The Snowbirds

Christina Clancy, Chloe Benjamin

7:00pm
An honest story of what it takes to commit to someone for a lifetime.

SCHOOL VISIT: Into the Wind, Above the Clouds

Diane Endres-Ballweg

11:00am - 12:00pm
Becoming a pilot taught Ballweg about the limitless beauty of life from the skies.

A Forty Year Kiss

Nickolas Butler, Laura Anne Bird

7:00pm - 8:00pm
A small-town story about one couple's hard-won second chance at love, 40 years after their divorce.

K-Drama School

Grace Jung

7:00pm - 8:00pm
offers a groundbreaking exploration into this singular form of entertainment.

The Dark Mirror

Samantha Shannon

7:00pm - 8:00pm
the highly anticipated fifth novel in Samantha Shannon bestselling Bone Season series.

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Maps the passage of time through daily entries, thoughtful questions & beautiful original sketches.

Recording Available

2025 UW Poetry MFA Graduates Reading

Patrycja Humienik

7:00pm - 8:00pm
A reading from the graduating UW-Madison MFA cohort in poetry.

The Good Mother Myth

Nancy Reddy, Jessica Calarco

7:00pm - 8:00pm
pulls back the curtain on the flawed social science behind our understanding of a "good" mom.

Show Don't Tell

Curtis Sittenfeld, Susanna Daniel

7:00pm - 8:00pm
A funny, fiercely intelligent collection exploring marriage, friendship, fame, and artistic ambition

Funny Because It's True

Christine Wenc

7:00pm - 8:00pm
How a group of young misfits from flyover country unintentionally created a cultural phenomenon.

SCHOOL VISIT: Dear You, Dream Big

Baptiste Paul

6:00pm - 7:00pm
A powerful, lyrical anthem of Black pride celebrating Black creativity, leadership, and innovation.

Heavyweight & Victory Parade

Solomon Brager, Leela Corman

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo, Eunsil Oh

7:00pm - 8:00pm
follows one woman’s psychic deterioration in the face of rampant misogyny.

Long Island

Colm Tóibín

7:00pm
A gorgeous story about a woman thrashing against the constraints of fate.

2025 Wisconsin Institute For Creative Writing Fellows Reading

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Poetry and fiction from the 2024-25 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows.

Medicine River

Mary Annette Pember

7:00pm - 8:00pm
A stark portrait of the legacy of acculturation that has affected generations of Native communities.

2025 Creative Writing Awards Ceremony

7:00pm - 8:00pm
The 2025 undergraduate and graduate creative writing awards ceremony.

Late to the Search Party

Steven Espada Dawson, Nate Marshall

7:00pm - 8:00pm
is an ode to the families that inspire and confound us all.