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Wisconsin Book Festival

23rd Annual Fall Celebration: 
OCTOBER 17-20, 2024

Free, year-round public author events

in partnership with the MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION

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Past Years - 2013 Presenters

Lorraine Abramson

Lorraine Abramson

Kevin & Patsy Alderson

Kevin & Patsy Alderson

Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter

Lemon Andersen

Lemon Andersen

Jennifer Angus

Jennifer Angus

Bill Ayers

Bill Ayers

Lynda Barry

Lynda Barry

Ivan Brunetti

Ivan Brunetti

Sarah Busse

Sarah Busse

Kara Candito, Kara Candito , Kara Candito, Kara Candito

Kara Candito

Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon

Fairshare CSA Coalition

Fairshare CSA Coalition

John D'Agata

John D'Agata

Susanna Daniel

Susanna Daniel

Photo of author, Adam Fell

Adam Fell

Forward Theater Company

Forward Theater Company

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Friends of the CCBC

Friends of the CCBC

Jessie Garcia

Jessie Garcia

Max Garland

Max Garland

Jessie Haas

Jessie Haas

Kelly Harms

Kelly Harms

Kevin Henkes

Kevin Henkes

Jesse Gant & Nicholas Hoffman

Jesse Gant & Nicholas Hoffman

John Holl

John Holl

Paul Humphrey

Paul Humphrey

Lindsay Hunter

Lindsay Hunter

Dean Jensen

Dean Jensen

Stephen Jimenez

Stephen Jimenez

E.M. Kokie

E.M. Kokie

Dale Kushner

Dale Kushner

Jody LePage

Jody LePage

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters

Faythe Levine

Faythe Levine

Friends of UW Libraries

Friends of UW Libraries

Friends of Madison Public Library

Friends of Madison Public Library

Sam Macon

Sam Macon

MadCap

MadCap

Lucas Mann

Lucas Mann

Leonard Marcus

Leonard Marcus

Christopher Mohar

Christopher Mohar

Briony Morrow-Cribbs

Briony Morrow-Cribbs

Jojo Moyes

Jojo Moyes

Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy

Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy

Emily Oster

Emily Oster

Ruth Ozeki

Ruth Ozeki

Nick Podehl

Nick Podehl

Library as Incubator Project

Library as Incubator Project

Tom Ragatz

Tom Ragatz

Photo of author, David Rhodes

David Rhodes

Jon Ronson

Jon Ronson

Steven Nadler & Jennifer Ratner Rosenhagen, Steven Nadler & Jennifer Ratner Rosenhagen , Steven Nadler & Jennifer Ratner Rosenhagen, Steven Nadler & Jennifer Ratner Rosenhagen

Steven Nadler & Jennifer Ratner Rosenhagen

Rebecca Ryan

Rebecca Ryan

Allen Salkin

Allen Salkin

Thomas Purnell, Eric Raimy, & Joseph Salmons

Thomas Purnell, Eric Raimy, & Joseph Salmons

Gia Scott-Heron

Gia Scott-Heron

Caryl Stern

Caryl Stern

Jude Stewart

Jude Stewart

Dean Strang

Dean Strang

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Emma Straub

Clive Thompson

Clive Thompson

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Wendy Vardaman

Chris Ware

Chris Ware

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First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble

Michelle Wildgen

Michelle Wildgen

G. Willow Wilson

G. Willow Wilson

Verse Wisconsin

Verse Wisconsin

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