Past Years - 2022 Events | Wisconsin Book Festival

Still True & The Art of the Break

10/16/22 - 12:00pm - 10/16/22 - 1:00pm

Maggie Ginsberg

Mary Wimmer

The value of truth and keeping dreams alive

Grace & The West Wing and Beyond

10/16/22 - 1:30pm

Cody Keenan

Pete Souza

Bringing the American Presidency to life

Matrix

10/20/22 - 7:00pm - 10/20/22 - 8:00pm

Lauren Groff

A defiant and timely exploration of the raw power of female creativity in a corrupted world.

2022 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture

10/20/22 - 7:30pm

Alvina Ling

Grace Lin

Midwest Video Poetry Festival

10/22/22 - 3:00pm - 10/22/22 - 8:00pm

Invites new audiences to discover (or rediscover) poetry

Wisconsin People & Ideas 2022 Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners

10/24/22 - 7:00pm

American Sex Tape

10/25/22 - 7:00pm

Jameka Williams

A vibrant path to freedom from mirrors, stages, and screens

How the Word is Passed

11/1/22 - 7:00pm

Clint Smith

A reckoning with the history of slavery across American

Inciting Joy

11/3/22 - 7:00pm - 11/3/22 - 8:00pm

Ross Gay

What might be possible if we turn our attention to what brings us together, to what we love?

American Crusade

11/14/22 - 7:00pm - 11/14/22 - 8:00pm

Andrew Seidel

a meticulously researched and deeply insightful account of our political landscape

Veteran Voices

11/15/22 - 7:00pm - 11/15/22 - 8:00pm

Rachel Werner

Work created by artists currently living in WI who self-identify as veterans with disabilities

Breakdowns

11/29/22 - 7:00pm

Art Spiegelman

A completely original autobiography—the story of his life as a comix artist