Past Years - 2013 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

Kids in the Rotunda - Return of the Glass Slipper

10/19/13 - 9:30am - 10/19/13 - 2:00pm

MadCap

A retelling of Cinderella with a twist!

Farm Fresh and Fast

10/19/13 - 10:00am - 10/19/13 - 11:00am

Fairshare CSA Coalition

The Fairshare CSA Coalition will discuss thier newest cookbook, Farm Fresh and Fast.

Letters Home to Sarah: The Civil War Letters of Guy C. Taylor, Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers

10/19/13 - 10:00am - 10/19/13 - 11:00am

Kevin & Patsy Alderson

A collection of newly discovered letters that captures the experiences of the Civil War.

Library as Art Space Drop-In Workshops

10/19/13 - 10:00am - 10/19/13 - 12:00pm

Library as Incubator Project

The Library as Incubator Project team will teach you many new ways of experiencing a library!

Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures

10/19/13 - 10:30am - 10/19/13 - 11:30am

Emma Straub

A Wisconsin girl escapes family tragedy and becomes a movie star during Holllywood's Golden Age.

Lawyers Who Shaped Dane County

10/19/13 - 11:00am - 10/19/13 - 1:00pm

Tom Ragatz

Paul Humphrey

A complete retrospective on lawyers and lawyering in Dane County from the early 1800s to the present

Madison Print & Resist

10/19/13 - 11:00am - 10/19/13 - 5:00pm

Madison Print & Resist is a one-day show of posters, stickers, zines, journals, and books.

Madison Print & Resist - - 10/19/2013 - 11:00am

Personal Effects

10/19/13 - 11:00am - 10/19/13 - 12:00pm

E.M. Kokie

Nick Podehl

The author and audiobook narrator of this gripping YA novel come together.

ReGENERATION: A Manifesto for America's Next Leaders

10/19/13 - 12:00pm - 10/19/13 - 1:00pm

Rebecca Ryan

If you knew the future, what would you do differently?

Sons of the Prophet

10/19/13 - 12:00pm - 10/19/13 - 1:00pm

Verse Wisconsin

Forward Theater Company

Forward Theater Company & Verse Magazine present scenes and original poems for Sons of the Prophet

Jane Addams Book Awards Reading

10/19/13 - 1:00pm - 10/19/13 - 2:00pm

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

A reading from and discussion of the 60th annual Jane Addams Award-winning children's books.

Queen of the Air

10/19/13 - 1:00pm - 10/19/13 - 2:00pm

Dean Jensen

She was simply known as Leitzel. Her feats as an aerialist mesmerized crowds across the globe.

ROY G. BIV

10/19/13 - 1:00pm - 10/19/13 - 2:00pm

Jude Stewart

Picture these: a blackened tomato or the word YELLOW written in blue type. Color means something.

The Conditions of Love

10/19/13 - 1:00pm - 10/19/13 - 2:00pm

Dale Kushner

An exploration of love, loss and resiliency in this debut novel.

The Center Holds

10/19/13 - 1:30pm - 10/19/13 - 2:30pm

Jonathan Alter

A dramatic look at the last part of Obama’s first term and successful reelection in 2012.

Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere

10/19/13 - 2:30pm - 10/19/13 - 3:30pm

Lucas Mann

An unforgettable chronicle of a year of minor-league baseball in a small Iowa town.

Illustration Conversation

10/19/13 - 2:30pm - 10/19/13 - 3:30pm

An intimate conversation about illustration with some of the most respected illustrators in America.

Sister: An African American Life in Search of Justice

10/19/13 - 3:00pm - 10/19/13 - 4:00pm

Jody LePage

The oral history of an extraordinary individual seeking justice for her brother's murder.

Attempts at Love in Greece

10/19/13 - 4:00pm - 10/19/13 - 5:00pm

John D'Agata

Plutarch may have been one of the world's most innovative essayists. John D'Agata explains why.

Graphic Novelist Panel

10/19/13 - 4:00pm - 10/19/13 - 5:00pm

Lynda Barry

Ivan Brunetti

Chris Ware

Celebrated graphic novelists, Lynda Barry, Ivan Brunetti, and Chris Ware will discuss their work.

Wisconsin Poet Laureate Reading

10/19/13 - 4:00pm - 10/19/13 - 5:00pm

Max Garland

2013-14 Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Max Garland, will read a selection of his poetry.

Sea Creatures

10/19/13 - 5:30pm - 10/19/13 - 6:30pm

Susanna Daniel

In this riveting novel, a mother must make the unthinkable choice between her husband and her son.

Lemon

10/19/13 - 6:00pm - 10/19/13 - 7:30pm

Lemon Andersen

A documentary about Lemon Andersen's struggle to free his family from poverty and pain.

The Book of Matt

10/19/13 - 7:00pm - 10/19/13 - 8:00pm

Stephen Jimenez

A provocative and spellbinding examination of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard.