Keynote

Foxconned Author Lawrence Tabak Gives Keynote, Friday, Nov.4.

Lawrence Tabak has produced the powerful and resonant, Foxconned, praised as both the definitive autopsy of the Foxconn fiasco and a dire warning to communities and states nationwide. He will be featured as the Keynote Speaker for this year’s Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books at 7 pm Friday, Nov.4, in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha’s Commons Hub. The program is free and open to the public. Tabak will speak and be in conversation with UWM at Waukesha’s History Professor Jonathan Kasparek.

Would You Like to Encourage a Young Reader? Here’s Your Chance!

The United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County is collecting books for young readers on Saturday, November 5, at the Festival. Volunteers from the Emerging Leaders Council are in the UWM-Waukesha Library to accept your donation and assist you with wrapping your gift. You can bring a new book or buy a book at the Books & Company booth at the Festival.

Drop your donated book at the Library between  9 am and 11 am  or 1 pm and 3 pm.  Or purchase your book at Books & Company and leave it with Books & Company for a United Way volunteer to pick up.

Sonja’s List November 2022

Here’s Your Spot to Find In Person and Virtual Author AppearancesSponsored by Independent Bookstores in Southeast Wisconsin November 1, 6 pm CST Boswell Book Company and Porchlight PublishingVirtual Author Event Will Guidara, author of Unreasonable Hospitality:The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect In Conversation with Sally Haldorson Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DUXSD_rBRhO5xWFobEPWNQ  November 2, Read more…

Festival Renames its Authors Marketplace to Memorialize Taylor’s Support

Taylor was the primary sponsor of the Writers Marketplace since it began in 2014. We thought this an appropriate recognition for someone who was so important to the success of the Festival,” said Laraine O’Brien, Festival founder.
He gave the support in the name of Waukesha State Bank, the financial institution founded by his family which he headed for 25 years. His public service commitment, both personally and through the bank, helped many organizations like the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books over the years. An author himself, Taylor had written several books of historical fiction set in Waukesha.

Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books Announces Saturday Morning Kickoff Event and Full Day of Presentations Geared toward Writers and Would-Be Writers

Waukesha, Wisconsin, October 4, 2022 – Acclaimed Waukesha author Kathie Giorgio will kick off a full day of events at the thirteenth annual Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha at 9:00am on Saturday, November 5. Giorgio will celebrate the release of her thirteenth book, Read more…

Lunch Cabaret

To carry our literary endeavors over the lunch hour, we will present an encore performance of an original cabaret designed for the 2022 Waukesha Reads.  Join Candace Decker and Phil Smith as they celebrate writers, literary influences, and inspiring authors through story and song.