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
February 3, 7:00 pm CST
Boswell Book Company and
Milwaukee Film
at the Oriental Theatre,
2230 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Ira Madison III, author of Pure Innocent Fun: Essays
Tickets:
https://mkefilm.org/oriental-theatre/events/milwaukee-film-and-boswell-book-company-present-a
February 4, 6:00 pm CST
Books & Company and
Pewuakee Library
at 210 Main St., Pewaukee
In Person Author Event
Jessie Garcia, author of The Business Trip
Registration:
https://booksco.com/event/2025-02-04/jessie-garcia-pewaukee-public-library
February 4, 6:30 pm CST
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Christina Clancy, author of The Snowbirds, in conversation with Lauren Fox
February 5, 6:30 pm CST
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Nickolas Butler, author of A Forty Year Kiss
February 6, 7:00 pm CST
Woodland Pattern Book Center
Virtual Author Event
Adams Adeosun, Feranmi Ariyo, Connor Cogill, Sarpong Osei Asamoah, Nurain Ọládèjì, Nome Emeka Patrick, Qhali, Dare Tunmise, and Claudia Owusu who are featured in Kumi: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set
Information:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-african-poetry-book-fund-feb-2025
February 7, 1:00 pm CST
Books & Company
1039 Summit Ave., Oconomowoc
In Person Author Event
Nickolas Butler, author of A Forty Year Kiss, in conversation with Amy E. Reichert
Registration:
https://booksco.com/event/2025-02-07/nickolas-butler
February 7, 7:00 pm CST
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Timothy Knapp, JT Lachausse, Sophie Nunberg, and Valerie Laken
Information:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/reading-united-we-read-feb-2025
February 8, 10:00 am-1:00 pm CST
Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event
Gal Dailey, author of Bandera, and Morgan Kielisch, author of The Awakening of Gods
Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events
February 10, 6:30 pm CST
Boswell Book Company and
UW-MIlwaukee
at UWM Student Union, Wisconsin Room,
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
TJ Klune, author of The Bones Beneath My Skin, in conversation with Katharine Beutner
Registration:
https://uwmunion.vbotickets.com/event/an_evening_with_tj_klune/142157
February 12, 6:30 pm CST
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Carter Wilson, author of Tell Me What You Did, in conversation with Patricia Skalka
February 12, 7:00 pm CST
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Renee Rosen, author of Let’s Call Her Barbie, in conversation with Melanie Benjamin
Registration:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/1603520250212
February 13, 6:30 pm CST
Boswell Book Company and
Porchlight Book Company
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Shigehiro Oishi, author of Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life, in conversation with Sally Haldorson
February 15, 1:00 pm CST
Boswell Book Company and
Milwaukee Public Library
at Centennial Hall, Loos Room,
733 N. Eighth St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jerrianne Hayslett, author, and Aaron Boyd, illustrator, of Valiant Vel: Vel Phillips and the Fight for Fairness and Equality
Registration:
https://mpl.libnet.info/event/12719550
February 17, 5:30 pm CST
Lion’s Tooth Bookstore and Cafe
2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Peter Gelderloos, author of They Will Beat the Memory Out of Us
Information:
https://www.lionstoothmke.com/events.html
February 18, 6:30 pm CST
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Lori Tucker-Sullivan, author of I Can’t Remember If I Cried: Rock Widows on Life, Love, and Legacy
February 18th, 6:30 pm CST
Reads By the River
and The Waterford Stillhouse
at 228 E. Main St., Waterford
In Person Author Event
Layne Fargo, author of The Favorites
Information:
Event is Sold Out
https://www.readsbytheriver.com/events/44648
February 19, 7:00 pm CST
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee
Hybrid In Person/Virtual Author Event
Jessica Alexander, author of None of This and Ray Levy, author of School
Information:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/reading-jessica-alexander-and-ray-levy
February 20, 6:00 pm CST
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Tod Lending, author of The Umbrella Maker’s Son, in conversation with Renee Ryan
Registration:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/1595620250220
February 20, 6:30 pm CST
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Bernadette Atuahene, author of Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America, in conversation with Joy Powers
February 21, 2:00 pm CST
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Annelise Ryan, author of Beast of the North Woods
February 21, 6:00 pm CST
Blue House Books
at Carthage College-Niemann Theatre,
2001 Alford Park Dr., Kenosha,
In Person Author Event
John Patrick Green, author of Agents of S.U.I.T. Wild Ghost Chase, in conversation with Mary Winn Heider
Tickets:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/1407920250221
February 21, 7:00 pm CST
Blue House Books
at The Rowan,
5721 6th Ave., Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Scott Turow, author of Presumed Guilty, in conversation with David Ellis
Tickets:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/1395720250221
February 22, 10:00 am-1:00 pm CST
Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event
Grace Bucher, author of Shades of Green
Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events
February 25, 6:00 pm CST
Books & Company and
Hartland Public Library
at 110 E. Park Ave., Hartland
In Person Author Event
Nickolas Butler, author of A Forty Year Kiss
Registration:
https://booksco.com/event/2025-02-25/evening-nickolas-butler-hartland-public-library
Information is accurate at the time of publication.
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