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The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books will offer a writing contest for college students this fall named for the late Lillian Boese who was a key force in the Festival’s first fifteen years. The Lillian Boese Award for Writing Excellence will include competitions in essays, fiction and poetry, and is Read more

Here’s why she does it “The Book Festival Writing Contest gave me a passageway to understand myself through my writing, taught me how to write more professionally, and helped my grades as well,” says Waukesha West Senior Harper Pugh. When she attended Les Paul Middle School, she won the Festival’s Read more

April 10, 7:00 pm UWM at Waukesha, 1500 N. University Drive, WaukeshaLunt-Fontanne Theatre “Can America’s Public Schools and Colleges be Fixed?“ Perspectives from Former U.S. Secretaries of Education and authors, Arne Duncan and Margaret Spellings. Hosted by UWM at Waukesha and sponsored by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Read more

Thursday, October 10, 7:00 pm Books & Company1039 Summit Avenue, Oconomowoc The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books in partnership with Books & Company Presents Kathie Giorgio in conversation with Maggie Ginsberg Join Kathie Giorgio, the author of Don’t Let Me Keep You, in conversation with Madison Magazine editor and fellow novelist Maggie Ginsberg Read more

Friday, November 8, 7:00 pmUWM-Waukesha Commons1500 N. University Drive, Waukesha 7:00 pm: The Century Fence Essay and Poetry Contests for Middle and High school students  and the Duane Stein Short Story Writing Contest winners will be announced. An additional contest for College Students has been added. 7:30 pm: The absence Read more

Thursday, November 14, 12:00 noonUWM-Waukesha, 1500 N. University Drive, WaukeshaCommons Room C101 How to Participate in Darrin Bell’s Visit to UWM-Waukesha The UWM-Waukesha Campus Climate Committee invites you to participate in this fall’s Reading Circle—The Talk by Pulitzer Prize winning author Darrin Bell. He will be on campus Thursday, November 14th Read more

Malinda Andrews Carolyn Crean Carolyn was born, raised, and married in San Diego, California. Since San Diego State University was seven blocks from her home, she chose to earn her BA degree there.  It wasn’t long before Carol’s husband began getting offers from companies in different states, so they followed Read more