Past Years - 2015 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

Showcase Performance Celebrating 10 Years of OMAI

10/24/15 - 8:00pm - 10/24/15 - 9:00pm

First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble

This event will feature J. Ivy, Telmary Diaz, Frank Wain, and First Wave artists

The Brewer's Tale : A History of the World According to Beer

10/24/15 - 8:00pm - 10/24/15 - 9:00pm

William Bostwick

This is the story of brewers gone by and one brave writer’s quest to bring them back to life.

Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People

10/24/15 - 9:00pm - 10/24/15 - 10:00pm

Matthew Diffee

Ingeniously designed sequences of funny drawings and writings from recent years with new additions.

The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books

10/25/15 - 11:00am - 10/25/15 - 12:00pm

Azar Nafisi

Through three American novels, Nafisi invites us to her “Republic of Imagination.”

The Little Free Library Book

10/25/15 - 11:00am - 10/25/15 - 12:00pm

Margret Aldrich

A charming history of Little Free Libraries and guide for how to best use them.

Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom: The Quest for Legitimation in French Indochina, 1850-1960

10/25/15 - 12:30pm - 10/25/15 - 1:30pm

Mai Na M. Lee

A pioneering history of the Hmong people in the colonial era.

Poetry and Social Justice

10/25/15 - 12:30pm - 10/25/15 - 1:30pm

Madison’s Poets Laureate host a reading and conversation featuring three Wisconsin writer-activists

Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South

10/25/15 - 12:30pm - 10/25/15 - 1:30pm

Andrew Maraniss

This is the story of the first African-American basketball player in the Southeastern Conference.

The Unmapped Sea

10/25/15 - 1:30pm

Maryrose Wood

The fifth book in the hilarious Victorian mystery series, The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place

Future Perfect

10/25/15 - 2:00pm - 10/25/15 - 3:00pm

Jen Larsen

A distinct, complex debut from a new voice in YA with an unforgettable main character

Turning Inward

10/25/15 - 2:00pm - 10/25/15 - 3:00pm

Blake Bailey

Kate Christensen

These brilliant authors will read and discuss why they wrote memoir after their successes.

Go Big Read: Just Mercy

10/26/15 - 7:00pm - 10/26/15 - 8:00pm

Bryan Stevenson

Go Big Read presents an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.

Bream Gives Me Hiccups

10/28/15 - 7:30pm - 10/28/15 - 8:30pm

Jesse Eisenberg

Eisenberg delivers a collection of forty-four hilarious, moving, and inventive stories!

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

10/30/15 - 7:00pm - 10/30/15 - 8:00pm

Sarah Vowell

An insightful account of Marquis de Lafayette and a portrait of a nation’s idealism and its reality.

Mothers, Tell Your Daughters

11/7/15 - 2:00pm - 11/7/15 - 3:00pm

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Memorable heroines are determined to shape their futures with—or despite—the men in their lives.

Atmosphere of Hope

11/7/15 - 5:30pm - 11/7/15 - 6:30pm

Tim Flannery

An engaging and practical alternative plan to deal the climate crisis with achievable goals

Need

11/17/15 - 6:30pm - 11/17/15 - 7:30pm

Joelle Charbonneau

This chilling YA thriller examines the dark side of social media and the dark side of human nature.

Gustafer Yellowgold

11/21/15 - 1:30pm - 11/21/15 - 2:30pm

Gustafer Yellowgold

Join us for this very special performance for children of all ages.

The Great Forgetting

11/22/15 - 2:00pm - 11/22/15 - 3:00pm

James Renner

This book blends science fiction and conspiracy thrillers with a touch of pure fantasy

Of Beards and Men

12/4/15 - 8:00pm - 12/4/15 - 11:00pm

Christopher Oldstone-Moore

Books, music, drinks, and activities all in celebration of all things facial hair