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

Photo of Sonja Maas

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



July 8, 6-9 pm CDT

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

Chuck “Garbo” Hajinian, author of Tall Short Stories from the Mind of Garbo

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

July 8, 7 pm CDT

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

Ghayath Almadhoun, author of Adrenalin, and Rachel Galvin, author of Uterotopia

Registration:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-ghayath-almadhoun-and-rachel-galvin-hybrid

July 9, 2 pm CDT

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

Cate Miller, author of Everything You Say About Me That’s Wonderful is True

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

July 11, 6:30 pm CDT

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

Kathleen Ernst, author of The Solace of Stars

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


 July 11, 6:30 pm CDT
(Rain Date: July 12, 6:30 pm CDT)

Woodland Pattern Book Center
at Juneau Park

900 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Derrick Harriell, author of Stripper in Wonderland; Sean Enfield, author of Holy American Burnout!; Tiffany Miller Blooms, author of  Sol en Puerto Rico; and ​​Melissa Mursch-Rodriguez, author of Moody

Information:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-in-the-park-july-2023

July 12, 6:30 pm

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

JK Cheema, author of The Black Attaché: Vignettes from a Life

Registration:
http://jkcheemamke.eventbrite.com

July 13, 7 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company and
Elm Grove Public Library

13600 Juneau Blvd., Elm Grove
In Person Author Event

Andrea Bartz, author of The Spare Room and Julia Bartz, author of The Writing Retreat 

Registration:
https://elmgrovewi.org/FormCenter/Library-3/Andrea-Bartz-in-conversation-with-Julia–131

July 13, 7 pm CDT

Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee

Hybrid In Person/Virtual Author Event

Nicole Callihan, Brenda Cardenas, Jane Creighton, Laura Cronk, Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Janet Jennerjohn, K.P. Kaszubowski, Michele Kotler, Amy Lemmon, Robin Reagler and Anna V. Q. Ross

Information:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-the-matrix-group-reading

July 17, 6:30 pm CDT

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

James M. Zimmerman, author of The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China

Registration:
http://jamesmzimmermanmke.eventbrite.com

July 18, 6:30 pm CDT

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

Beth Nguyen, author of Owner of a Lonely Heart, in conversation with Shary Tran

Registration:
http://bethnguyenmke.eventbrite.com

July 18, 6:30 pm CDT

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


Juneau Black, author of Shady Hollow: A Murder Mystery

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

July 19, 6:30 pm CDT

Boswell Book Company and
Wisconsin State Public Defenders
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event

Jarrett Adams, author of Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System

Registration:
http://jarrettadamsmke.eventbrite.com

July 20, 6:30 pm CDT

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

Reed Farrel Coleman, author of Sleepless City: A Nick Ryan Novel, in conversation with Nick Petrie

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com

July 21, 6:30 pm CDT

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

Adam Levin, author of Kodachrome Milwaukee

Registration:
http://adamlevinmke.eventbrite.com

July 22, 11 am-2 pm CDT

Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event

David Ferraro, author of The Alchemy of Moonlight

Information:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events

July 26, 7-9 pm CDT

Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event

Genevieve Gornichec, author of The Weaver and the Witch Queen, in conversation with Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

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

July 28, 6:30 pm CDT

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

Jimmy Juliano, author of Dead Eleven

Registration:
http://jimmyjulianomke.eventbrite.com

July 29, 2 pm CDT

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

Kelly Melton, author of Did You Say Baby

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

July 31, 6:30 pm CDT

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

Kristen Jokinen, author of Joy Ride: A Bike Odyssey from Alaska to Argentina

Registration:
http://kristenjokinenmke.eventbrite.com

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