Nov. 7, 7 PM – Ellyn Lem, Ph.D
Nov. 7, 7 PM – Ellyn Lem, Ph.D. Waukesha author and UWM at Waukesha professor of English and Gender studies will present Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life and UWM Theater…
Oct. 27, 6:30 PM – Waukesha’s Professors Read: A Scholar Panel
October 27 at 6:30 PM Author scholar panel, co-sponsored with Waukesha Reads. Area professors from UWM at Waukesha and Carroll University—Ellyn Lem, Ph.D., Dr. Lilly Goren and Dr. Abigail Markwyn—will share insights on the themes…
Oct. 20, 7 PM – Jeanette Hurt
Oct. 20, 7 PM – Jeanette Hurt Jeanette Hurt, Milwaukee author, will launch her new book Wisconsin Cocktails. This history of spirits in the Badger State will include a demonstration on how to make the…
Oct. 13, 7 PM – Kathie and Michael Giorgio
Oct. 13, 7 PM – Kathie and Michael Giorgio Kathie Giorgio, Waukesha author, will launch, No Matter Which Way You Look, There Is More to See, her new full-length poetry collection. She will share the…
Update on 2020 Festival of Books
Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books Cancels 2020 Event The UWM at Waukesha Foundation will continue some festival components Waukesha, Wisconsin, August 11, 2020 – The UWM at Waukesha Foundation announced today that the 2020 Southeast…
2020 Literary Events
Festival of Books bookstore partner, Books & Company of Oconomowoc, will host three virtual author events planned for the festival. Visit https://www.booksco.com to register in advance for each event. Oct. 13 – Kathie Giorgio, Waukesha…
2020 Writing Contests
The festival’s annual student writing contests support a goal to attract youth to the potential of the written word. This year, students are asked to write about a book that helped them reimagine and improve…
The UWM at Waukesha Foundation’s Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books Moves its Much-loved Community Event Online
Waukesha, Wisconsin, June 25, 2020 – Booklovers from around the world can participate in the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books by joining a program of virtual events on Nov. 6 and 7 at sewibookfest.com. The…
Authors Connect to Schools Writing Contest
This year in Authors In The Schools, participating students were given the opportunity to enter a writing contest sponsored by AllWriters’ Workplace & Workshop. All students were given the same prompt. They had to start…
Miciah Bay Gault in the New York Times
2019 Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books author Miciah Bay Gault has an essay featured in the New York Times Modern Love section. In her words: [It’s] about the day my mom lost her memory, and…