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
October 2, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
luna rey hall, author of The Bizarre Disappearance of Bella Riley, in conversation with Mary Thorson
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-02/rey-hall-bizarre-disappearance
October 2, 6:30 pm CDT
The Well Red Damsel
at Muellner Event Venue, Riverview Room
7300 W. Chestnut St., Wauwatosa
In Person Author Event
Rebecca Jenshak, author of Taking Sides, in conversation with Pippa Grant
October 3, 11:00 am-2:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Joy Ann Ribar, author of Poetry Slammed
Information:
http://www.withfriends.co/event/28735851/meet_and_greet_with_joy_ann_ribar
October 3, 11:00 am-1:00 pm CDT
Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event
Elise Posledni, author of A New Witch in the Northwoods
Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events
October 3, 2:00 pm-5:00 pm CDT
Martha Merrell’s Books & Toys
231 W. Main St., Waukesha
In Person Author Event
Margaret Stoiber, author of The Petal: Love is All Around
Information:
https://marthamerrellbooks.com
October 5, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Wauwatosa Public Library
at 7635 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa
In Person Author Event
G.T. Karber, author of Murdle Jr.: Holiday Hijinks!
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-05/karber-murdle-jr
October 7, 5:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
UWM’s Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Nora L. Rubel, author of Recipes for the Melting Pot: The Lives of the Settlement Cook Book, in conversation with Lilly J. Goren
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-07/rubel-melting-pot
October 8, 6:30 pm CDT
Blue House Books
at Kemper Center Auditorium
6501 3rd Ave., Kenosha
In Person Author Event
A conversation between Richard Chizmar, author of Killing the Boogeyman, W. H. Chizmar, author of Them, and Mathilda Zeller, author of It Looks Like You in the Dark
Registration:
http://www.withfriends.co/event/28735935/spooky_market_featuring_richard_chizmar_and_w_h_chizmar
October 8, 7:00 pm CDT
Books & Company,
Boswell Book Company and
The Pabst Theater
at 144 E. Wells St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jodi Picoult, author of Hollow Bones, in conversation with Christina Clancy
Tickets:
https://booksco.com/event/2026-10-08/jodi-picoult-pabst-theater
or
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-08/picoult-pabst-bones
October 10, 11:00 am-4:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books and
Kenosha Public Library
at Southwest Neighborhood Library
7979 38th Ave., Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Authors Meg Anderson, Rowan Beaird, Abby Geni, Kate Hannigan, Leigh Hellman, Nicole M. Hewitt, Ashley Hintermeyer, Brianna Jett, K. H. Mari, Thomas M. Nelson, Debra Oas, Peter O’Keefe, Tracey S. Phillips, Janasha Prabhu, E.C. Quinn, Renée Rosen, Jeannée Sacken, Jo Salazar, Steven Stack and Haley Valenta
Information:
http://www.withfriends.co/event/28265060/southport_literary_fair
October 11, 4:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books and
The Well Red Damsel
at Rhode Center for the Arts
514 56th St., Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Elle Cosimano and Hannah Morrissey, co-authors of Home for the Homicides: A Holly & Mark Mystery
October 12, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Milwaukee Public Library
at Centennial Hall
733 N. Eighth St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Audrey Niffenegger, author of Life Out of Order, in conversation with Jannis Mindel
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-12/niffenegger-out-order-mpl
October 12, 6:30 pm CDT
The Well Red Damsel
6429 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa
In Person Author Event
Charlotte B. Plumb, author of Reap and Sow
October 13, 5:30 pm CDT
Books & Company and
Johnson Creek Public Library
at 125 Lincoln St., Johnson Creek
In Person Author Event
Amy Pease, author of Wildwood
Information:
https://booksco.com/event/2026-10-13/amy-pease-johnson-creek-public-library
October 13, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Nghi Vo, author of The Scarlet Ball, in conversation with Jim Higgins
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-13/vo-scarlet-ball
October 13, 6:30 pm CDT
The Well Red Damsel
at Saint Kate–The Arts Hotel, Art Gallery
139 E. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Mariko Turk, author of The Museum of Modern Love, in conversation with Elise Kennedy
October 14, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Deborah Hufford, author of The Fire Born
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-14/hufford-fire-born
October 14, 6:30 pm CDT
The Well Red Damsel
6429 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa
In Person Author Event
Thomas Kent West, author of City of Iron and Ivy
October 15, 4:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Milwaukee Public Library
at Centennial Hall
733 N. Eighth St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Congressman Jared Huffman author of No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism, in conversation with Congressman Mark Pocan
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-15/jared-huffman-author-no-prophets-conversation-mark-pocan
October 15, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Milwaukee Record
