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4/2

Be A Revolution

Ijeoma Oluo, Dr. Sagashus Levingston

7:00pm - How everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world - and how you can too

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Revoluntion

Be A Revolution

Ijeoma Oluo, Dr. Sagashus Levingston

4/3

SCHOOL VISIT: Be a Revolution

Ijeoma Oluo

10:00am - How everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world - and how you can too

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Revoluntion
4/4

The Dane County Farmers’ Market Cookbook

Terese Allen

7:00pm - Local foods, global flavors

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Dane County Cookbook
4/10

Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale

Friends of UW Libraries

4:00pm - Books for sale are donated by University of Wisconsin faculty, staff, students, and residents

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2024 Friends of UW Book Sale
4/10

Poetry Reading

Joshua Burton, Patrycja Humienik, Sadia Hassan

7:00pm - Celebrate National Poetry Month with a reading featuring deeply moving words from three poets

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Grace Engine cover art

Poetry Reading

Joshua Burton, Patrycja Humienik, Sadia Hassan

4/15

Lost Children Archive

Valeria Luiselli, Paola Hernández

7:00pm - An artist couple set out with their two children on a road trip

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Lost Children

Lost Children Archive

Valeria Luiselli, Paola Hernández

4/23

Lunch For Libraries - Tommy Orange

Tommy Orange, Aaron Bird Bear

12:00pm - Featuring award-winning author, Tommy Orange

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Wandering Stars

Lunch For Libraries - Tommy Orange

Tommy Orange, Aaron Bird Bear

4/24

Not Your Mother's Romance Writers

Christina Lauren, TJ Alexander, Kaliane Bradley, Jackie Lau

6:00pm - Alexander, Bradley, and Lau will discuss what makes a great romance.

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Not Your Mother's Romance Writers Event Flyer

Not Your Mother's Romance Writers

Christina Lauren, TJ Alexander, Kaliane Bradley, Jackie Lau

4/24

2024 Wisconsin Institute For Creative Writing Fellows Reading

Elijah Bean, Sadia Hassan, Gothataone Moeng , Mandy Moe Pwint Tu, Ada Zhang

7:00pm - Presented in partnership with the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing

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Fellows Reading

2024 Wisconsin Institute For Creative Writing Fellows Reading

Elijah Bean, Sadia Hassan, Gothataone Moeng , Mandy Moe Pwint Tu, Ada Zhang

4/30

Table For Two

Amor Towles, Christina Clancy

7:00pm - Stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood

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Table

Table For Two

Amor Towles, Christina Clancy

5/2

Creative Writing Awards Ceremony

7:00pm - The 2024 undergraduate and graduate creative writing awards ceremony.

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UW Madison CW Awards
5/8

Lessons For Survival

Emily Raboteau, Erika Meitner

7:00pm - A perspective from a mother raising children in the midst of protracted crises & existential threats

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Lessons

Lessons For Survival

Emily Raboteau, Erika Meitner

5/9

SCHOOL VISIT: A Maleta Full of Treasures

Natalia Sylvester

10:00am - A warm, gentle ode to the people and places that make us who we are even if we haven’t met them yet

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Cover of A Maleta Full of Treasures by Natalia Sylvester
5/14

Real Americans

Rachel Khong

7:00pm - What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?

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Real Americans

Real Americans

Rachel Khong


Ongoing Wisconsin Book Festival Events

There are no ongoing events that match the selected criteria listed on the calendar at this time.

Recent Wisconsin Book Festival Events

3/19

Purified

Peter Annin

7:00pm - How recycled sewage is transforming our water

Purified

Peter Annin

3/18

2024 UW Fiction MFA Graduates Reading

7:00pm - Aeron Parks, Jackie Chalgin, Nitya Gupta, Phoebe Kranefuss, R.E. Hawley, and Robert Sorrell Bynum

3/13

Tough Broad

Caroline Paul

7:00pm - How outdoor adventure improves our lives as we age

Tough Broad

Caroline Paul

3/12

Birding to Change the World

Trish O'Kane

7:00pm - An uplifting memoir, a professor & activist shares what birds can teach us about life

3/11

Middle Distance

Mylo Choy

7:00pm - The subtle powers of running, especially those who are transgender or nonbinary

Middle Distance

Mylo Choy

3/7

An Immense World

Ed Yong

7:00pm - Funny, rigorous, and suffused with the joy of discovery.

