Events

Madison’s literary community is thriving! Please keep an eye on the events listings at The Wisconsin Book Festival, the Arts & Literature Lab, A Room of One’s Own Bookstore, and the Monsters of Poetry Series, for a rough picture of all that is happening around town. Here are a few of the events we’re particularly excited about, during the 2025-2026 academic year:

10/14 @ 7pm — Poet, Novelist, and Playwright Quan Barry, reading from her new novel The Unveiling 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)

03/16 @ 7pm — Our Graduating Fiction MFAs Shah Tazrian Ashrafi, Felix Lecocq, Katherine W. Liu, Hannah Mackey, H’Abigail Mlo, and Charles Muhumuza, reading from their novels and short story collections in progress in the Madison Public Library’s Third-Floor Wisconsin Room (201 W Mifflin St). This event is sponsored by The Wisconsin Book Festival and the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing. (Details forthcoming)

04/16 @ 7pm — Our Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows in fiction and poetry, Nandi Comer, Jennifer Galvão, Alina Grabowski, Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe, and Daniel Lurie, reading from their novels, short story collections, and poetry collections in progress in the Madison Public Library’s Third-Floor Wisconsin Room (201 W Mifflin St). This event is sponsored by The Wisconsin Book Festival and the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing. (Details forthcoming)

04/30 @ 7pm — Our Annual Creative Writing Awards Ceremony, featuring poet and undergraduate alum Kiyoko Reidy, 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 forthcoming)