The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books will not be held this year. For the 15th year, four celebration events have been scheduled:

  • October 10
    Debut of Kathie Giorgio’s 15th book, Don’t Let Us Keep You 
    7:00 pm, at Books & Company, 1039 Summit Avenue, Oconomowoc 
    More Information     
  • November 8
    Student Writing Contest Awards, 7:00 pm
    Lillian Boese Memorial Evening, 7:30 pm
    at UWM-Waukesha Commons, 1500 N. University Drive, Waukesha
    Information about Student Writing Contest Awards
    Information about Lillian Boese Memorial Evening coming soon
  • November 14
    Darrin Bell, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Talk, 
    12:00 noon, at UWM-Waukesha Commons, 1500 N. University Drive, Waukesha
    More Information
  • April 10, 2025
    Former U.S. Secretaries of Education Arne Duncan and Margaret Spellings,
    “Can America’s Public Schools Be Fixed”
    7 pm, at UWM-Waukesha Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1500 N. University Drive, Waukesha
    Information coming soon

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