FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Authors and Presenters Reception, and Writing Contest Award Winners’ Reception
Sponsored by the Maas Foundation
Tickets are required and cost $25 per person
5:00 pm-8:30 pm
Books & Company Bookstore
and The Don Taylor Writers’ Marketplace
will be open for attendees to purchase books
5:00 pm-8:30 pm
Festival Basket Raffle Ticket Sale
20 Baskets Featuring Books of the Presenting Authors
Sponsored and Presented by The Women’s Philanthropic Club
Drawing is on Saturday at 3:45 pm in Rankin Hall Room 130
6:00 pm
Writing Contest Awards
Prizes will be given to the winners of the Century Companies Writing Contest, the Duane Stein Short Story Writing Contest, the Lillian Boese Excellence in College Writing Competition and the ALLWRITERS’ Adult Creative Writing Contest
7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Keynote, Christina Clancy
The bestselling author of The Snowbirds will speak and be interviewed by Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel Book Editor
Program is free and open to the public
8:30 pm-9:00 pm
Christina Clancy Book Sales and Book Signings
All events on Friday take place in the Carroll University Campus Center Stackner Ballroom
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
The Southeastern Wisconsin Festival of Books features four sessions of 20 panels with more than 50 authors covering topics that include poetry, history, travel, mystery, current events, food, popular culture, and contemporary literature.
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Books & Company Bookstore
Rankin Hall, Room 130
The Don Taylor Writers’ Marketplace
Rankin Hall, Room 130
The Festival of Books Basket Raffle
20 Baskets Featuring Books of the Presenting Authors
Sponsored and Presented by The Women’s Philanthropic Club
(Basket Raffle Drawing is on Saturday at 3:45)
Rankin Hall, Room 130
9:00 am-10:00 am
Session One Authors Panels
Rankin Hall, Rooms 201, 230, 240, 320 and 330
10:00 am-10:30 am
Session One Authors Book Signings
Rankin Hall, Room 101
10:15 am-11:15 am
Session Two Authors Panels
Rankin Hall, Rooms 201, 230, 240, 320 and 330
11:15 am-11:45 am
Session Two Authors Book Signings
Rankin Hall, Room 101
11:15 am-12:30 pm
Lunch
Campus Center Cafeteria, First Floor
11:30 am- 12:15 pm
Waukesha Reads Cabaret Featuring Candace Decker and Phil Smith
Campus Center Cafeteria, First Floor
12:30 pm-1:30 pm
Session Three Authors Panels
Rankin Hall, Rooms 201, 230, 240, 320 and 330
1:30 pm-2:00 pm
Session Three Authors Book Signings
Rankin Hall, Room 101
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Session Four Authors Panels
Rankin Hall, Rooms 201, 230, 240, 320 and 330
3:00 pm-3:30 pm
Session Four Authors Book Signings
Rankin Hall, Room 101
3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Purchase Books
Rankin Hall Room 130
3:45 pm
Festival of Books Basket Raffle Drawing,
Sponsored and Presented by The Women’s Philanthropic Club
Rankin Hall Room 130
The Carroll University Cafeteria
Brunch: 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Campus Center, Main Floor
Gert’s Grab and Go, with coffee and snacks
11:00 am-1:00 pm
Next to the Main Dining Room, Campus Center, Main Floor
Events are free and open to the public. All Events are held at Carroll University in Waukesha
Parking is free in designated campus lots