Past Years - 2024 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

One of Our Kind

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

Nicola Yoon

explores the ways freedom is complicated by the presumptions we make about ourselves and each other.

Still Waters

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

Matt Goldman

Mindy Mejia

A gripping, emotional thrill ride on grief and uncovering the past before it’s too late.

Creation Lake

10/18/24 - 7:30pm - 10/18/24 - 8:30pm

Rachel Kushner

Chloe Benjamin

A work of high art, high comedy, and unforgettable pleasure.

Defectors

10/18/24 - 7:30pm - 10/18/24 - 8:30pm

Paola Ramos

Explores how race, identity & political trauma influence far-right sentiment among Latino voters.

Hampton Heights

10/18/24 - 7:30pm - 10/18/24 - 8:30pm

Dan Kois

A tender horror-comedy about camaraderie, bravery, vulnerability, and growing up.

Bluff

10/18/24 - 9:00pm - 10/18/24 - 10:00pm

Danez Smith

A manifesto about artistic resilience when the places we most love are burning.

We Read Youth Voices Writing Contest: Authors Reception

10/19/24 - 9:30am - 10/19/24 - 10:30am

A celebration of this year's WE READ Youth Voices writing contest winners.

CANCELLED: We Were The Universe

10/19/24 - 10:30am - 10/19/24 - 11:30am

Kimberly King Parsons

Chelsea Bieker

A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates desire, guilt, and grief.

Frostbite

10/19/24 - 10:30am - 10/19/24 - 11:30am

Nicola Twilley

An engaging exploration of refrigeration & how it has remade our entire relationship with food.

Lola

10/19/24 - 10:30am - 10/19/24 - 11:30am

Karla Arenas Valenti

A simmering tale of magic, adventure, and the extraordinary bond between a brother and sister.

Spooky Lakes

10/19/24 - 10:30am - 10/19/24 - 11:30am

Geo Rutherford

plumbs the depths of 25 unusual lakes around the world.

CANCELLED: Madwoman

10/19/24 - 12:00pm - 10/19/24 - 1:00pm

Chelsea Bieker

A gripping story of motherhood and motherloss.

Safe

10/19/24 - 12:00pm - 10/19/24 - 1:00pm

Mark Daley

a deeply personal window into what happens when the universal longing for family faces bureaucracy.

The Morningside

10/19/24 - 12:00pm - 10/19/24 - 1:00pm

Téa Obreht

examines how people thrive in their imagination & how myths shape our families and our perceptions.

Turning to Stone

10/19/24 - 12:00pm - 10/19/24 - 1:00pm

Marcia Bjornerud

reveals how rocks are the hidden infrastructure that keep the planet functioning.

The City in Glass

10/19/24 - 1:30pm - 10/19/24 - 2:30pm

Nghi Vo

An epic love story, of death and resurrection, memory and transformation, redemption and desire.

The Indian Card

10/19/24 - 1:30pm - 10/19/24 - 2:30pm

Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz

sheds light on finding a deeper sense of belonging amidst the ongoing fight for Native sovereignty.

The Insect Epiphany

10/19/24 - 1:30pm - 10/19/24 - 2:30pm

Barrett Klein

Heather Swan

proves that our world would look very different without insects, shaping what makes us human.

Women's Hotel

10/19/24 - 1:30pm - 10/19/24 - 2:30pm

Daniel M. Lavery

A poignant and funny novel about the residents of a women’s hotel in 1960's New York City.

Attack From Within

10/19/24 - 3:00pm - 10/19/24 - 4:00pm

Barbara McQuade

David Maraniss

shows us how to identify the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society.

Forest of Noise

10/19/24 - 3:00pm - 10/19/24 - 4:00pm

Mosab Abu Toha

An urgent, extraordinary & arrestingly whimsical book, that brings us indelible art in a time of war

Malas

10/19/24 - 3:00pm - 10/19/24 - 4:00pm

Marcela Fuentes

A love letter to Tejano culture and community that helps these women discover what family means.

Writing the More-Than-Human World: A Reading and Conversation with Heather Swan and Catherine Jagoe

10/19/24 - 3:00pm - 10/19/24 - 4:00pm

Catherine Jagoe

Heather Swan

How to cultivate wonder and hope at a time of unparalleled ecological destruction.

Beyond the Big Lie

10/19/24 - 4:30pm - 10/19/24 - 5:30pm

Bill Adair

unpacks the state of our politics but provides solutions to put an end to American political deceit.