The 2012 Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books full program schedule is now available electronically. 2012 Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books Program In addition, you can view program highlights by selecting the program preview links on our home page. Author bios are also available.
Three Festival program previews now are available via links on our homepage. The two-page pieces each highlight specific programs being offered at the 2012 Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books. These are a great way to get an insider’s look at the Festival and will help you zero on in what Read more…
The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books is pleased to announce Tawni O’Dell as its 2012 Keynote Speaker. O’Dell will give the keynote address at 6 p.m. Friday, June 15. O’Dell’s remarks will be followed by an interview with Jean Feraca, long-time host of Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Here On Earth.” O’Dell Read more…
Dr. Walter Sava is the Executive Director of Latino Arts, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI). His previous experience includes six years serving as Executive Director of La Casa de Esperanza, Inc. in Waukesha, Wisconsin, General Supervisor of Community Services for Wisconsin Electric Power Company and Executive Director of Centro de la Read more…
Mark Liebenow is the author of four books. His poems, essays, and reviews have been published or are forthcoming in such journals as Fifth Wednesday Journal, Colorado Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Crab Orchard Review, Swink, Disquieting Muses Quarterly, and Rain Taxi Review. Four of his poems have been set to music, including Read more…
Tawni O’Dell is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Fragile Beasts, Sister Mine, Coal Run, and Back Roads, which was an Oprah’s Book Club pick and a Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection. Her work has been published in over 40 countries. Back Roads is currently in development to Read more…
Bob Jacobson is a writer and musician based in Madison, Wisconsin. His most recent publication Les Paul: Guitar Wizard tells the story of the “Wizard of Waukesha” who pioneered the solid body electric guitar, multi-track recording, and other inventions. He is the author of Ole Evinrude and His Outboard Motor Read more…
April 12, 2012 – National Poetry Month Celebration 6:00-8:00 p.m. Martha Merrell’s Books –231 W. Main Street – Downtown Waukesha Established by the American Academy of Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is a month-long national celebration of poetry. Join us for a lively celebration of the art of poetry Read more…
The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books is pleased to announce the 2012 program theme “Freedom to Read.” With its strong election-year echoes, this theme provides a framework for discussion at each age level about the vital role reading, literacy and intellectual freedom play in our ability to understand and engage Read more…
Linda S. Godfrey is the award-winning author of fourteen books on strange creatures, people and places including Weird Wisconsin, Strange Wisconsin and Monsters of Wisconsin. A former newspaper reporter, she has been a guest on over one dozen national TV shows including Monsterquest, Sean Hannity’s America, Lost Tapes, Inside Edition, Wisconsin and Michigan Public Radio, Read more…