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
May 1, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Cedarburg Public Library
at W63N589 Hanover Ave., Cedarburg
In Person Author Event
Jennifer Chiaverini, author of The Museum of Lost Quilts
Event is At Capacity. More Information:
https://www.boswellbooks.com/upcoming-events
May 2, 7:00 pm CDT
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee
Hybrid In Person and Virtual Author Event
Peter Gizzi, author of Fierce Elegy
Registration:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-peter-gizzi
May 3, 12:00 noon-1:00 pm CDT
Books & Company
1039 Summit Ave., Oconomowoc
In Person Author Event
Michael Perry, author of Forty Acres Deep
Registration:
https://www.booksco.com/event/michael-perry-person-meet-greet
May 4, 11:15 am CDT
Boswell Book Company,
Alliance Française de Milwaukee and
The Woman’s Club of Wisconsin
at 813 E. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Janet Skeslien Charles, author of Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade
May 6, 6:30 pm CDT
Reads By the River
at the Low Daily Brewery
700 N. Pine St., Burlington
In Person Author Event
Stephanie Jayne, author of I’ve Got My Mind Set on Brew!
May 7, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jon M. Sweeney, author of My Life in Seventeen Books: A Literary Memoir
Registration:
http://jonmsweeneymke.eventbrite.com
May 8, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company ,
UWM’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and
The Roberto Hernández Center,
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, author of Puerto Rico: A National History, in conversation with Nancy Bird-Soto
May 9, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jim Higgins, author of Sweet, Wild, and Vicious, in conversation with Piet Levy
May 9, 7:00 pm CDT
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Dolores Dorantes, author of Copy ; Marwa Helal, author of Ante body; and Lynn Xu, author of And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight
Registration:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-dolores-dorantes-marwa-helal-and-lynn-xu
May 10, 2:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Historic Milwaukee
Virtual Author Event
Raymond Wiggers, author of Milwaukee in Stone and Clay
Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VVLiRnPXTdqYwv6XNmymTg#/registration
May 10, 6:00 pm CDT
Reads By the River and
Blackstone Publishing
at the Delavan-Darien High School Auditorium
150 Cummings St., Delavan
In Person Author Event
Jeneva Rose, author of Home is Where the Bodies Are
Information:
https://www.readsbytheriver.com/events/20240510
May 10, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Tracy Ullman, author of The Serial Killer’s Apprentice
May 11, 11:00 am-2:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Lynne Shaner, author of Journey to Everland Bay
Information:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/20240511
May 11, 7:00 pm CDT
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee
Hybrid In Person and Virtual Author Event
Rachel Galvin, author of Uterotopia, and Angela Voras-Hills, author of Louder Birds
Registration:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-rachel-galvin-angela-voras-hills
May 14, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Baptiste Paul, author of Dear You, Dream Big!
May 15, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company,
AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin and
OCA Wisconsin
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Rachel Khong, author of Real Americans, in conversation with Chris Lee
May 15, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Elmbrook Schools
at Brookfield East High School
3305 N. Lilly Rd., Brookfield
In Person Author Event
Katherine Applegate, author of The One and Only Family
Registration:
https://katherineapplegatebrk.eventbrite.com
May 16, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Voces De La Frontera
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jacob Kushner, author of Look Away: A True Story of Murders, Bombings, and a Far-Right Campaign to Rid Germany of Immigrants, in conversation with Pablo Muirhead
May 17, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Brad Balukjian, author of The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
Registration:
http://bradbalukjianmke.eventbrite.com
May 18, 10:00 am, CDT
Reads By the River
102 E. Main St., Waterford
In Person Author Event
Leah Gilbert, author of No Bear Anywhere
Information:
https://www.readsbytheriver.com/events/20240518
May 18, 5:30 pm CDT
Lion’s Tooth Bookstore and Cafe
2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Margaret Galvan, author of In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980’s
Information:
https://www.lionstoothmke.com/events.html
May 19, 4:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek, authors of Finding Things
Registration:
http://henkesdronzekmke.eventbrite.com
May 20, 6:15 pm CDT
Lion’s Tooth Bookstore and Cafe
at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center
1531 W. Vliet St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Andrew W. Kahrl, author of The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America, in conversation with Robert Smith
Information:
https://www.lionstoothmke.com/events.html
May 21, 5:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Lion’s Tooth Bookstore and Cafe
at 2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Christi Furnas, author of Crazy Like a Fox: Adventures in Schizophrenia, in conversation with Talia Dutton
Information:
https://www.boswellbooks.com/upcoming-events
and
https://www.lionstoothmke.com/events.html
May 21, 7:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Milwaukee Reads
at Shully’s ATS,
143 Green Bay Rd., Thiensville
In Person Author Event
Terah Shelton Harris, author of Long After We Are Gone
May 22, 7:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Friends of Elm Grove Library
at the Elm Grove Woman’s Club,
13885 Watertown Plank Rd., Elm Grove
In Person Author Event
Christina Lauren, author of The Paradise Problem, in conversation with Brittainy Cherry
Event is Sold Out; Waiting List:
http://christinalaurenfoegl.eventbrite.com
May 23, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books
at the Northside Library
1500 27th Ave, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Jennifer Chiaverini, author of The Museum of Lost Quilts
Registration:
https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/20240523
May 23, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Holly Wilson, author of Kittentits
Registration:
http://hollywilsonmke.eventbrite.com
May 24, 7:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Ruth Ware, author of One Perfect Couple, in conversation with Carole E. Barrowman
May 25, 5:00 pm CDT
Lion’s Tooth Bookstore and Cafe
2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Shawn Wickens, author of Time Machine Blueprints
Information:
https://www.lionstoothmke.com/events.html
May 29, 7:00 pm CDT
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee
Hybrid In Person and Virtual Author Event
Dara Barrois/Dixon, author of Extremely Expensive Mystical Experiences for Astronauts, and KP Kaszubowski, author of somnieee
Registration:
https://woodlandpattern.org/events/poetry-reading-dara-barroisdixon-and-kp-kaszubowski
May 30, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Festa Italiana
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jo Piazza, author of The Sicilian Inheritance
Registration:
http://jopiazzamke.eventbrite.com
Information is accurate at the time of publication.
Please use provided links to verify that event information has not changed.
