2022 Festival of Books

Keynote

Foxconned Author Lawrence Tabak Gives Keynote, Friday, Nov.4.

Lawrence Tabak has produced the powerful and resonant, Foxconned, praised as both the definitive autopsy of the Foxconn fiasco and a dire warning to communities and states nationwide. He will be featured as the Keynote Speaker for this year’s Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books at 7 pm Friday, Nov.4, in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha’s Commons Hub. The program is free and open to the public. Tabak will speak and be in conversation with UWM at Waukesha’s History Professor Jonathan Kasparek.

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Would You Like to Encourage a Young Reader? Here’s Your Chance!

The United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County is collecting books for young readers on Saturday, November 5, at the Festival. Volunteers from the Emerging Leaders Council are in the UWM-Waukesha Library to accept your donation and assist you with wrapping your gift. You can bring a new book or buy a book at the Books & Company booth at the Festival.

Drop your donated book at the Library between  9 am and 11 am  or 1 pm and 3 pm.  Or purchase your book at Books & Company and leave it with Books & Company for a United Way volunteer to pick up.

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Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books Announces Saturday Morning Kickoff Event and Full Day of Presentations Geared toward Writers and Would-Be Writers

Waukesha, Wisconsin, October 4, 2022 – Acclaimed Waukesha author Kathie Giorgio will kick off a full day of events at the thirteenth annual Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha at 9:00am on Saturday, November 5. Giorgio will celebrate the release of her thirteenth book, Read more

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Lunch Cabaret

To carry our literary endeavors over the lunch hour, we will present an encore performance of an original cabaret designed for the 2022 Waukesha Reads.  Join Candace Decker and Phil Smith as they celebrate writers, literary influences, and inspiring authors through story and song.

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