COMING HOME: A Waukesha Reads Cabaret
11:30 am–12:15 pm, November 4, 2023 COMING HOME: A WAUKESHA READS CABARETCandace Decker and Phil Smith In the Commons Candace Decker and Phil Smith examine what it means to come home, through stories and songs…
2023 Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books
Writers from Wisconsin and the surrounding area will be featured at the 14th Annual Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha. Headliners include journalist Bob Woodward, and film writer and…
2023 SE Wisconsin Festival of Books Calendar
Pre-Festival Programs Friday, October 13th 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Film Historians David Fantle and Tom Johnson, authors of C’mon Get Happy: Summer Stock and the Making of the MGM MusicalIn the Hub 8:30 pm-9:00 pm Books…
2023 Keynote with David Zucker
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, Friday, November 3, 2023 SURELY YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS: THE TRUE STORY OF AIRPLANE!David Zucker, Interviewed by Gino SalomoneIn the Lunt-Fontanne TheatreOpen to the public but registration is required When…
C’mon Get Happy: Summer Stock and the Making of the MGM Musical with David Fantle and Tom Johnson
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, Friday, October 13, 2023 C’MON, GET HAPPY: THE MAKING OF SUMMER STOCKDavid Fantle and Tom JohnsonIn the Hub Film historians David Fantle and Tom Johnson will give an in-person talk…
Saturday Morning Keynote
9:00 am to 10:00 am, November 4, 2023 THE HOPEFULNESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE WRITERRobin Hemley in conversation with Jim HigginsIn the Hub Hemley talks about being an older writer and being in it for the…
Author Presentations and Panels, Session Four
3:15 pm to 4:15 pm, November 4, 2023 ANIMALS! ANIMALS! ANIMALS!Mel Sobolewski, Jon M. Sweeney, and Nigel RothfelsRoom C101From the wisdom of cats to rescuing alpacas to studying elephants, these three authors will talk about…
Author Presentations and Panels, Session Three
1:45 pm to 2:45 pm, November 4, 2023 NATIVE NATIONSStephen Kantrowitz and Dr. Carol CorneliusRoom C101The Indigenous life and experience is discussed by these two writers and explored through their work. JOURNEYS OF SELF-DISCOVERYBlythe Roberson…
Author Presentations and Panels, Session Two
12:15 pm to 1:15 pm, November 4, 2023 IMPORTANCE OF PLACEAlison Townsend, Tom Montgomery Fate, and Robert MiltnerRoom N125Often, the place in which a book is set becomes a character itself. Three authors discuss how…
Author Presentations and Panels, Session One
10:15 am to 11:15 am, November 4, 2023 QUEER VOICESJohn D’Emilio, Brice D. Smith, and R. B. SimonRoom C101Three writers of different genres speak about how the LGBTQ+ experience influences their writing. EXPLORING THE MIDWESTPamela…