Wisconsin Wednesdays
This year, in light of social-distancing measures and the inability to safely sponsor in-person events, the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing is launching Wisconsin Wednesdays, a virtual reading series featuring Wisconsin authors and UW alums who are promoting new books. In keeping with the Wisconsin Idea that the borders of the University are the borders of our state, we are hoping to bring this virtual reading series to readers beyond Madison. Wisconsin Wednesdays is produced in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival.
The Program in Creative Writing brings writers and writing professionals to Madison each semester to read from their work, discuss the writing life, or otherwise engage with our writing community. Because of the ongoing health crisis, we’ve opted to continue our programming on a virtual platform in an effort to support both writers, who now more than ever are in need of events to promote their work, and also bookstores, who are looking to reach potential readers. Please sign up to receive e-mails about upcoming literary events. You can also subscribe to our Google Calendar (excerpted at left) to see how these events fit into your schedule and to keep constant tabs on what’s happening around town on your phone or other device. If you have an event that you would like added to our calendar, please contact the Readings Coordinator, Sean Bishop.

Readings this Spring
February 17
Dantiel W. Moniz & Ladee Hubbard
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March 3
Rachel Swearingen, James Crews, Angela Voras-Hills, & Chekwube Danladi
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March 15
Gabriella Balza, Adrienne Chung, Miriam Huettner, I.S. Jones, Alison Thumel, & Ajibola Tolase: UW-Madison’s Graduating MFAs in Poetry
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March 31
The Wisconsin Poetry Series Reading
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April 7
Jesse Lee Kercheval & Mark Wunderlich
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April 14
Amaud Jamaul Johnson & John Murillo
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April 21
Emma Binder, Jari Bradley, Sasha Debevec-McKenney, Victoria C. Flanagan, Sandra Hong, & Taylor Koekkoek: The 2020-2021 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows in Fiction & Poetry
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Bookstore Partners
We highly encourage people interested in purchasing books featured at the readings to place their orders at any of these local, independent partner bookstores from all over the state of Wisconsin.
A Room of One's Own, Madison
608.257.7888 | room.bookstore@gmail.com
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The Book Store, Appleton
920.734.8908 | thebookstoreappleton@gmail.com
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The Village Booksmith, Baraboo
608.355.1001 | books@villagebooksmith.com
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Honest Dog Books, Bayfield
715.779.5223 | info@honestdogbooks.com
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Redbery Books, Cable
715.798.5014 | read@redberybooks.com
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InkLink Books, East Troy
262.642.9607 | kaylen@Inklinkbooks.com
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Dotters Books, Eau Claire
715.829.0468 | dottersbooks@gmail.com
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Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee
414.263.5001 | woodlandpattern@sbcglobal.net
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Fox Den Books, River Falls
715.425.6180 | foxdenbooks@gmail.com
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Arcadia Books, Spring Green
608.588.7638 | info@readinutopia.com
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Mind Chimes Bookshop, Three Lakes
715.546.4222. | mindchimesbookshop@gmail.com
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Driftless Books & Music, Viroqua
608.638.2665 | driftlessbooks@gmail.com
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