April 12, 2012 – National Poetry Month Celebration 6:00-8:00 p.m. Martha Merrell’s Books –231 W. Main Street – Downtown Waukesha Established by the American Academy of Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is a month-long national celebration of poetry. Join us for a lively celebration of the art of poetry Read more…
The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books is pleased to announce the 2012 program theme “Freedom to Read.” With its strong election-year echoes, this theme provides a framework for discussion at each age level about the vital role reading, literacy and intellectual freedom play in our ability to understand and engage Read more…
Jerry Apps, born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of more than 30 books, many of them on rural history and country life. His nonfiction books include: Living a Country Year, Every Farm Tells a Story, When Chores Were Read more…
Linda S. Godfrey is the award-winning author of fourteen books on strange creatures, people and places including Weird Wisconsin, Strange Wisconsin and Monsters of Wisconsin. A former newspaper reporter, she has been a guest on over one dozen national TV shows including Monsterquest, Sean Hannity’s America, Lost Tapes, Inside Edition, Wisconsin and Michigan Public Radio, Read more…
Dave Thome’s romance novel was published in November 2011 through Kindle Select Publishing. He also published a companion book, Man Writing a Romance, a collection of essays based on the blog in which he chronicled writing Fast Lane. Before he turned to novel writing, he wrote 20 screenplays, including four that were optioned Read more…
Danielle Sosin is the author of The Long-Shining Waters, winner of the 2011 Milkweed National Fiction Prize. The book, which MN Monthly has called “The first great novel about Lake Superior… and its many ghosts,“ is a finalist for the upcoming MN Book Awards. The New York Times Book Review Read more…
B. A. Binns, winner of the 2010 National Readers Choice award, is an adoptive parent, cancer survivor, and author of YA Romances. She writes to attract and inspire readers with stories about “real boys growing into real men…and the people who love them.” She is a member of RWA (Romance Read more…
Joan Peterson: writes and publishes the EAT SMART series of guidebooks for travelers and cookbook lovers, who want to get to the heart of a country’s culture through its cuisine. Her richly detailed and well-researched Eat Smart culinary guidebooks explain how to find the most delicious, authentic, and adventurous eating experiences. They Read more…
Ronnie Hess is an award-winning journalist who has had a long and passionate interest in food, especially French food. She is the author of Eat Smart in France, a culinary travel guide that has received much praise and won several honors. Ronnie lived and worked in France as a reporter Read more…
MWA University-Midwest is a day-long fiction writing series organized by Mystery Writers of America and running concurrently with general Festival programming on June 16, 2012. A tremendous opportunity for writers at all levels and taught by the experts, these top-notch classes explore all facets of writing and publishing. Enrollment is Read more…