Here’s Your Spot to Find In Person and Virtual Author Appearances
Presented by Independent Bookstores in Southeast Wisconsin

Sonja’s List was named in honor of the late Sonja J. Maas

September 4, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, author of Daphne Draws Data: A Storytelling with Data Adventure

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cole-nussbaumer-knaflic-author-of-daphne-draws-data-an-in-person-event-tickets-953745958837?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 5, 6:00 pm CDT

Martha Merrell’s Books & Toys
231 W. Main St., Waukesha
In Person Author Event

Barb Geiger, author of Mississippi Meanderings, with Jim Landwehr and Christina Norcross

Information:
https://marthamerrellbooks.com

September 5, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Amy Spalding, author of At Her Service, in conversation with Oli Schmitz

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/amy-spalding-author-of-at-her-service-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-860139880537?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 5, 7:00 pm CDT

Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee

Hybrid In Person/Virtual Author Event

Tasneem Jassar, reading her poetry

Registration:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/tasneem-jassar

September 6, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Alison L. LaCroix, author of The Interbellum Constitution: Union, Commerce, and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alison-l-lacroix-author-of-the-interbellum-constitution-a-boswell-event-tickets-954184390197?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 7, 10:00 am-1:00 pm CDT

Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event

Evelyn Turner, author of The Past is a Dangerous Place, and David Benjamin, author of Cheat

Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events

September 7, 11:00 am CDT

Boswell Book Company
at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church,
2618 N. Hackett Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

William Kent Krueger, author of Spirit Crossing, in conversation with Nick Petrie

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/william-kent-krueger-author-of-spirit-crossing-a-boswell-event-tickets-859543998237?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 8, 3:00 pm CDT

Reads By the River
at Waterford Union High School
Performing Arts Center
611 W. Main St., Waterford

In Person Author Event

Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures, in conversation with Jane Hamilton

Tickets:
https://www.readsbytheriver.com/events

September 9, 7:00 pm CDT

Books & Company,
Boswell Book Company,
 WUWM/89.7 and
The Pabst Theater
at 144 E. Wells St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Jodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name, in conversation with Shelby Van Pelt

Tickets:
https://www.pabsttheatergroup.com/events/detail/jodi-picoult-2024

September 10 6:30 pm CDT

Woodland Pattern Book Center
at Juneau Park
900 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee

In Person Author Event

Mathias Svalina, author of Thank You Terror; Krystal Languell, author of Systems Thinking with Flowers; Alex Niemi, author of Elephant; and Jordan Dunn, author of  Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action

Information:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-in-the-park-september-2024-660-400-786

September 11, 5:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company and
Racine Public Library,
at 75 7th St., Racine 
In Person Author Event

Caron Butler and Justin A. Reynolds, co-authors of Clutch Time: A Shot Clock Novel

Registration:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRLc6nf2EyoljgZQE04EAvv2cpw0dFo3rcyn3Yj4wU5tlrQA/viewform?pli=1

September 11, 6:00 PM CDT

Blue House Books
at Southwest Library
7979 38th Ave., Kenosha
In Person Author Event

Margaret Peterson Haddix , author of The Ghostly Photos, in conversation with Lorelei Savaryn

Registration:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/470620240911

September 12, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Scott Phillips, author of The Devil Raises His Own, in conversation with Tim Hennessy

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scott-phillips-author-of-the-devil-raises-his-own-a-boswell-event-tickets-954242584257?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 14, 1:00 pm CDT

Blue House Books
at Simmons Library
711 59th Place, Kenosha

In Person Author Event

Madeline Martin, author of The Booklover’s Library, in conversation with Renee Rosen

Tickets:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/233220240914

September 15, 2:00 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company,
Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition  and
Milwaukee Public Library 
at Centennial Hall,
733 N. Eighth St., Milwaukee 
In Person Author Event

Hena Khan, author of We Are Big Time

Registration:
https://mpl.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=148959

September 15, 4:00 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company and
Milwaukee Reads

at Shully’s ATS,
143 Green Bay Rd., Thiensville
In Person Author Event

Madeline Martin, author of The Booklover’s Library

Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/madeline-martin-author-of-the-booklovers-library-a-ticketed-event-tickets-965161192107?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 17, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Emily Jon Tobias, author of Monarch: Stories, in conversation with Valerie Laken

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emily-jon-tobias-author-of-monarch-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-876305873457?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 18, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company and
GoodLand Home & Goods
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Mike Bass, author of Frightful Folklore of North America: Illustrated Folk Horror from Greenland to the Panama Canal

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mike-bass-author-of-frightful-folklore-of-north-america-a-boswell-event-tickets-883379912097?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 19, 5:00 pm CDT

Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event

Emily Jon Tobias, author of Monarch: Stories, in conversation with Peter Blewett

Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events

September 19, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Sarah Smarsh, author of Bone of the Bone: Essays on America from a Daughter of the Working Class

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sarah-smarsh-author-of-bone-of-the-bone-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-908867074887?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 19, 7:00 pm CDT

Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event

Brenda Novak, author of The Banned Books Club

Tickets:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/233320240919

September 20, 4:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company and
Shorewood Public Library
at 3920 N. Murray Ave., Shorewood
In Person Author Event

Rob Harrell, author of Popcorn, in conversation with Rochelle Melander

Registration:
https://www.shorewoodlibrary.org/connect/events/?eid=4105

September 20, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Dan Kois, author of Hampton Heights, in conversation with Liam Callanan

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dan-kois-author-of-hampton-heights-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-873475096527?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 21, 11:00 am-2:00 pm CDT

Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event

Hal Aetus, author of The Adler Chronicles

Information:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/233620240921

September 21, 2:00 pm CDT

Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee

Hybrid In Person/Virtual Author Event

Ashley Williams, author of A N*gga Writes Shakesperean and Pita Daniels, author of Blood Lines 

Registration:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/ashley-williams-pita-daniels

September 22, 3:30-6:00 pm CDT

Reads By the River
at Low Daily Brewery
700 N. Pine St., Burlington

In Person Author Event

Featuring 25 local authors

Information:
https://www.readsbytheriver.com/events

September 23, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Lola Milholland, author of Group Living and Other Recipes: A Memoir

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lola-milholland-for-group-living-and-other-recipes-a-boswell-event-tickets-897600917507?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 24, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Patrick Ness, author of Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/patrick-ness-chronicles-of-a-lizard-nobody-a-boswell-event-tickets-914000188167?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 25, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Reagan E.J. Jackson, author of Still True: The Evolution of an Unexpected Journalist, in conversation with Monique Liston

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reagan-ej-jackson-author-of-still-true-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-920385256077?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 26, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Kelsey Rae Dimberg, author of Snake Oil, in conversation with Mary Thorson

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kelsey-rae-dimberg-author-of-snake-oil-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-907762832067?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 27, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Vivian L. King, author of Grace Welcomes the Lady Next Door, in conversation with Susan Kim

Information:
https://www.boswellbooks.com/upcoming-events

September 29, 4:00 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Hemant Nayak, author of A Magic Fierce and Bright, in conversation with Anuradha D. Rajurkar

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hemant-nayak-author-of-a-magic-fierce-and-bright-a-boswell-event-tickets-926948346457?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 30, 5:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company,
CelticMKE,
Milwaukee Film and
The Downer Theatre
at 2589 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee 
In Person Author Event

Edward Burns, author of A Kid from Marlboro Road

Tickets:
https://mkefilm.org/oriental-theatre/events/saving-private-ryan-with-introduction-by-ed-burns

Information is accurate at the time of publication. 
Please use provided links to verify that event information has not changed.

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