Past Years - 2016 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

Perfume River

10/3/16 - 7:00pm - 10/3/16 - 8:00pm

Robert Olen Butler

Butler discusses Perfume River, a novel that examines family ties and the legacy of the Vietnam War

Prophets of Eternal Fjord

10/4/16 - 7:00pm - 10/4/16 - 8:00pm

Kim Leine

A sweeping tale of a Greenlandic community bereft by colonialism & the one priest who can save them

Celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Month

10/5/16 - 5:30pm - 10/5/16 - 8:00pm

Children's Dyslexia Center-Madison

Film and panel discussion highlighting dyslexia in children.

Roughneck Grace

10/11/16 - 4:00pm - 10/11/16 - 6:00pm

Michael Perry

Perry returns with a new essay collection from his Wisconsin State Journal column “Roughneck Grace”

2016 Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale

10/19/16 - 4:00pm - 10/22/16 - 2:00pm

Friends of UW Libraries

The largest used book sale in Wisconsin returns this fall!

Examples of Anything

10/20/16 - 9:00am - 10/20/16 - 9:00pm

Will Santino

Examples of Anything is unlike anything you've ever read. It's a novel, it's a poem, it's a painting

Friends of the Madison Public Library Fall Book Sale

10/20/16 - 9:00am - 10/22/16 - 4:30pm

Friends of Madison Public Library

Friends of the Madison Public Library are hosting the Fall Book Sale in support of the library.

James Madison Lecture

10/20/16 - 4:30pm - 10/20/16 - 5:30pm

Gordon Wood

Dr. Wood will share insights from his lifelong Study of the American Revolution

America Invertida

10/20/16 - 5:30pm - 10/20/16 - 6:30pm

Jesse Lee Kercheval

Kercheval pairs Spanish poems & English translations to introduce Uruguay’s vibrant literary scene

The Making of a Book: Writing, Editing, and Small Press Publication

10/20/16 - 5:30pm - 10/20/16 - 6:30pm

Jeremiah Lewis

Snow Creek Press founders discuss the long journey they took publishing their first book.

Writing Professionals Panel

10/20/16 - 5:30pm - 10/20/16 - 6:30pm

Amy Hassinger

Michelle Wildgen

Susan Gloss

The Day Job: How To Make Money And Write And Not Lose Your Mind

All Elements Hip Hop Arts Showcase 2016

10/20/16 - 7:00pm - 10/20/16 - 9:30pm

First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble

Experience visiting youth poetry slam champions and hip hop artists from cities across the Midwest.

Hidden Thunder

10/20/16 - 7:00pm - 10/20/16 - 8:00pm

Robert Boszhardt

Geri Schrab

Schrab & Boszhardt research, document and interpret petroglyphs and pictographs from past millenia

Scriptorium: Poems

10/20/16 - 7:00pm - 10/20/16 - 8:00pm

Melissa Range

Range shares poetry on religious & linguistic authority from medieval England to modern Appalachia

2016 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture

10/20/16 - 7:30pm - 10/20/16 - 8:30pm

Jacqueline Woodson

Young People's Poet Laureate, Jacqueline Woodson, childhood unfolds in poems.

The Excellent Lombards

10/20/16 - 7:30pm - 10/20/16 - 8:30pm

Jane Hamilton

Best-selling author Hamilton shares her latest coming-of-age novel

You Can't Touch My Hair

10/20/16 - 9:00pm - 10/20/16 - 10:00pm

Phoebe Robinson

An utterly modern essay collection: one that examines our cultural climate and skewers our biases

High School Friday 2016

10/21/16 - 9:00am - 10/21/16 - 1:45pm

A great opportunity for high school students in Madison to experience a wide-range of programming!

High School Friday 2016 - - 10/21/2016 - 9:00am

Some Like it Cold

10/21/16 - 3:00pm - 10/21/16 - 5:00pm

Larry Williams

Surfing legend Williams shares the true story of how he transformed Sheboygan into a surf destinatio

Barcadia! Arcade-Era Cocktails Re-Imagined

10/21/16 - 5:30pm - 10/21/16 - 8:15pm

Andre Darlington

Darlington shows how to mix craft cocktails and gives the history of classic recipes & spirits

First Wave Voices

10/21/16 - 5:30pm - 10/21/16 - 7:00pm

First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble

First Wave poets put their spin on the global languages of hip hop with responses by artists.

Wisconsin People & Ideas Writing Contest Reading 2016

10/21/16 - 5:30pm - 10/21/16 - 6:30pm

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters

Readings from this year's poetry and prose Wisconsin People & Ideas Writing Contest.

Under the Harrow

10/21/16 - 6:00pm - 10/21/16 - 7:00pm

Flynn Berry

Flynn Berry presents her debut novel, a chilling story with a sharpness Gillian Flynn fans will love

Wisconsin on the Air

10/21/16 - 6:00pm - 10/21/16 - 7:00pm

Jack Mitchell

Peek behind the microphones in this history of Wisconsin Public Radio.