Emily Raboteau, Erika Meitner
- A perspective from a mother raising children in the midst of protracted crises & existential threats
Emily Raboteau, Erika Meitner
SCHOOL VISIT: A Maleta Full of Treasures
Natalia Sylvester
- A warm, gentle ode to the people and places that make us who we are even if we haven’t met them yet
SCHOOL VISIT: A Maleta Full of Treasures
Natalia Sylvester
Rachel Khong, Ada Zhang
- What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?
Rachel Khong, Ada Zhang
Ongoing Wisconsin Book Festival Events
Recent Wisconsin Book Festival Events
Creative Writing Awards Ceremony
Jessica Tanck
- The 2024 undergraduate and graduate creative writing awards ceremony.
Creative Writing Awards Ceremony
Jessica Tanck
Amor Towles, Christina Clancy
- Stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood
Amor Towles, Christina Clancy
2024 Wisconsin Institute For Creative Writing Fellows Reading
Elijah Bean, Sadia Hassan, Gothataone Moeng , Mandy Moe Pwint Tu, Ada Zhang
- Presented in partnership with the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing
2024 Wisconsin Institute For Creative Writing Fellows Reading
Elijah Bean, Sadia Hassan, Gothataone Moeng , Mandy Moe Pwint Tu, Ada Zhang
Not Your Mother's Romance Writers
Christina Lauren, TJ Alexander, Kaliane Bradley, Jackie Lau
- Alexander, Bradley, and Lau will discuss what makes a great romance.
Recording Available
Not Your Mother's Romance Writers
Christina Lauren, TJ Alexander, Kaliane Bradley, Jackie Lau
Lunch For Libraries - Tommy Orange
Tommy Orange, Aaron Bird Bear
- Featuring award-winning author, Tommy Orange
Lunch For Libraries - Tommy Orange
Tommy Orange, Aaron Bird Bear
Valeria Luiselli, Paola Hernández
- An artist couple set out with their two children on a road trip
Recording Available
Valeria Luiselli, Paola Hernández
Joshua Burton, Patrycja Humienik, Sadia Hassan
- Celebrate National Poetry Month with a reading featuring deeply moving words from three poets
Joshua Burton, Patrycja Humienik, Sadia Hassan
Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale
Friends of UW Libraries
- Books for sale are donated by University of Wisconsin faculty, staff, students, and residents
Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale
Friends of UW Libraries
The Dane County Farmers’ Market Cookbook
Terese Allen
- Local foods, global flavors
Recording Available
The Dane County Farmers’ Market Cookbook
Terese Allen
Ijeoma Oluo
- How everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world - and how you can too
Ijeoma Oluo
Ijeoma Oluo, Dr. Sagashus Levingston
- How everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world - and how you can too
Recording Available
Ijeoma Oluo, Dr. Sagashus Levingston
Peter Annin
2024 UW Fiction MFA Graduates Reading
- Aeron Parks, Jackie Chalgin, Nitya Gupta, Phoebe Kranefuss, R.E. Hawley, and Robert Sorrell Bynum
Caroline Paul
Trish O'Kane
- An uplifting memoir, a professor & activist shares what birds can teach us about life
Recording Available
Trish O'Kane
Mylo Choy
- The subtle powers of running, especially those who are transgender or nonbinary
Recording Available
Mylo Choy
Ed Yong
- Funny, rigorous, and suffused with the joy of discovery.
Recording Available
Ed Yong
Andrew J. Graff, Nickolas Butler
- Wisconsin’s Northwoods could be the fresh start this marriage needs.
Recording Available
Andrew J. Graff, Nickolas Butler
Leslie Jamison
- Rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love.
Recording Available
Leslie Jamison
Kaveh Akbar, Michelle Wildgen
- A look at how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others
Recording Available
Kaveh Akbar, Michelle Wildgen