Events

Fall 2023 Events

09/27 @ 7pm — Poet, Novelist, and Playwright Quan Barry, reading from her new poetry collection Auction in the Madison Public Library’s Third-Floor Community Rooms (201 W Mifflin St, rms 301 & 302). This event is sponsored by The Wisconsin Book Festival and the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing. (Details Here)

09/28 @ 7pm — Novelist and Short-Story Writer Joyce Carol Oates, reading from her new story collection Zero-Sum, in conversation with Chloe Benjamin in the Madison Public Library’s Third-Floor Madison Room (201 W Mifflin St). This event is sponsored by The Wisconsin Book Festival. (Details Here)

09/30 @ 7pm — Poets Steven Espada Dawson, Courtney LeBlanc, Alison Thumel, & Joshua Gottlieb-Miller, at the North St. Cabaret (610 North St). This event is sponsored by the Monsters of Poetry Reading Series. (Details Here)

10/05 @ 7pm — Poets J.L. Conrad & Heather Swan, reading from their new poetry collections Recovery and dandelion at Garver Canvas in the Garver Feed Mill (3241 Garver Green, near Olbrich Gardens). (Details Here)

10/19 @ 7pm — Novelist Nghi Vo, reading from Mammoths at the Gates in the Madison Public Library’s Lower-Level Program Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival. (Details Here)

10/20 @ 4:30pm — Author Christopher Chambers, reading from his new short story collection Kind of Blue in the Madison Public Library’s Lower-Level Program Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival. (Details Here)

10/20 @ 6pm — Author Leila Aboulela, reading from her new novel River Spirit in the Madison Public Library’s Third-Floor Community Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival. (Details Here)

10/20 @ 9pm — Poets Leslie Sainz and Alisha Dietzman, reading from their debut poetry collections Have You Been Long Enough at Table and Sweet Movie in the Madison Public Library’s Third-Floor Community Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing and the Wisconsin Book Festival. (Details Here)

10/21 @ noon — Beth Nguyen, reading from her new memoir Owner of a Lonely Heart in the Madison Public Library’s Third-Floor Community Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing and the Wisconsin Book Festival. (Details Here)

10/21 @ 1:30pm — Poet José Olivarez, reading from his new poetry collection Promises of Gold in the Madison Public Library’s Third-Floor Community Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival. (Details Here)

10/21 @ 3pm — Author Michelle Wildgen, reading from her new novel Wine People in the Madison Public Library’s Lower-Level Program Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival. (Details Here)

10/21 @ 7:30pm — Author Jamel Brinkley, reading from his new short story collection Witness in the Madison Public Library’s Third-Floor Community Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival and the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing. (Details Here)

10/22 @ noon — Author Nathan Hill, reading from his debut novel Wellness in the Madison Public Library’s Third-Floor Community Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival. (Details Here)

10/22 @ noon — Poet Adrienne Chung, reading from her debut poetry collection Organs of Little Importance in the Madison Public Library’s Lower-Level Program Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival and the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing. (Details Here)

10/25 @ 6pm — Poets Jesse Lee Kercheval and Jeannine Marie Pitas, reading from their translation of Uruguyan poet Silvia Guerra, A Sea at Dawn, at Mystery to Me bookstore (1863 Monroe St). (Details Here)

11/17 @ 6pm — Author Sigrid Nunez, reading from her latest novel, The Vulnerables, in the Madison Public Library’s Third-Floor Community Rooms (201 W Mifflin). (Details Here)

11/18 @ 7pm — The Wisconsin Writers Award Kickoff, featuring Heather Swan, Alison Townsend, Maggie Ginsberg, Ingrid Andersson, Laura Anne Bird, and Jennifer Morales, at the Arts and Literature Laboratory (111 S Livingston). (Details Here)