Events

Fall 2022 Events

9/27 — Fiction writer Jason Mott, author of four novels, including Hell of a Book, winner of the 2021 National Book Award in Fiction. This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival 7 pm. ((Details Here))

10/14 — Fiction writer Phong Vu Nguyen, author of three novels, including The Bronze Drum. This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival, 4:30 pm. ((Details Here))

10/14 — Fiction writer Lydia Conklin, UW-Madison MFA alum, Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor, and author of the story collection Rainbow Rainbow. This event is sponsored by the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing & the Wisconsin Book Festival, 6 pm ((Details Here))

10/14 — Fiction writer Lan Samantha Chang, Director of the Iowa Writers Worskhop and author of four books of fiction, including The Family Chao. This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival, 7:30 pm. ((Details Here))

10/15 — Fiction writer Thrity Umrigar, author of eight novels, including Honor. This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival, 3 pm. ((Details Here))

10/15 — Fiction writer Laird Hunt, author of eight novels, including Zorrie, a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival, 4:30 pm. ((Details Here))

10/15 — Fiction writer Kathryn Harlan, UW-Madison MFA alum and author of the short story collection Fruiting Bodies. This event is sponsored by the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing & the Wisconsin Book Festival, 6 pm. ((Details Here))

10/15 — UW Creative Writing Professor Erika Meitner and UW Creative Writing alums Adam Fell & Daniel Khlatschi, celebrating their new books of poetry Useful Junk, Catastrophizer, and American Parables. This event is sponsored by the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing & the Wisconsin Book Festival, 7:30 pm ((Details Here))

10/20 — Fiction writer Lauren Groff, UW-Madison MFA alum, three time finalist for the National Book Award and author of six books of fiction, including Matrix. This event is sponsored by the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing & the Wisconsin Book Festival, 7 pm. ((Details Here))

10/25 — Poet Jemeka Williams, author of the poetry collection American Sex Tape, published by the University of Wisconsin Press. This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival, 7 pm. ((Details Here.))

Spring 2023 Events

02/02— Poets Daniel Khalastchi and Rachel Mennies, reading from American Parables and The Naomi Letters at the Pyle Center (702 Langdon). This event is sponsored by the Mayrent Institute of Yiddish Culture, 5 pm. (Details Here)

02/05 — Poets Chessy Normile, Andrea Potos, Lynn Patrick Smith, Joe Lutz, Jodi Vander Molen, and Araceli Esparza, reading from their latest collections at the Arts & Literature Laboratory (111 S Livingston), 2 pm. (Details Here)

02/18 — Poets K. Iver, Steven Espada Dawson, and Andrea Potos, reading their latest work at the Arts & Literature Laboratory (111 S Livingston). This event is sponsored by the Watershed Reading Series, 7 pm. (Details Here)

03/04 — Poets Erika Meitner, Nate Marshall, Paul Tran, and Matthew Guenette, reading from their latest collections at Genna’s Lounge (105 W Main). This event is sponsored by the Monsters of Poetry series, 6 pm. (Details Here)

03/18 — Poets Megan Kim, Matthew Guenette, and Robin Chapman, reading from their latest work at the Arts & Literature Laboratory (111 S Livingston). This event is sponsored by the Watershed Reading Series, 7 pm. (Details Here)

03/20 — UW’s Graduating MFAs in Poetry, Megan Kim, Renee LePreau, Caleb Parker, Aurora Shimshak, and Mandy Tu, reading from their latest work 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, 7 pm. (Details Here)

03/22 — Fiction writer Rebecca Makkai, reading from I Have Some Questions for You in the Madison Public Library’s third-floor Community Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival, 7 pm. (Details Here)

03/30 — Poet Jesse Lee Kercheval, reading from her latest collection I Want to Tell You 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, 7 pm. (Details Here)

04/03 — Poet Clint Smith, reading from Above Ground in the Madison Public Library’s third-floor Community Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival, 7 pm.(Details Here)

04/07 — Poets Claire Wahmanholm and K. Iver, reading from their debut collections Meltwater and Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco at A Room of One’s Own (2717 Atwood Ave), 6 pm. (Details Here)

04/07 — Memoirist Michelle Zauner, reading from Crying in H Mart in the Madison Public Library’s third-floor Community Room (201 W Mifflin). This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival, 7 pm. (Details Here)

04/14 — Poet and Essayist Molly McCully Brown, reading from her work. This event is co-sponsored by Felix, UW-Madison’s Creative Writing Program, McBurney Disability Resource Center, Wisconsin Book Festival, and The Anonymous Fund at UW-Madison’s English Department, Central Library, 6 pm. (Details Here)

04/20 — The 2022-23 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows in Fiction and Poetry, Steven Espada Dawson, Yalitza Ferreras, Chessy Normile, Amanda Rizkalla, and Taymour Soomro, reading from their latest work 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, 7 pm. (Details Here)

04/24 — Fiction writer Tommy Orange, reading from There There 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, 7 pm. (Details Here)

04/27 — Poet Jericho Brown, reading from the Pulitzer Prize winning The Tradition 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, 7 pm. (Details Here)

05/04 — Fiction writer Sarah Thankam Matthews, UW alum and National Book Award finalist reading from her debut novel All This Could Be Differentas the featured reader for the annual UW-Madison Creative Writing Awards Ceremony 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, 7 pm. (Details Here)