Past Years - 2024 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

Moments of Happiness

9/10/24 - 6:00pm - 9/10/24 - 7:00pm

Mike Leckrone

Doug Moe

details the stories behind the highlights & work that made Leckrone's accomplishments possible.

French Girl

9/11/24 - 7:00pm - 9/11/24 - 8:00pm

Jesse Lee Kercheval

is a graphic memoir told in 17 connected stories of childhood, girlhood, sisterhood, & motherhood.

SCHOOL VISIT: Marvelous Jackson

9/12/24 - 10:00am - 9/12/24 - 11:00am

Laura Anne Bird

After losing his mom, a boy in northern WI rediscovers the love of baking he once shared with her.

That Librarian

9/24/24 - 7:00pm - 9/24/24 - 8:00pm

Amanda Jones

calls book lovers everywhere to rise in defense of our readers.

The Great When

10/1/24 - 10:30am - 10/1/24 - 11:30am

Alan Moore

Benjamin Percy

The first book in a new fantasy series about murder, magic, and madness in post-WWII London.

2024 Midwest Video Poetry Fest: Night 1

10/5/24 - 7:00pm - 10/5/24 - 8:00pm

Erika Meitner

An evening of films including original poems, experimental works, animation, translations, and more.

2024 Midwest Video Poetry Fest: Night 2

10/12/24 - 7:00pm - 10/12/24 - 8:00pm

Deshawn McKinney

An evening of films including original poems, experimental works, animation, translations, and more.

Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale

10/16/24 - 4:00pm - 10/16/24 - 8:00pm

Friends of UW Libraries

UW-Madison Go Big Read: Sitting Pretty

10/16/24 - 7:00pm - 10/16/24 - 8:30pm

Rebekah Taussig

Challenges us as a society to be patient and vigilant, practical and imaginative, kind & relentless.

Friends of the Madison Public Library Fall Book Sale

10/17/24 - 5:00pm - 10/17/24 - 9:00pm

Friends of Madison Public Library

Explore an amazing selection of $1 paperbacks, $2 hardbacks, higher-priced treasures, and more.

Barons

10/17/24 - 5:30pm - 10/17/24 - 6:30pm

Austin Frerick

tells the stories of 7 corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else

Transforming School Food Politics Around The World

10/17/24 - 5:30pm - 10/17/24 - 6:30pm

Jennifer Gaddis

Dr. Sarah A. Robert

sets the stage to reimagine school food as part of the infrastructure of daily life.

Writing Our Lineages: Solace And Sisterhood In Memoir

10/17/24 - 5:30pm - 10/17/24 - 6:30pm

Tessa Hulls

Margaret Juhae Lee

Zara Chowdhary

Three debut memoirists discuss their works about unspoken multi-generational family histories.

Holding It Together

10/17/24 - 7:00pm - 10/17/24 - 8:00pm

Jessica Calarco

is a bold call to demand the institutional change that each of us deserves.

Their Divine Fires

10/17/24 - 7:00pm - 10/17/24 - 8:00pm

Wendy Chen

A story about what our ancestors will, and won’t, tell us.

There Are (NO) Stupid Questions...In Science

10/17/24 - 7:00pm - 10/17/24 - 8:00pm

Leah Elson

Easy-to-understand and delightfully cheeky explanations for scientific and medical quandaries.

There Are NO Stupid Questions ... In Science Cover

2024 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture: Meg Medina - The Way In and the Way Out: Writing Picture Books in Contentious Times

10/17/24 - 7:30pm - 10/17/24 - 8:30pm

Meg Medina

Chasing the Stars

10/18/24 - 4:00pm - 10/18/24 - 5:00pm

James Lattis

Kelly Tyrrell

Doug Moe

Explore the stories of Wisconsin astronomers who've helped us better understand our universe.

A World Of Hurt

10/18/24 - 4:30pm - 10/18/24 - 5:30pm

Mindy Mejia

Matt Goldman

delves into survivor’s guilt and fleshes out the lives continued by the ones left behind.

The Volcano Daughters

10/18/24 - 4:30pm - 10/18/24 - 5:30pm

Gina María Balibrera

Jennifer Morales

charts a new history and mythology of El Salvador, fiercely bringing forth urgent voices.

We Had Fun and Nobody Died

10/18/24 - 4:30pm - 10/18/24 - 5:30pm

Peter Jest

David Luhrssen

provides a rare window into the music industry from a promoter’s perspective.

The Elements of Marie Curie

10/18/24 - 5:00pm - 10/18/24 - 6:00pm

Dava Sobel

illuminates the life and enduring influence of one of the most consequential figures of our time.

I Heard There Was a Secret Chord

10/18/24 - 6:00pm - 10/18/24 - 7:00pm

Daniel Levitin

Across cultures, sound and rhythm have been used to ease suffering, promote healing & calm the mind.

Minority Rule

10/18/24 - 6:00pm - 10/18/24 - 7:00pm

Ari Berman

exposes the long history of the conflict between white supremacy and multiracial democracy.