3/19

Purified

Peter Annin

- How recycled sewage is transforming our water

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Purified

Purified

Peter Annin

4/2

Be A Revolution

Ijeoma Oluo, Dr. Sagashus Levingston

- How everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world - and how you can too

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Revoluntion

Be A Revolution

Ijeoma Oluo, Dr. Sagashus Levingston

4/3

SCHOOL VISIT: Be a Revolution

Ijeoma Oluo

- How everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world - and how you can too

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Revoluntion
4/4

The Dane County Farmers’ Market Cookbook

Terese Allen

- Local foods, global flavors

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Dane County Cookbook
4/10

Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale

Friends of UW Libraries

- Books for sale are donated by University of Wisconsin faculty, staff, students, and residents

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2024 Friends of UW Book Sale
4/10

Poetry Reading

Joshua Burton, Patrycja Humienik, Sadia Hassan

- Celebrate National Poetry Month with a reading featuring deeply moving words from three poets

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Grace Engine cover art

Poetry Reading

Joshua Burton, Patrycja Humienik, Sadia Hassan

4/15

Lost Children Archive

Valeria Luiselli, Paola Hernández

- An artist couple set out with their two children on a road trip

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Lost Children

Lost Children Archive

Valeria Luiselli, Paola Hernández

4/18

2024 Wisconsin Institute For Creative Writing Fellows Reading

Elijah Bean, Sadia Hassan, Gothataone Moeng , Mandy Moe Pwint Tu, Ada Zhang

- Presented in partnership with the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing

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Fellows Reading

2024 Wisconsin Institute For Creative Writing Fellows Reading

Elijah Bean, Sadia Hassan, Gothataone Moeng , Mandy Moe Pwint Tu, Ada Zhang

4/23

Lunch For Libraries - Tommy Orange

Tommy Orange, Aaron Bird Bear

- Featuring award-winning author, Tommy Orange

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Wandering Stars

Lunch For Libraries - Tommy Orange

Tommy Orange, Aaron Bird Bear

4/24

Not Your Mother's Romance Writers

Christina Lauren, TJ Alexander, Kaliane Bradley, Jackie Lau

- Alexander, Bradley, and Lau will discuss what makes a great romance.

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Not Your Mother's Romance Writers Event Flyer

Not Your Mother's Romance Writers

Christina Lauren, TJ Alexander, Kaliane Bradley, Jackie Lau

4/30

Table For Two

Amor Towles, Christina Clancy

- Stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood

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Table

Table For Two

Amor Towles, Christina Clancy

5/2

Creative Writing Awards Ceremony

- The 2024 undergraduate and graduate creative writing awards ceremony.

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UW Madison CW Awards
5/8

Lessons For Survival

Emily Raboteau, Erika Meitner

- A perspective from a mother raising children in the midst of protracted crises & existential threats

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Lessons

Lessons For Survival

Emily Raboteau, Erika Meitner

5/9

SCHOOL VISIT: A Maleta Full of Treasures

Natalia Sylvester

- A warm, gentle ode to the people and places that make us who we are even if we haven’t met them yet

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Cover of A Maleta Full of Treasures by Natalia Sylvester
5/14

Real Americans

Rachel Khong

- What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?

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Real Americans

Real Americans

Rachel Khong


Ongoing Wisconsin Book Festival Events

There are no ongoing events that match the selected criteria listed on the calendar at this time.

Recent Wisconsin Book Festival Events

3/18

2024 UW Fiction MFA Graduates Reading

- Aeron Parks, Jackie Chalgin, Nitya Gupta, Phoebe Kranefuss, R.E. Hawley, and Robert Sorrell Bynum

3/13

Tough Broad

Caroline Paul

- How outdoor adventure improves our lives as we age

Tough Broad

Caroline Paul

3/12

Birding to Change the World

Trish O'Kane

- An uplifting memoir, a professor & activist shares what birds can teach us about life

3/11

Middle Distance

Mylo Choy

- The subtle powers of running, especially those who are transgender or nonbinary

Middle Distance

Mylo Choy

3/7

An Immense World

Ed Yong

- Funny, rigorous, and suffused with the joy of discovery.

2/28

True North

Andrew J. Graff, Nickolas Butler

- Wisconsin’s Northwoods could be the fresh start this marriage needs.

True North

Andrew J. Graff, Nickolas Butler

2/27

Splinters

Leslie Jamison

- Rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love.

Splinters

Leslie Jamison

2/14

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar, Michelle Wildgen

- A look at how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar, Michelle Wildgen

1/31

Quartette: Four Women in Jazz

Maxine Gordon

- Stories from the Lives of Maxine Sullivan, Velma Middleton, Melba Liston, and Shirley Scott

12/7

Come Home, Indio

Jim Terry

- Walk through the life of the author, Jim Terry

Come Home, Indio

Jim Terry

12/2

Cozy

Jan Brett

- A gorgeous tale of sharing, friendship, and living in harmony

Cozy

Jan Brett

11/17

The Vulnerables

Sigrid Nunez

- A search for understanding about some of the most critical matters of our time

The Vulnerables

Sigrid Nunez

11/15

Among the Braves

Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin

- Hope, struggle, and exile in the battle for Hong Kong and the future of global democracy

Among the Braves

Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin

11/14

I Must Be Dreaming

Roz Chast

- Dreams are weird and not my fault

I Must Be Dreaming

Roz Chast

11/7

How Minds Change

David McRaney

- The surprising science of belief, opinion, and persuasion

How Minds Change

David McRaney

11/7

Wisconsin People & Ideas 2023 Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners

Matt Cashion, Susanna Daniel, Holly Hilliard, Taylor Kirby, K.E. McCoy, Sheryl Slocum, Nicholas Gulig

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Wisconsin People & Ideas 2023 Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners

Matt Cashion, Susanna Daniel, Holly Hilliard, Taylor Kirby, K.E. McCoy, Sheryl Slocum, Nicholas Gulig

11/1

**CANCELED: The Night Parade**

Jami Nakamura Lin

- A speculative memoir, how do we learn to live with the things that haunt us?

**CANCELED: The Night Parade**

Jami Nakamura Lin

10/22

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

- A unique sci-fi caper set in the strangest of all worlds, present-day Earth

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

10/22

Eve

Cat Bohannon

- How the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution

Eve

Cat Bohannon

10/22

Organs of Little Importance

Adrienne Chung

- A debut poetry collection about psychology, love, and memory