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Steven Hyden, author of Is This It: The Never-Ending Rise and Fall of the Strokes (and Rock ‘n’ Roll), in conversation with Matt Wild
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-15/hyden-this-it
October 16, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of The Spirits
Information:
http://www.withfriends.co/event/29121090/meet_and_greet_with_bonnie_jo_campbell
October 16, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of The Spirits, in conversation with Katharine Beutner
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-16/jo-campbell-spirits
October 17, 10:30 am CDT
Books & Company
1039 Summit Ave., Oconomowoc
In Person Author Event
Deb Buschman, author of A Knight and His Trusty
Registration:
https://booksco.com/event/2026-10-17/deb-buschman-story-time-and-puppet-show
October 17, 5:00 pm CDT
Lion’s Tooth Bookstore and Cafe
2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Michael Robert Gonzales, author of A Spirit of Revolt: Conrado Alvillar and the Rank-And-File Wobblies of the 1927-1928 Colorado Coal Strike
Information:
https://www.lionstoothmke.com/events.html
October 19, 6:30 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Greta Kelly, author of The Throwaways, in conversation with with Erica Ruth Neubauer
October 19, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Amber Blaeser-Wardzala, author of Another Name for Red, in conversation with Tim McCarthy
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-19/blaeser-wardzala-red
October 19, 6:30 pm CDT
The Well Red Damsel
at Urban Ecology Center, Washington Park
1859 N. 40th St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Gretchen Powell Fox, author of Shadow and Son, in conversation with Clio Evans
October 19, 7:00 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company,
Milwaukee Reads and
Shully’s ATS
at 143 Green Bay Rd., Thiensville
In Person Author Event
Emily Franklin, author of Love & Other Monsters
Tickets:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-19/wss-franklin-love-monsters
October 20, 11:00 am CDT
Boswell Book Company,
Friends of Weyenberg Library and
Shully’s ATS
at 143 Green Bay Rd., Thiensville
In Person Author Event
Elizabeth Berg, author of Life: A Love Story
Tickets:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-20/berg-weyenberg-library
October 20, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
Milwaukee Public Library
at Centennial Hall
733 N. Eighth St., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Craig Fehrman, author of This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-20/fehrman-vast-enterprise
October 20, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Jennifer A. Jordan, author of Beer Ghosts: In Search of Lost Hops and the Women Who Grew Them
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-20/jordan-beer-ghosts
October 20, 6:30 pm CDT
Reads By the River and
Docs on the Fox
at 232 N. Milwaukee St., Waterford
In Person Author Event
Birdie Horne, author of Don’t Cross Mo Ellery; Lana Harper, author of Cards on the Table; and Gloria Chao, author of The Mortal Enemy Murder Club
October 21, 6:30 pm CDT
The Well Red Damsel
at Muellner Event Venue, Riverview Room
7300 W. Chestnut St., Wauwatosa
In Person Author Event
Becca Freeman, author of Back Where We Started, in conversation with Brynn Teaman
October 22, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Paul Noth, author of I Am Going to Eat You . . . and Other Awkward Truths: A Cartoonist’s Romp Through the Lunacy of Our Times, in conversation with Ben Katt
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-22/noth-eat-you
October 23, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Kimberly Blaeser, author of Red Ants: Stories, in conversation with Chris Fink
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-23/blaeser-red-ants
October 24, 10:00 am-1:00 pm CDT
Literatus & Co. Books
401 E. Main St., Watertown
In Person Author Event
A.M. Bacon, author of Tendrils, and Marisa Rae Dondlinger, author of SoulMates
Information:
https://www.literatusbooks.com/events
October 24, 11:00 am CDT
Books & Company
1039 Summit Ave., Oconomowoc
In Person Author Event
Sara Laux Akin, author of The Geyser Sisters: A Tale from the Arctic Circle
Registration:
https://booksco.com/event/2026-10-24/sara-laux-akin
October 27, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Wendy Wimmer, author of The Doomscroller’s Companion., in conversation with Christina Clancy
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-27/wimmer-doomscrollers-clancy
October 28, 6:00 pm CDT
Blue House Books
5915 6th Ave. A, Kenosha
In Person Author Event
Caitlin Starling, author of Milkteeth
Tickets:
http://www.withfriends.co/event/28953406/milkteeth_caitlin_starling_in_kenosha
October 28, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company and
La Revo Books
at 2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Sergio M. González, author of Sanctuary in America: How Activists Defied the Government and Defended Immigrants–And Why It Still Matters, in conversation with Rachel Ida Buff
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-28/gonzalez-sanctuary-america
October 29, 6:30 pm CDT
Boswell Book Company
2559 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee
In Person Author Event
Chad Harbach, author of The Brightness, in conversation with Chris Lee
Registration:
https://boswellbooks.com/event/2026-10-29/harbach-brightness
Information is accurate at the time of publication.
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