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
July 1, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
American Geographical Society Library
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Denise Kiernan, author of Obstinate Daughters: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-07-01/kiernan-daughters-agsl
July 5, 11:00 am CDT
Wonderland Bookshop
4001 N. Downer Ave., Shorewood
In Person Author Event
Emiliana Fuger, author of Anatomy Under the Sea: The Adventures of Luna the Loggerhead
Registration:
https://www.wonderlandbookshop.com/event-details-registration/an-aquatic-adventure-with-young-author-emiliana-fuger
July 6, 5:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Bryant’s Cocktail Lounge
at 1579 S. 9th St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
David Wondrich, author of The Comic Book History of the Cocktail: Five Centuries of Mixing Drinks and Carrying On, and Robert Simonson, author of A Proper Drink: The Untold Story of How a Band of Bartenders Saved the Civilized Drinking World
Tickets:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-07-06/wondrich-simonson-bryants
July 7, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Peter Stark, author of The Lost Cities of El Norte: Coronado’s Quest, the Unconquered West, and the Birth of American Indian Resistance
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-07-07/stark-lost-norte
July 8, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Kristine Hansen, author of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Illinois: Explore His Most Prolific State, From Prairie to Usonian
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-07-08/hansen-wrights-illinois
July 9, 6:30 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
David Ellis, author of Keep Them Close, in conversation with Hannah Morrissey
July 9, 7:00 pm CDT
Books & Company,
Boswell Book Company and
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
at 3270 Mitchell Park Dr., Brookfield
In Person Author Event
Emily Giffin, author of Love You More, in conversation with Claire Swinarski
July 10, 5:00 pm CDT
Lion’s Tooth Bookstore and Cafe
2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Harry Pinkus, author of Moving Targets
Information:
https://www.lionstoothmke.com/events.html
July 10, 5:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
The Woman’s Club of Wisconsin
at 813 E. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jenny Jackson, author of The Shampoo Effect, in conversation with Lauren Fox and Daniel Goldin
Tickets:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-07-10/jackson-shampoo-effect
July 11, 10:00 am-1:00 pm CDT
Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event
Cindi S., author of Last Call
Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events
July 11, 11:00 am-2:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Audrey Wilson, author of Dear Unrequited Love Girl
Registration:
http://www.withfriends.co/event/28276714/meet_and_greet_with_audrey_wilson
July 11, 4:00 pm CDT
Lion’s Tooth Bookstore and Cafe
2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Poets Meghan Malachi , Mikey Cody Apollo and Brit Nicole
Information:
https://www.lionstoothmke.com/events.html
July 11, 6:30 pm CDT
Books & Company
1039 Summit Ave., Oconomowoc
In Person Author Event
Kathryn Gahl, author of Yes, No, I Don’t Know; Jim Landwehr, author of All That It Seems: Stories; and Steve Fox, author of These Are My People: Stories. Moderated by Maggie Ginsberg
Registration:
https://booksco.com/event/2026-07-11/short-stories-conversation-kathryn-gahl-jim-landwehr-and-steve-fox-moderated
July 12, 4:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Alliance Française de Milwaukee
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jo Piazza, author ofThe Parisian Heist, in conversation with Casey Finn
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-07-12/piazza-parisian-heist
July 13, 6:30 pm CDT
Books & Company
1039 Summit Ave., Oconomowoc
In Person Author Event
Kristine Hansen, author of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Illinois: Explore His Most Prolific State, From Prairie to Usonian
Registration:
https://booksco.com/event/2026-07-13/kristine-hansen
July 14, 6:30 pm CDT
Reads By the River and
Waterford Stillhouse
at 228 E. Main St., Waterford
In Person Author Event
S.A. Barnes, author of Death’s Daughter
July 14, 6:30 pm CDT
(Rain Date: July 15, 6:30 pm)
Woodland Pattern Book Center
at Juneau Park
900 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Poets Natalie Eilbert, Jay Mollerskov, Nakeysha Roberts Washington, and Jodie Jasim
Information:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-poetry-in-the-park-july-2026
July 16, 6:30 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Cara Tanamachi, author of Kiss, Marry, Kill, in conversation with Chandra Blumberg
July 17, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Rasul T. Freelain, author of When Lambs Become Wolves: The Chilling Case of Sheila Von Wiese-Mack
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-07-17/freelain-lambs-wolves
July 18, 10:00 am-1:00 pm CDT
Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event
Vaneesa Cook, author of Empire and Liberty: The Tied Histories of Two American Landmarks
Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events
July 18, 11:00 am-2:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Erica P. Christie, author of Hammer and Heart
Registration:
http://www.withfriends.co/event/28373138/meet_and_greet_with_erica_p_christie
July 19, 11:00 am-2:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Lindsay Marie Morris, author of Beneath the Sicilian Stars
Registration:
http://www.withfriends.co/event/28331879/meet_and_greet_with_lindsay_marie_morris
July 19, 4:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Joel Greenberg, co-author of To Life: Jews Exploring Nature
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-07-19/greenberg-to-life
July 23, 6:30 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Rowan Beaird, author of Tenderness, in conversation with Marisa Walz
Tickets:
http://www.withfriends.co/event/28403299/tenderness_rowan_beaird_in_conversation_with_marisa_walz
July 23, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Alison Hayes, author of Take My Patty
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-07-23/hayes-take-patty
July 24, 6:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
at Turner Hall Ballroom
1040 N. Vel R. Phillips Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Ben Wikler, author of This Is The Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy, in conversation with Earl Ingram Jr.
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-07-24/wikler-turner-plan
July 25, 10:00 am-1:00 pm CDT
Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event
Sarah Razner, author of In Name Only
Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events
July 25, 11:00 am-2:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Christopher Roubique, author of Mythspeaker
Registration:
http://www.withfriends.co/event/28406935/meet_and_greet_with_christopher_roubique
July 28, 10:15 am CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Sloan Sullivan, author of Blueberries of Life
Registration:
http://www.withfriends.co/event/28406945/the_blueberries_of_life_story_time_with_sloan_sullivan
July 29, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Nick Martino, author of Scrap Book
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-07-29/martino-scrap-book
Information is accurate at the time of publication.
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