15th YEAR BRINGS CELEBRATION AND CHANGES TO THE SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS Five Events Planned for 2024-2025Major New Sponsor Needed When the UW Regents announced that UWM-Waukesha would close in June 2025, the Executive Committee of the Festival of Books knew they had a job ahead. UWM-Waukesha’s Foundation has Read more
15th Anniversary Celebration Thursday, October 10, 7:00 pmBooks & Company1039 Summit Avenue, OconomowocKathie Giorgio in conversation with Maggie Ginsberg as Kathie launches her new novel Don’t Let Me Keep You More Information Friday, November 8, 7:00 pm UWM-Waukesha Commons 1500 N. University Drive, WaukeshaStudent Writing Contest Awards and Lillian Boese Memorial Evening Thursday, November 14, 12:00 noon UWM-Waukesha Commons 1500 Read more
Join us on Friday, November 8 to remember Lillian Boese and celebrate her contributions to the Waukesha Community.
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
Read more about the authors and exhibitors who participated in the 2023 Don Taylor Writers Marketplace.