Past Years - 2022 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

Path Lit By Lightning

8/16/22 - 7:00pm - 8/16/22 - 8:00pm

David Maraniss

A great American story from a master biographer. Free books provided by a gift from Marv Levy.

Hush Money

8/23/22 - 6:00pm - 8/23/22 - 7:30pm

Jacquie Abram

What happens when the American Dream feels like a fantasy with no hope of becoming a reality

Inventing the Alphabet

9/20/22 - 4:30pm

Johanna Drucker

The alphabet is our common writing system, but few pause to consider its origin or history.

Hell of a Book

9/27/22 - 7:00pm - 9/27/22 - 8:00pm

Jason Mott

An astounding work of fiction about what it can mean to be Black in America

Kiss My Glass

10/11/22 - 6:30pm - 10/11/22 - 10:00pm

Maynard Okereke

One great night of nerdiness featuring flash talks about glass from some of Madison's biggest brains

Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale

10/12/22 - 4:00pm - 10/15/22 - 4:00pm

Friends of UW Libraries

Books for sale are donated by University of Wisconsin faculty, staff, students, and residents

Bending Granite

10/13/22 - 5:30pm - 10/13/22 - 6:30pm

Behind the curtain to reveal not only the Why but the How, Who, When, and Where of leading change

Reading for Our Lives

10/13/22 - 5:30pm

Maya Payne Smart

A literacy action plan from birth to six

Sinister Graves

10/13/22 - 5:30pm - 10/13/22 - 6:30pm

Marcie R. Rendon

Follow Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman, as she attempts to discover the truth.

This is What it Sounds Like

10/13/22 - 6:00pm - 10/13/22 - 7:00pm

Susan Rogers

Deepen your connection to your favorite artists, and change the way you listen to music.

* CANCELED* Painting Beyond Walls

10/13/22 - 7:00pm

David Rhodes

*** CANCELED *** An exploration of the human condition and our shared need for community

Crossroads of Ideas

10/13/22 - 7:00pm - 10/13/22 - 9:00pm

Latif Nasser

Soren Wheeler

Latif will share his best tricks to ferret out original and surprising stories that others look past

Pop Art image of someone whispering in another person's ear

father forgive me

10/13/22 - 7:00pm

Deshawn McKinney

An acerbic hip hop hymnal” filled with “fearless, wounding and tender” poems

The Violence Project

10/13/22 - 7:00pm

James Densley

How to stop a mass shooting epidemic

Bronze Drum

10/14/22 - 4:30pm

Phong Vu Nguyen

Inspirational story of women's strength and power even in the face of the greatest obstacles.

Rainbow Rainbow

10/14/22 - 6:00pm

Lydia Conklin

Liminal or uncertain identities, queer conception, and queer joy

Switchboard Soldiers

10/14/22 - 6:00pm

Jennifer Chiaverini

Heroic women who served in the US Signal Corps during WWI.

The Viral Underclass

10/14/22 - 6:00pm

Dr. Steven Thrasher

***Masks will be required*** A Discussion of the fraught relationship between privilege and survival

Project Hail Mary

10/14/22 - 7:30pm - 10/14/22 - 8:30pm

Andy Weir

A tale of discovery, speculation, and survival

The Family Chao

10/14/22 - 7:30pm

Lan Samantha Chang

Electrifying portrait of a Chinese American family grappling with trauma, grief, race and love

Nerd

10/14/22 - 9:00pm

Maya Phillips

Adventures in fandom from the universe to the multiverse

Demystifying the Publishing Industry

10/15/22 - 10:30am

Ty Chapman

Ari Tison

Rachel Werner

The authors will discuss various aspects of their journey to publication

Here on Lake Hallie

10/15/22 - 10:30am

Patti See

Humorous and heartfelt essays about a small Wisconsin town

Illuminations

10/15/22 - 10:30am

Alan Moore

***Virtual Event*** A series of bright, startling tales from a contemporary legend