2/28

True North

Andrew J. Graff, Nickolas Butler

7:00pm - Wisconsin’s Northwoods could be the fresh start this marriage needs.

True North

Andrew J. Graff, Nickolas Butler

2/27

Splinters

Leslie Jamison

7:00pm - Rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love.

Splinters

Leslie Jamison

2/14

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar, Michelle Wildgen

6:00pm - A look at how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar, Michelle Wildgen

1/31

Quartette: Four Women in Jazz

Maxine Gordon

10:30am - Stories from the Lives of Maxine Sullivan, Velma Middleton, Melba Liston, and Shirley Scott

12/7

Come Home, Indio

Jim Terry

7:00pm - Walk through the life of the author, Jim Terry

Come Home, Indio

Jim Terry

12/2

Cozy

Jan Brett

5:00pm - A gorgeous tale of sharing, friendship, and living in harmony

Cozy

Jan Brett

11/17

The Vulnerables

Sigrid Nunez

6:00pm - A search for understanding about some of the most critical matters of our time

The Vulnerables

Sigrid Nunez

11/15

Among the Braves

Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin

7:00pm - Hope, struggle, and exile in the battle for Hong Kong and the future of global democracy

Among the Braves

Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin

11/14

I Must Be Dreaming

Roz Chast

7:00pm - Dreams are weird and not my fault

I Must Be Dreaming

Roz Chast

11/7

How Minds Change

David McRaney

7:00pm - The surprising science of belief, opinion, and persuasion

How Minds Change

David McRaney

11/7

Wisconsin People & Ideas 2023 Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners

Matt Cashion, Susanna Daniel, Holly Hilliard, Taylor Kirby, K.E. McCoy, Sheryl Slocum, Nicholas Gulig

7:00pm -

Wisconsin People & Ideas 2023 Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners

Matt Cashion, Susanna Daniel, Holly Hilliard, Taylor Kirby, K.E. McCoy, Sheryl Slocum, Nicholas Gulig

11/1

**CANCELED: The Night Parade**

Jami Nakamura Lin

7:00pm - A speculative memoir, how do we learn to live with the things that haunt us?

**CANCELED: The Night Parade**

Jami Nakamura Lin

10/22

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

1:30pm - A unique sci-fi caper set in the strangest of all worlds, present-day Earth

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

10/22

Eve

Cat Bohannon

12:00pm - How the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution

Eve

Cat Bohannon

10/22

Organs of Little Importance

Adrienne Chung

12:00pm - A debut poetry collection about psychology, love, and memory

10/22

Wellness

Nathan Hill

12:00pm - Witty and poignant novel about modern marriage & our tech-obsessed health culture

Wellness

Nathan Hill

10/22

Chinese Prodigal

David Shih

10:30am - A probing debut exploring Asian American identity in a racially codified United States

Chinese Prodigal

David Shih

10/22

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

Chloe Benjamin, Claudia Solis-Lemus, Michelle Wildgen

10:30am - A special Crossroads of Ideas conversation

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

Chloe Benjamin, Claudia Solis-Lemus, Michelle Wildgen

10/22

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Emma Törzs, Jamie Pacton

10:30am - A vast world filled with mystery and magic, romance, and intrigue

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Emma Törzs, Jamie Pacton

10/21

Artificial

Amy Kurzweil

7:30pm - Guides us through nuanced questions about art, memory, and technology

Artificial

Amy Kurzweil

10/21

He/She/They

Schuyler Bailar

7:30pm - A guide that changes the conversation about gender identity and how we talk about it

He/She/They

Schuyler Bailar

10/21

Witness

Jamel Brinkley

7:30pm - What does it cost us, both to see and not to see?

