Thursday, June 30, 6:30pm Boulder Junction Library 5386 Park Street, Boulder Junction, Wisconsin Learn how a Midwestern family with no agricultural experience went from a few backyard chickens to a full-fledged chicken farm–and discovered why local chicks are better–with Lucie Amundsen, author of Locally Laid. With an unexpected passion for this dubious enterprise, Amundsen shares a messy, […]
Thursday, July 21, 6:30pm Mercer Public Library 2648W Margaret Street, Mercer, Wisconsin It’s time for cranberries! Children’s book author Lisl Detlefsen will offer an engaging program about her picture book, Time for Cranberries, an informative and playful look at how small American farms bring food to tables across the country. It’s a story of labor and love, […]
Thursday, August 11, 6:30pm Minocqua Public Library 415 Menominee Street, Minocqua, Wisconsin Fall in love with stargazing and the story of Frank Kovac, the mild-mannered astronomy enthusiast whose creativity, ingenuity, fervor and endurance realized his dream of building a planetarium in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. Authors Ron Legro and Avi Lank introduce readers to the Kovac Planetarium […]
Thursday, August 18, 6:30pm Frank B. Koller Memorial Library Highway 51, Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin Popular local speaker John Bates regularly inspires his audiences to look more closely at where they live, and his forthcoming book on Wisconsin’s old-growth forests does the same. Discover where to explore these forests, as well as the importance of old-growth in […]
Thursday, June 9, 6:30pm Winchester Public Library 2117 Lake Street, Winchester, Wisconsin Is print dead? Not here. Our Wisconsin Magazine was launched into 15 years of contraction in the publishing industry. In 3 years it has become the most popular publication devoted to this state. Editor Mike Beno will discuss the hows and whys behind […]
Thursday, September 8, 6:30pm Camp Jorn YMCA, Manitowish Waters 28 Red Feather Road, Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin Internationally bestselling and prize-winning author Nickolas Butler will read from his novel Shotgun Lovesongs and other works, discuss the challenges and rewards of being a writer, and participate in a Q&A session. He is also available to sign books. […]
Thursday, September 29, 6:30pm Presque Isle Public Library 8306 School Loop Road, Presque Isle, Wisconsin Small-town Michigan is richly evoked in Ellen Airgood’s novel South of Superior. It is a novel full of heart, in which love, friendship and charity teach a young woman to live a bigger life. As the owner of a diner […]
