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6/8
Jennifer Finney Boylan
6:00 PM - Boylan’s account of transition from young boy to middle-aged woman and the 7 dogs who stood by her.
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6/17
Salman Rushdie
7:00 PM - A wild ride through a country on the verge of moral and spiritual collapse.
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6/18
Lunch for Libraries - Mark Bittman
Mark Bittman
12:00 PM - Clear, no-nonsense perspective on food and diet.
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6/18
Stacey Abrams
7:00 PM - A blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country.
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6/22
Emily Temple, Chloe Benjamin
7:00 PM - a stylish and suspenseful meditation on adolescent desire, friendship, and the female body.
fiction -
6/29
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7/14
Sarah Broom, Lisa Lucas
7:00 PM - The story of her family’s yellow camelback shotgun house set against the canvas of national history.
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7/23
In Praise of Walking & The Nature Fix
Shane O'Mara, Florence Williams
7:00 PM - Two leading scientists investigate our interactions with the natural world.
nonfictionstem -
7/29
Larry Tye
6:00 PM - When the subcommittee doors slammed shut, Chairman McCarthy came unhinged.
biographynonfiction -
9/23
Richard Wagner
7:00 PM - The second volume in R. Richard Wagner’s groundbreaking work on gay history in Wisconsin
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10/17
Neil Gaiman
8:00 PM - He will tell stories and read stories, answer questions, and “amaze, befuddle and generally delight"
fictionnonfictionperformance -
10/20
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Joy Harjo
7:00 PM - An evening of poetry and conversation with United States Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo.
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Ongoing Wisconsin Book Festival Events
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6/30
Susanna Daniel, Michelle Wildgen
10:30 AM - What elements make a powerful start and how to convince yourself to take the leap.
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6/30
Maintaining Your Practice: Writing Seminar
Susanna Daniel, Michelle Wildgen
10:30 AM - Keep your writing fresh, try out new ideas, and use some some of our favorite prompts.
fictionnonfictionwisconsin-authors -
6/30
Point of View and Voice: Writing Seminar
Susanna Daniel, Michelle Wildgen
10:30 AM - How to inhabit your character and look at how voice drives a story independently of plot.
fictionnonfictionwisconsin-authors -
6/30
Susanna Daniel, Michelle Wildgen
10:30 AM - Setting is more than landscape!
fictionnonfictionwisconsin-authors -
6/30
Building Character: Writing Seminar
Susanna Daniel, Michelle Wildgen
11:00 AM - How to take the skills you already have and use them to create a person on the page
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Recent Wisconsin Book Festival Events
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5/28
Carol Anderson
9:00 PM - how voter suppression has worked in the past and, most importantly, what we can do now to deny it.
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5/26
One Person, No Vote YA Edition
Carol Anderson
11:00 AM - An essential explanation of the history of voting rights—and a call to action for a better future.
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5/19
We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders
Linda Sarsour
7:00 PM - How she became a globally recognized activist for marginalized communities across the globe.
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5/14
Courts, COVID-19 & Voter Suppression
Richard Hasen, Alan Hirsch, Abdi Soltani, Lala Wu
9:00 PM - A conversation on the courts' role in protecting our right to vote amid the pandemic.
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5/7
Unrigging the Rules for the Rising American Electorate
David Daley, Steve Phillips, Rebecca Nagle
9:00 PM - Who has the potential to reshape our political landscape, just by exercising the right to vote?
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
5/7
The LIfe and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly
Jamie Pacton, Lizzie Mason
6:00 PM - A hilarious rom-com with the smash-the-patriarchy heart of Moxie.
children-teenfictionwisconsin-authors -
5/1
Amber McReynolds, Jesse Wegman, Ian Haney López
9:00 PM - What are the pathways to making vote-by-mail widely available? What are the challenges?
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
4/29
Allen Eskens, Matt Goldman
11:00 AM - Mystery writers Allen Eskens and Matt Goldman talk about their new novels
fiction -
4/23
Takeyla Benton, Jen Rubin
7:00 PM - Inside Stories podcast explores Madison one story at a time.
performancewisconsin-authors -
4/20
Kate Elizabeth Russell
7:00 PM - An era-defining novel that brilliantly captures and reflects our shifting cultural mores.
fictionwisconsin-authors -
4/14
Steven Wright
7:00 PM - A biting novel about a political operative running a dark money campaign for his corporate clients.
fictionwisconsin-authors -
4/8
Veronica Roth
1:00 PM - Veronica Roth will appear live online at twitch.tv/vrothbooks to talk about her new novel
fiction -
4/4
Angie Trudell Vasquez, Sarah Busse, Fabu, Dasha Kelly, Peggy Rogza
2:00 PM - Come celebrate poetry with the City of Madison Poet Laureate, Angela Trudell Vasquez and guests!
performancepoetrywisconsin-authors -
3/12
Brandon Taylor
6:00 PM - A novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern university town.
fictionwisconsin-authors -
3/11
A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump
David Plouffe
7:00 PM - A voter's playbook on making a difference in the 2020 election and beyond.
nonfiction -
3/4
Donna Leon
7:00 PM - Donna Leon engages our sensibilities about the differences between guilt and responsibility
fiction -
3/3
Quan Barry
7:00 PM - A comic novel about a 1980s field hockey team that will do anything to make it to the State Finals.
fictionwisconsin-authors -
2/20
Janice Kaplan
7:00 PM - Genius isn't just about talent. It's about having that talent recognized, nurtured, and celebrated.
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
2/13
Marlon James
7:00 PM - Myth, fantasy, and history explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child.
fiction -
2/10
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