Witness

Jamel Brinkley

10/21

A Council Of Dolls

Mona Susan Power

6:00pm - With stunning prose, weaves a spell of love and healing that comes alive on the page

A Council Of Dolls

Mona Susan Power

10/21

Mapping The Darkness

Kenneth Miller

6:00pm - The visionary scientists who unlocked the mysteries of sleep

Mapping The Darkness

Kenneth Miller

10/21

Removal Acts

Erin Marie Lynch

6:00pm - Labyrinth of distances and absences haunting the American colonial experiment

Removal Acts

Erin Marie Lynch

10/21

Symphony Of Secrets

Brendan Slocumb

6:00pm - Caught in the crosshairs, a powerful organization will stop at nothing to keep their secret hidden

Symphony Of Secrets

Brendan Slocumb

10/21

Dream Street & The Jazz Loft Project

Sam Stephenson

4:30pm - Photographs and tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957–1965

10/21

Homestead

Melinda Moustakis

4:30pm - An unflinching portrait of a marriage, a love letter to the Alaskan landscape

Homestead

Melinda Moustakis

10/21

The Death of Public School

Cara Fitzpatrick

4:30pm - Education is poised to become a private commodity rather than a universal good

The Death of Public School

Cara Fitzpatrick

10/21

Dreaming In Spanish

Sara Alvarado

3:00pm - An epic love story of the dance between cultures

Dreaming In Spanish

Sara Alvarado

10/21

I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times

Taylor Byas

3:00pm - Subverting monolithic ideas about the South Side of Chicago

10/21

The Book of Charlie

David Von Drehle, David Maraniss

3:00pm - A nation of Charlies in the rollercoaster pursuit of a good and meaningful life

The Book of Charlie

David Von Drehle, David Maraniss

10/21

Wine People

Michelle Wildgen

3:00pm - Escape into the cutthroat world of wine and the complicated terrain of women’s friendship

Wine People

Michelle Wildgen

10/21

My Murder

Katie Williams

1:30pm - What if the murder you had to solve was your own?

My Murder

Katie Williams

10/21

Promises of Gold

José Olivarez

1:30pm - Those homies who are there all along, cheering for us and reminding us that love is abundant

Promises of Gold

José Olivarez

10/21

Through The Groves

Anne Hull, David Maraniss

1:30pm - A memoir that will speak to anyone who’s ever left home to cut a path of their own

Through The Groves

Anne Hull, David Maraniss

10/21

Confidence

Rafael Frumkin

12:00pm - The American Dream is just another pyramid scheme

Confidence

Rafael Frumkin

10/21

Never Givin' Up

Kurt Dietrich

12:00pm - Never Givin’ Up celebrates a Milwaukee hometown hero and global sensation

Never Givin' Up

Kurt Dietrich

10/21

Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Beth Nguyen

12:00pm - A powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fragmented by war and resettlement

10/21

Planting An Idea

Jerry Apps, Natasha Kassulke

12:00pm - Critical and creative thinking about environmental issues

Planting An Idea

Jerry Apps, Natasha Kassulke

10/21

A Winter's Rime

Carol Dunbar

10:30am - A harrowing & emotional novel of one woman's journey to find peace and healing from a violent past

A Winter's Rime

Carol Dunbar

10/21

Death's Door

Barbara Joosse, Renee Graef

10:30am - Illustrated graphic novel for children ages 8–11 from Great Lakes maritime history

Death's Door

Barbara Joosse, Renee Graef

10/21

Suddenly Diverse

Dr. Erica Turner, Ananda De Oliveira Mirilli

10:30am - How school districts manage race and inequality

Suddenly Diverse

Dr. Erica Turner, Ananda De Oliveira Mirilli

10/21

When I'm Dead

Hannah Morrissey

10:30am - Karma has finally come to collect

When I'm Dead

Hannah Morrissey

10/21

We Read Youth Voices Writing Contest: Authors Reception

Madeleine Bohn, Diya Dhawal, Eliza Thwing, Hazel Krueger

10:00am -

We Read Youth Voices Writing Contest: Authors Reception

Madeleine Bohn, Diya Dhawal, Eliza Thwing, Hazel Krueger

10/20

Have You Been Long Enough At Table & Sweet Movie

Leslie Sainz, Alisha Dietzman

9:00pm - Joint poetry reading

Have You Been Long Enough At Table & Sweet Movie

Leslie Sainz, Alisha Dietzman

10/20

No Crying in Baseball

Erin Carlson

7:30pm - Unheralded piece of American history into a perennial cinematic favorite

