Past Years - 2019 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

First Cell

10/19/19 - 12:00pm

Azra Raza

These moving, true stories of patients explore cancer from every angle.

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics

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

Donna Brazile

Yolanda Caraway

Minyon Moore

The four most powerful African American women in politics share their story.

Rebel Poet

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

Louis V. Clark III (Two Shoes)

An intimate delve into family, community, grief and struggle for a 21st Century Indian

Food Politics

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

Jennifer Gaddis

Monica White

Anna Zeide

Three of the country's foremost authors on Food Politics discuss the transformative power of food.

Lights All Night Long

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

Lydia Fitzpatrick

A rich tale of belonging and the pull of homes both native and adopted

Proof!

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

Amir Alexander

Amir Alexander traces how geometry has shaped our history and societies

Shadow Network

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

Anne Nelson

How the collapse of American local journalism laid the foundation for the right's disinformation war

The Painted Forest

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

Krista Eastman

The Painted Forest upends easy narratives of place, embracing tentativeness and erasing boundaries

The Stakes

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

Robert Kuttner

CANCELED - Due to unforeseen circumstances, Robert Kuttner is no longer able to appear

After the Flood

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

Kassandra Montag

A riveting epic saga of a world forever transformed by rising waters and the treacheries that ensue

Health Justice Now

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

Timothy Faust

Timothy Faust advocates for healthcare reform and a single payer system

Long Way Round

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

John Hildebrand

Cobbling rivers together, Hildebrand navigates the beautiful but complicated territory of home.

Silver, Sword, and Stone

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

Marie Arana

Arana writes on of the roles of trade, warfare, and religion in the history of Latin America

The Deer Camp

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

Dean Kuipers

A story of fathers, sons, and the beauty and magic of the natural world.

Beautiful on the Outside

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

Adam Rippon

Adam Rippon reveals his harrowing journey to Olympic dreams

Home Remedies

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

Xuan Juliana Wang

An illuminating insight into the faces and stories of a new generation of Chinese youth

The Watershed

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

James Arthur

Anders Carlson-Wee

Jeffrey Levine

Three award-winning poets visit Madison for this special Watershed Reading.

Wit's End

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

James Geary

A demonstration that wit and wisdom are really the same thing.

Deep River

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

Karl Marlantes

A timely exploration of the individual & the immigrant, in an America still defining its identity

Fighting for Space & Breaking the Chains of Gravity

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

Amy Shira Teitel

Amy discusses the history of space flight, the space program, and all things Vintage Space.

Make it Scream, Make it Burn

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

Leslie Jamison

A fascinating collection of essays exploring the dynamics of haunting and obsession

I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood & Gloss

10/19/19 - 7:30pm - 10/19/19 - 8:30pm

Tiana Clark

Rebecca Hazelton

Two decorated graduates from the UW Program in Creative Writing share from newest works

Unfollow

10/19/19 - 7:30pm - 10/19/19 - 8:30pm

Megan Phelps-Roper

A gripping memoir of escaping the extremism of the Westboro Baptist Church and falling in love

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

10/19/19 - 9:00pm - 10/19/19 - 10:00pm

A collection of writers shatter the silence and delve into their relationships with their mothers