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2012 Program Schedule Now Available

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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… 

2012 Program Previews & Highlights

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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… 

Tawni O’Dell 2012 Keynote Speaker

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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… 

Sava, Walter

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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… 

Liebenow, Mark

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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… 

O’Dell, Tawni – Keynote Presenter

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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… 

Jacobson, Bob

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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… 

Celebrate National Poetry Month April 12

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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… 

Freedom To Read 2012 Program Theme

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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… 

Godfrey, Linda S.

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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…