Past Years - 2023 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

The Death of Public School

10/21/23 - 4:30pm

Cara Fitzpatrick

Education is poised to become a private commodity rather than a universal good

A Council Of Dolls

10/21/23 - 6:00pm

Mona Susan Power

With stunning prose, weaves a spell of love and healing that comes alive on the page

Mapping The Darkness

10/21/23 - 6:00pm

Kenneth Miller

The visionary scientists who unlocked the mysteries of sleep

Removal Acts

10/21/23 - 6:00pm

Erin Marie Lynch

Labyrinth of distances and absences haunting the American colonial experiment

Symphony Of Secrets

10/21/23 - 6:00pm

Brendan Slocumb

Caught in the crosshairs, a powerful organization will stop at nothing to keep their secret hidden

Artificial

10/21/23 - 7:30pm

Amy Kurzweil

Guides us through nuanced questions about art, memory, and technology

He/She/They

10/21/23 - 7:30pm

Schuyler Bailar

A guide that changes the conversation about gender identity and how we talk about it

Witness

10/21/23 - 7:30pm

Jamel Brinkley

What does it cost us, both to see and not to see?

Chinese Prodigal

10/22/23 - 10:30am

David Shih

A probing debut exploring Asian American identity in a racially codified United States

Crossroads of Ideas: Comparing the Creative Process in Science and Art

10/22/23 - 10:30am

Chloe Benjamin

Claudia Solis-Lemus

Michelle Wildgen

A special Crossroads of Ideas conversation

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

10/22/23 - 10:30am

Emma Törzs

Jamie Pacton

A vast world filled with mystery and magic, romance, and intrigue

Eve

10/22/23 - 12:00pm

Cat Bohannon

How the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution

Organs of Little Importance

10/22/23 - 12:00pm

Adrienne Chung

A debut poetry collection about psychology, love, and memory

Wellness

10/22/23 - 12:00pm

Nathan Hill

Witty and poignant novel about modern marriage & our tech-obsessed health culture

Starter Villain

10/22/23 - 1:30pm

John Scalzi

A unique sci-fi caper set in the strangest of all worlds, present-day Earth

CANCELED: The Night Parade

11/1/23 - 7:00pm

Jami Nakamura Lin

A speculative memoir, how do we learn to live with the things that haunt us?

How Minds Change

11/7/23 - 7:00pm

David McRaney

The surprising science of belief, opinion, and persuasion

Wisconsin People & Ideas 2023 Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners

11/7/23 - 7:00pm

I Must Be Dreaming

11/14/23 - 7:00pm

Roz Chast

Dreams are weird and not my fault

Among the Braves

11/15/23 - 7:00pm

Shibani Mahtani

Timothy McLaughlin

Hope, struggle, and exile in the battle for Hong Kong and the future of global democracy

The Vulnerables

11/17/23 - 6:00pm

Sigrid Nunez

A search for understanding about some of the most critical matters of our time

Cozy

12/2/23 - 5:00pm

Jan Brett

A gorgeous tale of sharing, friendship, and living in harmony

Come Home, Indio

12/7/23 - 7:00pm

Jim Terry

Walk through the life of the author, Jim Terry