From Dungeons & Dragons and forward, role-playing games have dominated our imaginations and interests. New York Times bestselling author and award-winning game designer Matt Forbeck and writer, teacher, and podcaster Benjamin Riggs headline “Tabletop RPGs: Building Stories Together”, a talk about the positives and negatives of role-playing games and how Read more…
Programs
Here’s Your Spot to Find In Person and Virtual Author Appearances Sponsored by Independent Bookstores in Southeast Wisconsin October 1, 10 am to 1 pm CDT Literatus401 E Main StreetWatertownIn Person Event Michele Altman, author of Roots of My Identity October 3, 6:30 pm CDT Boswell Book Company andShorewood Public Library3920 N Murray Read more…
Here’s Your Spot to Find In Person and Virtual Author Appearances Sponsored by Independent Bookstores in Southeast Wisconsin September 7, 6 pm CDT Boswell Book Company Virtual Author Event Mike Mariani, author of What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us: Who We Become After Tragedy and Traumain Conversation with Sally Haldorson Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Psso2LSFQO-ebTrB4GvpRw September Read more…
Keynote: Elizabeth Berg
35 Authors Make Presentations
Book Festival Committee Announces Don Taylor Writers Marketplace
Writing Contest Winners Announced
Kathie Giorgio Book Launch
Earth Day Reflections by Meg Muthupandiyan and Angela Trudell Vazquez
The 2022 Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books will return as a live and in person event on November
4th and 5th.
8 am – 2:30 pmCafeteria open, Commons Hub 8:45 am – 5 pm Books & Company open, Commons Area 9 am – 4 pm Don Taylor Writers Marketplace and Exhibits, Commons Hallways 8:45 am – 5 pm University of Wisconsin Press Exhibit, “We Will Always Be Here” available between Read more…
Middle and high school student writers can be recognized with cash prizes for their work by entering the Century Fence Middle and High School Essay and Poetry Contest and the Duane Stein Short Story Writing Contest. Get complete details and entry information by clicking on the links. Century Fence Middle Read more…