
Jim Terry
Ongoing Wisconsin Book Festival Events
Recent Wisconsin Book Festival Events
Jan Brett
Sigrid Nunez
- A search for understanding about some of the most critical matters of our time
Sigrid Nunez
Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin
- Hope, struggle, and exile in the battle for Hong Kong and the future of global democracy
Recording Available
Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin
Roz Chast
David McRaney
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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Recording Available
Wisconsin People & Ideas 2023 Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners
Matt Cashion, Susanna Daniel, Holly Hilliard, Taylor Kirby, K.E. McCoy, Sheryl Slocum, Nicholas Gulig
**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
John Scalzi
- A unique sci-fi caper set in the strangest of all worlds, present-day Earth
Recording Available
John Scalzi
Cat Bohannon
- How the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution
Recording Available
Cat Bohannon
Adrienne Chung
- A debut poetry collection about psychology, love, and memory
Recording Available
Adrienne Chung
Nathan Hill
- Witty and poignant novel about modern marriage & our tech-obsessed health culture
Nathan Hill
David Shih
- A probing debut exploring Asian American identity in a racially codified United States
Recording Available
David Shih
Crossroads of Ideas: Comparing the Creative Process in Science and Art
Chloe Benjamin, Claudia Solis-Lemus, Michelle Wildgen
- A special Crossroads of Ideas conversation
Recording Available
Crossroads of Ideas: Comparing the Creative Process in Science and Art
Chloe Benjamin, Claudia Solis-Lemus, Michelle Wildgen
Emma Törzs, Jamie Pacton
- A vast world filled with mystery and magic, romance, and intrigue
Emma Törzs, Jamie Pacton
Amy Kurzweil
Schuyler Bailar
- A guide that changes the conversation about gender identity and how we talk about it
Schuyler Bailar
Jamel Brinkley
Mona Susan Power
- With stunning prose, weaves a spell of love and healing that comes alive on the page
Recording Available
Mona Susan Power
Kenneth Miller
Erin Marie Lynch
- Labyrinth of distances and absences haunting the American colonial experiment
Erin Marie Lynch
Brendan Slocumb
- Caught in the crosshairs, a powerful organization will stop at nothing to keep their secret hidden
Brendan Slocumb
**CANCELED: Dispatches From Puerto Nowhere: An American Story Of Assimilation And Erasure**
Robert Lopez
- An American story of assimilation and erasure
Dream Street & The Jazz Loft Project
Sam Stephenson
- Photographs and tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957–1965
Dream Street & The Jazz Loft Project
Sam Stephenson
Melinda Moustakis
- An unflinching portrait of a marriage, a love letter to the Alaskan landscape
Melinda Moustakis
Cara Fitzpatrick
- Education is poised to become a private commodity rather than a universal good
Cara Fitzpatrick
Sara Alvarado
I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times
Taylor Byas
- Subverting monolithic ideas about the South Side of Chicago
I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times
Taylor Byas
David Von Drehle, David Maraniss
- A nation of Charlies in the rollercoaster pursuit of a good and meaningful life
David Von Drehle, David Maraniss
Michelle Wildgen
- Escape into the cutthroat world of wine and the complicated terrain of women’s friendship
Michelle Wildgen
Katie Williams
José Olivarez
- Those homies who are there all along, cheering for us and reminding us that love is abundant
José Olivarez
Small-Town Wisconsin: Fun, Surprising, And Exceptional Road Trips
Mary Bergin
- Enduring character of unusual burgs of Wisconsin
Anne Hull, David Maraniss
- A memoir that will speak to anyone who’s ever left home to cut a path of their own
Anne Hull, David Maraniss
Rafael Frumkin
Kurt Dietrich
- Never Givin’ Up celebrates a Milwaukee hometown hero and global sensation
Kurt Dietrich
Beth Nguyen
- A powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fragmented by war and resettlement
Beth Nguyen
Jerry Apps, Natasha Kassulke
- Critical and creative thinking about environmental issues
Recording Available
Jerry Apps, Natasha Kassulke
Carol Dunbar
- A harrowing & emotional novel of one woman's journey to find peace and healing from a violent past
Carol Dunbar
Barbara Joosse, Renee Graef
- Illustrated graphic novel for children ages 8–11 from Great Lakes maritime history
Recording Available
Barbara Joosse, Renee Graef
Dr. Erica Turner, Ananda De Oliveira Mirilli
- How school districts manage race and inequality
Dr. Erica Turner, Ananda De Oliveira Mirilli
Hannah Morrissey
We Read Youth Voices Writing Contest: Authors Reception
Madeleine Bohn, Diya Dhawal, Eliza Thwing, Hazel Krueger
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We Read Youth Voices Writing Contest: Authors Reception
Madeleine Bohn, Diya Dhawal, Eliza Thwing, Hazel Krueger
Have You Been Long Enough At Table & Sweet Movie
Leslie Sainz, Alisha Dietzman
- Joint poetry reading
Have You Been Long Enough At Table & Sweet Movie
Leslie Sainz, Alisha Dietzman
Erin Carlson
- Unheralded piece of American history into a perennial cinematic favorite
Erin Carlson
Vauhini Vara
Joshua Moehling
- There's a dangerous legacy in quiet Minnesota town and someone will do anything to keep it hidden
Recording Available
Joshua Moehling
American Insecurity and the Origins of Vulnerability
Russ Castronovo
- The fear of uncertainty, and the anxieties produced by unending racial threat
Recording Available
American Insecurity and the Origins of Vulnerability
Russ Castronovo
Nabil Ayers
- A thoughtful meditation on biracial identity, intimacy, and finding true community
Nabil Ayers
Coco Krumme
- How optimization took over the world and the urgent case for a new approach
Recording Available
Coco Krumme
Leila Aboulela
- A powerful tale of corruption, coming of age & devotion—to one's cause, faith and family
Leila Aboulela