Here’s Your Spot to Find In Person and Virtual Author Appearances
Presented by Independent Bookstores in Southeast Wisconsin

Sonja’s List was named in honor of the late Sonja J. Maas

April 3, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Mindy McGinnis, author of Under This Red Rock, in conversation with Demitria Lunetta

Registration:
http://mindymcginnismke.eventbrite.com

April 4, 6:30 pm CDT

Books & Company
1039 Summit Ave., Oconomowoc
In Person Author Event

Kathleen Eull, author of Intercessions, in conversation with Joanne Nelson

Registration:
https://www.booksco.com/event/kathleen-eull-person-author-event

April 4, 7:00 pm CDT

Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Jim Chapson and Tyler Farrell, author of Milwaukee Liddy Hagiography

Information:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-jim-chapson-and-tyler-farrell

April 5, 6:00 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company and
United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay
819 E. Silver Spring Dr., Whitefish Bay
In Person Author Event

Jim Wallis, author of The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/christian-nationalism-the-false-white-gospel-tickets-857263948547?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

April 6, 10:00 am-1:00 pm CDT

Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event

Kathleen Eull, author of Intercessions and Pamela Kyel, author of Charm City Crab Puff

Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events

April 8, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Daniel Kraus, author of Whalefall

Registration:
http://danielkrausmke.eventbrite.com

April 9, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Rowan Beaird, author of The Divorcées, in conversation with Christina Clancy

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rowan-beaird-author-of-the-divorcees-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-778814774957?aff=oddtdtcreator

April 10, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Jeannette Walls, author of Hang the Moon

Registration:
http://jeannettewallsmke.eventbrite.com

April 11, 5:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Emma Straub and Susan Straub, coauthors of Gaga Mistake Day

Registration:
http://gagamistakedaymke.eventbrite.com

April 12, 6:00 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company and
UW Milwaukee
at the Student Union

Wisconsin Room
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Leigh Bardugo, author of The Familiar

Event is Sold Out
Additional Information:
https://www.boswellbooks.com/opening-letter-0 

April 12, 7:00 pm CDT

Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee
Hybrid In Person and Virtual Author Event

Evan Kennedy, author of Metamorphoses, and mimi tempestt, author of the delicacy of embracing spirals

Information:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-evan-kennedy-and-mimi-tempestt

April 12, 7:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Benjamin Herold, author of Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America’s Suburbs, in conversation with Erin Richards

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/benjamin-herold-author-of-disillusioned-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-849532052237?aff=oddtdtcreator

April 13, 10:00 am-1:00 pm CDT

Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event

Michelle Caffrey, author of Desire in Dairyland, and E.C. Quinn, author of Premonition, the Gift

Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events

April 15, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Leif Enger, author of I Cheerfully Refuse, in conversation with Tim McCarthy

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leif-enger-author-of-i-cheerfully-refuse-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-820404119807?aff=oddtdtcreator

April 16, 7:00 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
Virtual Author Event

Salman Rushdie, author of Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, in conversation with Suleika Jaouad

Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/salman-rushdie-in-conversation-with-suleika-jaouad-tickets-860112859717?aff=oddtdtcreator

April 17, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Pete Hill, author of River Profiles: The People Restoring Our Waterways

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pete-hill-author-of-river-profiles-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-790241221767?aff=oddtdtcreator

April 18, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company and
Marquette University Department of History
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Sergio M González, author of Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin

Registration:
http://sergiomgonzalezmke.eventbrite.com

April 19, 5:30 pm CDT

Lion’s Tooth Bookstore
2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Anna Eckhoff, author of A New Beginning: Life on the Frontlines

Information:
https://www.lionstoothmke.com/events.html

April 19, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Lindsay Starck, author of Monsters We Have Made

Registration:
http://lindsaystarckmke.eventbrite.com

April 21, 4:00 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Sara Paretsky, author of Pay Dirt

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sara-paretsky-author-of-pay-dirt-an-in-person-boswell-event-tickets-830961316667?aff=oddtdtcreator

 April 23, 6:30 pm CDT

Reads by the River and
Waterford Stillhouse
228 E. Main St., Waterford
In Person Author Event

Rowan Beaird, author of The Divorcées

Tickets:
https://www.readsbytheriver.com/events/35664

April 23, 7:00 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company,
Milwaukee Reads and
Shully’s ATS
143 Green Bay Rd., Thiensville
In Person Author Event

Susan Beckham Zurenda, author of The Girl from the Red Rose Motel

Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/susan-beckham-zurenda-author-of-the-girl-from-the-red-rose-motel-tickets-777903679847?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

April 24, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company and
AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

A.H. Kim, author of Relative Strangers, in conversation with Jenny Lee

Registration:
http://ahkimmke.eventbrite.com

April 25, 12:00 noon CDT

Boswell Book Company and
Friends of Milwaukee Public Library
at the Wisconsin Club
900 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Douglas Brunt, author of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Tickets:
https://www.supportmpl.org/spring-literary-luncheon/

April 26, 2:00 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Paul Yamazaki, author of Reading the Room: A Bookseller’s Tale, in conversation with Daniel Goldin

Registration:
http://paulyamazakimke.eventbrite.com

April 26, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Prasanta Verma, author of Beyond Ethnic Loneliness: The Pain of Marginalization and the Path to Belonging, in conversation with Apurba Banerjee

Registration:
http://prasantavermamke.eventbrite.com

April 27 is the 11th Annual
Independent Bookstore Day!

April 27, 10:00 am CDT

Boswell Book Company and
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
1111 E. Brown Deer Rd., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Jessica Stremer, author of Lights Out: A Movement to Help Migrating Birds

Information:
https://www.schlitzaudubon.org/event/story-time-with-jessica-stremer-author-of-lights-out/

April 27, 2:00 pm-5:00 pm CDT

Blue House Books
at the Reuther Auditorium
913 57th St., Kenosha
In Person Author Event

Jeneva Rose, author of You Shouldn’t Have Come Here; Mary Kubica, author of Local Woman Missing; Lindsay Currie, author of The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street; and John Milas 

Tickets:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/20240427

April 30, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company 
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Suzanne Scanlon, author of Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen, in conversation with Meg Kissinger

Registration:
http://suzannescanlonmke.eventbrite.com

Information is accurate at the time of publication.
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