Category: Author Talk

• THE LEARNING TREE Film with Discussion Led by Steve Ryfle – February 21

  Posted on Jan 23rd

  Honor African American History Month with this unique program sponsored by the Friends of UW-Madison Libraries: FREE EVENT – PUBLIC & STUDENTS […]

• Caroline Fraser, author of Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder comes to Madison on September 27

  Posted on Sep 12th

  The Friends’ annual Schewe Lecture, in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival, is pleased to announce 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser— […]

• Lessons Learned

  Posted on Nov 17th

  “The war not only encouraged self-sacrifice, but it also brought out the bullies, the super patriots, the true believers who found it […]

• A Dynamic Duo – the Nadlers Introduce a New Way to Look at Old Ideas

  Posted on Oct 11th

  Take one UW-Madison philosophy professor, add an illustrator with a penchant for “comic art,” shake vigorously, and the result is Heretics! The […]

• Tim Tyson speaks to issues of race and politics

  Posted on Aug 30th

  Mark your calendars for Thursday, September 28, 2017.  The Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries is pleased to host author and former UW-Madison […]

• Wisconsin Book Festival

  Posted on Sep 13th

  Join the Friends at the Wisconsin Book Festival! During this fall’s Festival weekend we will be sponsoring four events that will be presented as part […]

• Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries’ annual Douglas Schewe Lecture

  Posted on Mar 18th

  Speaker Professor Kathy Cramer, Director Morgridge Center for Public Service April 28th, 2016, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Varsity Hall II, Union South Join the […]

• John Tedeschi Book Talk and Signing

  Posted on Feb 18th

  Italian Jews Under Fascism, 1939-1945: A Personal and Historical Narrative  Thursday, March 17 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. University Club, 803 State St, Madison […]

• Sound Salon – Folksongs from Another America: Lost Sounds from the Upper Midwest

  Posted on Oct 7th

  Folksongs from Another America: Lost Sounds from the Upper Midwest Talk and Screening with Author Jim Leary Thursday, November 12, 6:30 pm […]