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
April 2, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
and Franklin Public Library,
at 9151 W. Loomis Rd., Franklin
In Person Author Event
Jennifer Chiaverini, author of The World’s Fair Quilt
April 3, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Elinor Lipman, author of Every Tom, Dick & Harry, in conversation with Daniel Goldin
April 3, 7:00 pm CDT
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee
Hybrid In Person/Virtual Author Event
Kai Ihns, author of Of, and Sara Larsen, author of Detonated Mirror
Registration:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-featuring-kai-ihns-and-sara-larsen
April 4, 5:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books and
Kenosha Public Library
at Northside Branch,
1500 27th Ave., Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Jennifer Chiaverini, author of The World’s Fair Quilt
Registration:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/1801320250404
April 4, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
John Koethe, author of Cemeteries and Galaxies: Poems
April 5, 10:00 am-1:00 pm CDT
Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event
Pamela Kyel, author of Charm City Spouse’s Club
Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events
April 6, 4:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Holocaust Education Resource Center – Milwaukee
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Rebecca Brenner Graham, author of Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany, in conversation with Samantha Abramson
Registration:
https://holocaustcentermilwaukee.org/events/missperkins/
April 8, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
James Marten, author of The Sixth Wisconsin and the Long Civil War: The Biography of a Regiment
April 8, 6:30 pm CDT
Reads By the River and
Waterford Stillhouse
at 228 E. Main St.; Waterford
In Person Author Event
Jessie Garcia, author of The Business Trip
Event is Sold Out
Information:
https://www.readsbytheriver.com/events/45374
April 9, 6:00 pm CDT
Books & Company and
Pewaukee Public Library
at 210 Main St., Pewaukee
In Person Author Event
Maribeth Fischer, author of A Season of Perfect Happiness
Registration:
https://pewaukee.librarycalendar.com/event/maribeth-fisher-author-event-3984
April 10, 6:00 pm CDT
Books & Company and
Oconomowoc Public Library
at 200 W. South St., Oconomowoc
In Person Author Event
Jennifer Chiaverini, author of The World’s Fair Quilt
Registration:
https://booksco.com/event/2025-04-10/jennifer-chiaverini-oconomowoc-public-library
April 10, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Theresa Okokon, author of Who I Always Was
April 11, 2:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jean Hanff Korelitz, author of The Sequel
April 12, 4:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Andy Griffiths, author of Adventures Unlimited: You and Me and the Land of Lost Things
April 13, 2:00 pm CDT
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee
Hybrid In Person/Virtual Author Event
Francisco Aragón, author of After Rubén; Brenda Cárdenas, author of Trace; Mauricio Kilwein Guevara, author of Autobiography of So-and-So; Roberto Harrison, author of Isthmus to Abya Yala; and Raina J. León, author of black god mother this body. In conversation with Michael Dowdy
Registration:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-panel-discussion-places-we-call-home
April 15, 7:00 pm CDT
Woodland Pattern Book Center and
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
at the Wisconsin Room in the Student Union
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Ada Limón, author of The Carrying
Tickets:
https://uwm.edu/studentinvolvement/get-involved/distinguished-lecture-series/
April 22, 7:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
Virtual Author Event
Emily Henry, author or Great Big Beautiful Life, in conversation with Kennedy Ryan
April 23, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Dean Robbins, author of Wisconsin Idols: 100 Heroes Who Changed the State, the World, and Me
April 24, 5:30 pm CDT
Woodland Pattern Book Center,
The Boudreaux Foundation, and
UWM English Department
at UWM-Milwaukee, Curtin Hall, Room 175
3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
Hybrid In Person/Virtual Author Event
Ed Pavlić, author of Call It In the Air
Information:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-featuring-ed-pavlic-at-uwm
April 25, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Ali Novak, author of My Return to the Walter Boys
April 26 is the 12th Annual
Independent Bookstore Day
It’s Independent Bookstore Day- a day of celebration! Indie bookstores all over the country celebrate on the last Saturday in April every year. We celebrate books, bookstores, reading, readers, booksellers, authors, and the literary loving community! It’s an exciting day filled with bookish fun, giveaways, surprises, and exclusive merch! Visit your local Independent Bookstore to find out more!
April 26, 10:00 am-5:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books
at Kenosha Public Museum
5500 1st Ave., Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Brittainy Cherry, author of If You Stayed; Layne Fargo, author of The Favorites; Jessie Garcia, author of The Business Trip; Ali Novak, author of My Return to the Walter Boys; Ashley Winstead author of This Book Will Bury Me; and Rita Woods author of The Edge of Yesterday
Tickets:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/2151420250426
April 26, 10:00 am-5:00 pm CDT
Reads By the River
at Waterford Public Library
Community Room
101 N. River St., Waterford
In Person Author Event
Tod Lending, author of The Umbrella Maker’s Son; Embassie Susberry, author of The Game Changer; Kelly Mustian, author of The River Knows Your Name; Adrianna Schuh, author of Magic in the Air; Shelby Saville author of And They Had a Great Fall; and Bryn Donovan author of Her Knight at the Museum
Information:
https://www.readsbytheriver.com/events/45856
April 26, 10:00 am-1:00 pm CDT
Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event
James Marten, author of The Sixth Wisconsin and the Long Civil War: The Biography of a Regiment; and Tom McKay, author of West Fork
Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events
April 26, 11:30 am CDT
Boswell Book Company and
The Delta Memorial Endowment Fund, Inc
at Saint Kate–The Arts Hotel
139 E. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Carole Hopson, author of A Pair of Wings
April 26, 12:00 noon CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Alton Brown, author of Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations
April 27, 2:00 pm CDT
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee
Hybrid In Person/Virtual Author Event
Donald Revell, author of Canandaigua
Information:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-featuring-donald-revell
April 27, 4:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Hannah Morrissey, author of The Unlucky Ones, and Ashley Winstead, author of This Book Will Bury Me
Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hannah-morrissey-and-ashley-winstead-at-boswell-tickets-1265185516939?aff=oddtdtcreator
April 29, 6:30 pm CDT
Reads By the River and
Waterford Stillhouse
at 228 E. Main St.; Waterford
In Person Author Event
Alice Austen, author of 33 Place Brugmann
April 30, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jon Hickey, author of Big Chief, in conversation with Steven Wright
Information is accurate at the time of publication.
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