Past Years - 2019 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

Milwaukee Noir

10/17/19 - 7:00pm

New stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within Milwaukee

2019 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture

10/17/19 - 7:30pm

Kate DiCamillo

Children's book author, Kate DiCamillo, will be presenting the 2019 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture.

Reclaiming Community

10/18/19 - 4:30pm

Bianca J. Baldridge

Stories of loss and resistance amidst external political pressure on Black Youth

The Ideas that Made America

10/18/19 - 4:30pm

Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

An exciting history of the vibrant and powerful ideas that have shaped the United States.

Watershed

10/18/19 - 4:30pm

Mark Barr

Watershed delivers a gripping story of characters whose ambitions and yearnings threaten to overflow

Wisconsin People & Ideas 2019 Fiction and Poetry Contest Reading

10/18/19 - 5:00pm

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters

A reading featuring the winners of the statewide 2019 Fiction & Poetry Contests

Wisconsin People & Ideas 2019 Fiction and Poetry Contest Reading - Steve Fox , Nikki Kallio, Michael Hopkins, Robert Russell, Mary Wehner, Jeri McCormick, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters - 10/18/2019 - 5:00pm

Fentanyl, Inc.

10/18/19 - 6:00pm

Ben Westhoff

A deeply human deep-dive investigation of a hazardous industry that has created a worldwide epidemic

More News Tomorrow

10/18/19 - 6:00pm

Susan Richards Shreve

A thrilling and richly drawn family drama about a daughter’s quest to understand her mother’s fate

Writing Books for Children

10/18/19 - 6:00pm

Kevin Henkes

How do you write for different aged readers?

The Future of Another Timeline

10/18/19 - 7:00pm

Annalee Newitz

An intelligent, gut-wrenching glimpse of how tiny actions can have large consequences

Crisis of Conscience

10/18/19 - 7:30pm

Tom Mueller

Tom Mueller delves into the many factors which bring us to today's political climate

Inland

10/18/19 - 7:30pm

Téa Obreht

A mythical re-imagining of true events of the American West

The Meritocracy Trap

10/18/19 - 7:30pm

Daniel Markovits

A revolutionary new argument attacking the false promise of meritocracy in America

Initiated: Memoir of a Witch

10/18/19 - 9:00pm

Amanda Yates Garcia

A mystical memoir about finding meaning, beauty, and power through a life in witchcraft.

2019 Friends of the CCBC Fall Book Sale

10/19/19 - 9:00am

Friends of the CCBC

THOUSANDS of new and gently used books for children and teens!

The Invention Hunters

10/19/19 - 10:00am

Korwin Briggs

A simple, fun way for curious kids to learn more about science, physics, engineering and history

Dear Delia

10/19/19 - 10:30am

Micheal J. Larson

John David Smith

Dear Delia chronicles the story of Henry F. Young, an officer in the famed Iron Brigade,

How We Win

10/19/19 - 10:30am

Farah Pandith

A groundbreaking set of solutions for the crisis of radicalization and extremist threats

Suicide Woods

10/19/19 - 10:30am

Benjamin Percy

A potent brew of horror, crime, and weird happenings in the woods.

What the Bleep is Women's Fiction?

10/19/19 - 10:30am

Susan Gloss

Kelly Harms

What does "women's fiction" mean for booksellers, librarians, publishers, and the people who read

Progressives in Navy Blue

10/19/19 - 11:00am

Scott Mobley

How intellectual and institutional developments transformed the U.S. Navy from 1873 to 1898.

The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon

10/19/19 - 11:00am

Dean Robbins

Journey to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission with Alan Bean!

Among the Wonders of the Dells

10/19/19 - 12:00pm

J Tyler Friedman

Never-before-seen photographs and essays sure to delight history enthusiasts and vacationers alike

Driving in Cars with Homeless Men

10/19/19 - 12:00pm

Kate Wisel

Kate Wisel's debut novel is a gut-punching, razor sharp examination four women's love and rage