Past Years - 2022 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

Calling for a Blanket Dance

10/15/22 - 12:00pm

Oscar Hokeah

The legacy of centuries of injustice

Photo of book, Calling for a Blanket Dance

Meet Me By the Fountain

10/15/22 - 12:00pm

Alexandra Lange

Conventional wisdom holds that the mall is dead. But what was the mall, really?

Meme Wars

10/15/22 - 12:00pm

Emily Dreyfuss

*** CANCELED*** The untold story of the online battles upending democracy in America

Ripple Effects

10/15/22 - 12:00pm

Ted Rulseh

We are, quite possibly, loving our lakes to death

* CANCELED* On the Line

10/15/22 - 1:30pm

Daisy Pitkin

*** CANCELED *** A story of class, solidarity, and two women's epic fight to build a union.

Off With Her Head

10/15/22 - 1:30pm

Eleanor Herman

Each chapter analyzes a tried-and-true misogynistic method to keep women down

Wisconsin Waters

10/15/22 - 1:30pm

Scott Spoolman

Every Wisconsin waterway has a story

Civil War by Other Means

10/15/22 - 3:00pm

Jeremi Suri

The Civil War may have ended on the battlefield, but the fight over democracy never did.

Hardcover copy of Civil War by Other Means

Honor

10/15/22 - 3:00pm

Thrity Umrigar

The dual love stories of Honor are as different as the cultures

Milked

10/15/22 - 3:00pm

Ruth Conniff

How an American crisis brought together Midwestern dairy farmers and Mexican workers

The Billboard

10/15/22 - 3:00pm

Natalie Y. Moore

The Billboard is a cultural force that treats abortion as more than pro-life or pro-choice

One Person, One Vote

10/15/22 - 4:30pm

Nick Seabrook

A redistricting crisis is now upon us.

Slenderman

10/15/22 - 4:30pm

Kathleen Hale

An online obsession, mental illness and the violet crime of two midwestern girls.

Zorrie

10/15/22 - 4:30pm

Laird Hunt

An intimate portrait of the dreams that propel one tenacious woman.

Fruiting Bodies

10/15/22 - 6:00pm

Kathryn Harlan

From the fantastical to the gothic to the uncanny - follows queer, women characters

Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth

10/15/22 - 6:00pm

Elizabeth Williamson

An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth

We Were Never Here

10/15/22 - 6:00pm

Andrea Bartz

How long can you outrun a secret?

Catastrophizer, American Parables, & Useful Junk

10/15/22 - 7:30pm

Adam Fell

Daniel Khalatschi

Erika Meitner

Joint poetry reading

Leaving Breezy Street

10/15/22 - 7:30pm

Brenda Myers-Powell

We have no say into which worlds we are born. But sometimes we can find a way out.

Paperback cover of Leaving Breezy Street

Voice of the Fish

10/15/22 - 7:30pm

Lars Horn

Breaking down the implied singularity of “the body” as cultural and scientific object.

How to Win the War on Truth

10/15/22 - 9:00pm

Samuel Spitale

You will see the world with clear eyes for the first time.

Photo of book, How to Win the War on Truth

Beyond Belief

10/16/22 - 10:30am

John Koethe

The space between attention and belief.

Refuse to Be Done

10/16/22 - 10:30am

Matt Bell

Refuse to Be Done will guide you through every step of the novel-writing process.

Home Made

10/16/22 - 12:00pm

Liz Hauck

Emily Maloney

Capturing the clumsy choreography of cooking with other people