No Crying in Baseball

Erin Carlson

10/20

This Is Salvaged

Vauhini Vara

7:30pm - Pushes intimacy to its limits in prose of unearthly beauty

This Is Salvaged

Vauhini Vara

10/20

Where The Dead Sleep

Joshua Moehling

7:30pm - There's a dangerous legacy in quiet Minnesota town and someone will do anything to keep it hidden

Where The Dead Sleep

Joshua Moehling

10/20

American Insecurity and the Origins of Vulnerability

Russ Castronovo

6:00pm - The fear of uncertainty, and the anxieties produced by unending racial threat

10/20

My Life In The Sunshine

Nabil Ayers

6:00pm - A thoughtful meditation on biracial identity, intimacy, and finding true community

10/20

Optimal Illusions

Coco Krumme

6:00pm - How optimization took over the world and the urgent case for a new approach

Optimal Illusions

Coco Krumme

10/20

River Spirit

Leila Aboulela

6:00pm - A powerful tale of corruption, coming of age & devotion—to one's cause, faith and family

River Spirit

Leila Aboulela

10/20

The Devil’s Element

Dan Egan, Dean Knetter

5:00pm - Eye-opening account that urges us to pay attention but little-known environmental issues of our time

The Devil’s Element

Dan Egan, Dean Knetter

10/20

Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win

Helen Shiller

4:30pm - The true story of a radical organizer & a 40-year struggle for justice in Chicago

10/20

Idlewild

James Frankie Thomas

4:30pm - Darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense queer adolescence

Idlewild

James Frankie Thomas

10/20

Kind of Blue

Christopher Chambers

4:30pm - These are stories of wanderlust and music, loss and misdirection, disasters large and small

Kind of Blue

Christopher Chambers

10/20

Silicon Heartland

Rebecca Fannin

4:00pm - Timely documentation about a reviving economy & the importance of family and heritage

Silicon Heartland

Rebecca Fannin

10/19

2023 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture: Warrior Girl Unearthed

Angeline Boulley

7:30pm - A high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history

10/19

Ginseng Roots

Craig Thompson

7:00pm - Explores class divide, agriculture, holistic healing & the bond between two brothers

Ginseng Roots

Craig Thompson

10/19

Mammoths at the Gates

Nghi Vo, Leslie Bow

7:00pm - Cleric Chih sorrows may be more powerful than anyone could anticipate

Mammoths at the Gates

Nghi Vo, Leslie Bow

10/19

Dry Land

B. Pladek

5:30pm - In order to survive, Rand must upend everything he believes about nature, love, and himself.

Dry Land

B. Pladek

10/19

Generation Anxiety

Dr. Lauren Cook

5:30pm - Millennials and Gen Z-ers are considered two of the most anxious generations in history

Generation Anxiety

Dr. Lauren Cook

10/19

The Supermajority

Michael Waldman

5:30pm - A revelatory examination of the Supreme Court

The Supermajority

Michael Waldman

10/19

Warrior Girl Unearthed

Angeline Boulley

1:00pm - A high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history

Warrior Girl Unearthed

Angeline Boulley

10/11

Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale

Friends of UW Libraries

4:00pm - Books for sale are donated by University of Wisconsin faculty, staff, students, and residents

10/10

Seafood Simple

Eric Ripert, Judith Siers-Poisson

7:00pm - Step-by-step techniques alongside 85 accessible recipes for preparing incredible fish at home.

Seafood Simple

Eric Ripert, Judith Siers-Poisson

10/2

Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair

Mercury Stardust

6:00pm - Feel more safe at home and in control of your own life