Past Years - 2022 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

Invisible Child

1/12/22 - 1:00pm - 1/12/22 - 2:00pm

Andrea Elliott

Darcey Merritt

The most critical issues in contemporary America seen through the life of one remarkable girl.

Just Pursuit

2/2/22 - 7:00pm - 2/3/22 - 8:00pm

Laura Coates

Even with the best intentions, “the pursuit of justice creates injustice.”

The Mytilenean Debate & When I'm Gone Look For Me In the East

2/15/22 - 7:00pm - 2/15/22 - 8:00pm

Quan Barry

Amy Quan Barry will discuss her new play and her newest novel

2022 UW Fiction MFA Graduates Reading

3/7/22 - 7:00pm - 3/7/22 - 8:00pm

A reading from the graduating MFA cohort in fiction.

The Green Hour

3/8/22 - 7:00pm - 3/8/22 - 8:00pm

Alison Townsend

Catherine Jagoe

What it means to live in community with wilderness and to allow our identities to be shaped by it

Madison Chefs

3/10/22 - 7:00pm - 3/10/22 - 8:00pm

Lindsay Christians

Kyle Nabilcy

An in-depth look at nine creative, intense, and dedicated chefs and Madison’s food culture.

Twelve Ways to Save Democracy in Wisconsin

3/31/22 - 7:00pm - 3/31/22 - 8:00pm

Matt Rothschild

A dozen reforms that are required to heal democracy within our state.

Line Breaks Festival Showcase

4/1/22 - 7:00pm - 4/1/22 - 9:00pm

Danez Smith

First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble

The top new aesthetics in contemporary hip hop and interdisciplinary performance art

2021-22 Great World Texts in Wisconsin

4/4/22 - 5:00pm - 4/5/22 - 6:30pm

Jacqueline Goldsby

***CANCELED*** Tonight's public lecture with Jacqueline Goldsby has been cancelled due to illness

My People Redux

4/7/22 - 7:00pm - 4/7/22 - 8:00pm

Angie Trudell Vasquez

A poetry collection of race, ethnicity, gender, nature, and mysticism.

2022 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows Reading

4/14/22 - 7:00pm - 4/14/22 - 8:00pm

Poetry and fiction from the 2021-22 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows

2022 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows Reading - Adrienne Chung, Itiola Jones, K. Iver, Claire Luchette, Shaina Phenix, Alberto Reyes Morgan - 04/14/2022 - 7:00pm

We Will Always Be Here

4/21/22 - 4:30pm - 4/21/22 - 5:30pm

Jenny Kalvaitis

Kristen Whitson

Examples of LGBTQ+ activism throughout Wisconsin’s history for young people to explore and discuss.

Some of My Best Friends

4/26/22 - 7:00pm - 4/26/22 - 8:00pm

Tajja Isen

A fearless and darkly comic essay collection about race, justice, and the limits of good intentions.

Young Mungo

4/27/22 - 7:00pm - 4/27/22 - 8:00pm

Douglas Stuart

A deeply moving and highly suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and

Slack Tongue City

4/28/22 - 7:00pm - 4/28/22 - 8:00pm

Mackenzie Berry

A love letter, paying homage while also tracing the joys and dangers of nostalgia for place.

Crossing the Pressure Line

5/3/22 - 10:30am - 5/3/22 - 11:30am

Laura Anne Bird

Twelve-year-old Clare Burch has just lost the person she loves most in the world.

READ DANGEROUSLY

5/10/22 - 7:00pm - 5/10/22 - 8:00pm

Azar Nafisi

A guide to the power of literature in turbulent times, arming readers with a resistance reading list

Floods

5/11/22 - 10:30am - 5/11/22 - 11:30am

Rachel Werner

Savannah Brooks

Learn about floods, what we can do, and how to stay safe.

An Evening with Neil Gaiman

5/15/22 - 8:00pm - 5/15/22 - 9:00pm

Neil Gaiman

He will tell stories and read stories, answer questions, and “amaze, befuddle and generally delight"

Lunch for Libraries - Guy Raz

5/16/22 - 12:00pm - 5/16/22 - 1:00pm

Guy Raz

Priceless insights and inspiration from the world’s top entrepreneurs

Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules! (Lupe Lopez: ¡Reglas de una estrella de rock!)

5/19/22 - 10:30am - 5/19/22 - 11:30am

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Pat Zietlow Miller

When a sassy drummer starts kindergarten, the rules of school cramp her style.

My America

5/23/22 - 7:00pm - 5/23/22 - 8:00pm

Kwame Onwuachi

Jodie Pope

A deeply personal tribute to the food of “a land that belongs to you and yours and to me and mine.”

Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster

5/25/22 - 10:30am - 5/25/22 - 11:30am

Andrea Mosqueda

Growing up in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, Maggie Gonzalez has always been a little messy, but she’s o

James Patterson by James Patterson

6/15/22 - 7:00pm - 6/15/22 - 8:00pm

James Patterson

The Stories of James Patterson's Life