential childhood epic of pioneer life.
biographynonfiction -
9/26
Tommy Orange
7:00 PM - A voice full of poetry and rage, a plague of addiction, abuse, and suicide.
fiction -
9/25
fictionchildren-teen -
9/24
fictionchildren-teen -
9/21
Nura Maznavi
7:00 PM - Romance, dating, sex and - Muslim women? 25 American Muslim writers sweep aside stereotypes.
biographynonfiction -
9/7
Between Gravity and What Cheer
Barry Phipps
7:00 PM - Iowa-based photographs of abstract shapes and colors, artful signs, and the occasional resident.
art -
8/30
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