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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Director Michael Sajbel’s 20th high school class reunion was the push he needed to reconnect with his Wisconsin roots.

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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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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 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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