The Girl You Left Behind
A spellbinding love story of two women separated by time, but united in a fight for what they love.
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OCTOBER 19-22, 2023
and year round
Past Years - 2013 Events
The Year of Billy Miller
Kevin Henkes delivers a short, satisfying, laugh-out-loud-funny school and family story.
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My Race: A Jewish Girl Growing Up Under Apartheid in South Africa
The memoir of a gifted Jewish athlete growing up under the apartheid system of South Africa.
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Expecting Better
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Friends of Madison Public Library Book Sale
Friends of the Madison Public Library will host its first big book sale in the new Central Library!
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Philosophical Portraits: Descartes & Nietzsche
A conversation about two thinkers who mark the beginning and end of modern philosophy.
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Public Enemy
Ayers charts his life as he becomes the GOP’s flaunted “domestic terrorist" and "public enemy."
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The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire
Britain seemingly should have won the Revolutionary War. How did they manage to lose America?
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Hip Hop Arts Showcase
Hear visiting youth poetry slam champions and hip hop artists from cities across the Midwest.
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High School Friday
High School Friday brings 150 students to the Festival for a full school day of book programming.
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My Life with the Green & Gold: Tales from 20 Years of Sportscasting
Behind-the-microphone insights on the Green Bay Packers and other Wisconsin teams and athletes.
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Wisconsin People & Ideas Writing Contest Reading 2013
Reading by winners of the Wisconsin People & Ideas magazine statewide fiction and poetry contests
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Wisconsin Talk: Linguistic Diversity in the Badger State
What is a bubbler? Get answers to this and many other questions about why we speak the way we do.
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The American Craft Beer Cookbook
Learn about the rise of craft beer, how you can cook with beer, and, of course, have a sample or two
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Performance Poetry
This event will point to some of the ways back, bring "page" poets and "stage" poets together.
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Stay Awake
In these stories, the world appears to be quiet. But you are up, unable to sleep. So you stay awake.
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Monsters of Poetry Reading
Monsters of Poetry Reading Series curators will be stepping up to the mic to read from their work
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I Believe in Zero: Learning From The World's Children
A moving memoir about UNICEF's mission to eliminate preventable deaths of children under five.
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Line Breaks Rewind
Selected works and excerpts from the annual Line Breaks Festival.
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Lost at Sea
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Friends of the CCBC Book Sale
Book sale featuring new and gently used children's and young adult books at bargain prices.
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