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Silent Book Clubs bring people together for reading and community

10 April 2026 at 16:07

The Silent Book Club movement kicked off in 2015 in California. According to the organization’s web site, there are more than 2,000 clubs around the world, including more than 30 in Wisconsin.

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‘Where the horror grows’: New anthology of scary story writers and places across Wisconsin

24 March 2026 at 10:00

We learn about a new collection of 15 short horror stories by Wisconsin writers set across the state — from the Mississippi River to Door County and exurbs surrounding Milwaukee.

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Wisconsin conductor John DeMain talks about his legacy, new memoir

20 March 2026 at 16:17

After a lifetime of musical achievements and 32 years with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Grammy and Tony award-winning director John DeMain is out with a memoir, “Working with My Heroes: A Life in Music.”

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Former Wisconsin poet laureate receives National Book Foundation prize for ‘Ancient Light’

19 March 2026 at 18:52

Former poet laureate of Wisconsin Kimberly Blaeser received a National Book Foundation prize for her most recent poetry collection, Ancient Light, that gives voice to urgent ecological and social issues.

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Wisconsin author’s picture book chosen for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

17 March 2026 at 10:00

Eau Claire author B.J. Hollars is currently co-leading a fundraising effort to keep putting books like Katie Venit's “Forts” in the hands of kids in the Eau Claire area for years to come.

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Program aimed at nurturing infant-parent reading expands in Milwaukee

6 March 2026 at 19:17

A Wisconsin early childhood literacy nonprofit is helping parents and children make reading part of their daily routine, teaming up with libraries and clinics to give out “prescriptions to read” during medical checkups.

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Wisconsin thriller author shares the latest novel in his ‘Peter Ash’ series

6 March 2026 at 11:00

"I'm what's called a 'pantser,' rather than a 'plotter,' author Nick Petrie said. "I don't outline before I start a book, I just write kind of by the seat of my pants. I'm trying to entertain myself."

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