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UntitledTown Book and Author Festival 2019

7:00pm CDT

Michael Perry and the Long Beds Tarlton TheaterMichael Perry and the Long Beds

10:00am CDT

Writing for Retirees Brown County Library Central Branch —Board Room (Second Floor)Sandra Shackelford Crafting Distinctive Dialogue Rise & Grind —Flex Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Jacob M. Appel I am Farmer with Miranda, Baptiste and Tantoh Nforba! Brown County Library Central Branch—AuditoriumMiranda Paul • Baptiste Paul Christian Fiction: What is it? Why We Write It Brown County Library Central Branch- Expo Rooms (Lower Level)Emily Conrad • Barbara Britton • Olivia Rae • Jerusha Agen

12:00pm CDT

What Writing and Medicine Can Learn from Each Other Rise & Grind —Flex Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Jacob M. Appel Get Yourself Unstuck Brown County Library Central Branch—Think Tank CNikki Kallio Workshop: Writing The Veteran's Experience Rise & Grind Conference Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Sandra Shackelford Writing a Family History Narrative Brown County Library Central Branch- Expo Rooms (Lower Level)Dorothy Seehausen Workshop: Writing and Faith Brown County Library Central Branch —Board Room (Second Floor)Barbara Britton

1:00pm CDT

I am Farmer with Miranda, Baptiste and Tantoh Nforba! Brown County Library Central Branch—AuditoriumMiranda Paul • Baptiste Paul

2:00pm CDT

Gathering and Sharing Veterans' Stories Brown County Library Central Branch- Expo Rooms (Lower Level)Kristin Bouchard • Jenny Vanden Heuvel • Kim Viduski Inspired by Research: Using Historical Research in Creative Writing Brown County Library Central Branch —Board Room (Second Floor)Stephanie Carpenter Workshop: Writing and Faith Rise & Grind Conference Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Emily Conrad

4:00pm CDT

Writing a Memoir on Parenthood Brown County Library Central Branch—AuditoriumJill Swenson • Laura Jean Baker • David McGlynn Workshop: Writing Memoir Rise & Grind Conference Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Jen Rubin Middle Grade Writers' Workshop Brown County Library Central Branch —Board Room (Second Floor)Amanda Zieba Hip Hopportunities & Raptivism Brown County Library Central Branch- Expo Rooms (Lower Level)Dr. Karen Reece • Cujo • James Gavins THE MAGIC NECKLACE OF AL-ANDALUS with ROBERT H. BOYER, PH.D. Rise & Grind —Flex Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Robert Boyer Workshop: Fantasy & Sci-fi Worldbuilding Brown County Library Central Branch—Think Tank CDavid Michael Williams

6:30pm CDT

Susan Orlean Presents The Library Book Brown County Library Central Branch—AuditoriumSusan Orlean

8:00pm CDT

Fun and Games: Short Story Night Tarlton TheaterRichie Zaborowske

10:00am CDT

Collaboration in Nonfiction KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 5BHeidi Hodges • Kathy Steebs Finding Your Niche in Historical Writing KI Convention Center—Board RoomMelinda Roberts Getting Along with Ourselves (And Feeling Good About It) Brown County Library Central Branch—AuditoriumMichael Leannah Level Up: How to Revise Your Writing for Publication (Youth Workshop) Brown County Library Central Branch —Board Room (Second Floor)Melissa Westemeier Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes KI Convention Center—Ballroom A3Pamela Cameron Writing for Elementary Grade Writers Brown County Library Central Branch—Think Tank BKim Suhr We Need Diverse Books KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 6ACatherine Lundoff • Lee Pulaski • Silvia Acevedo • Lora Hyler Retail Book Sale to Author, Where Does the Money Go? KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 6BPatrick McBriarty We Are Staying: Eighty Years in the Life of a Family, a Store, & a Neighborhood KI Convention Center—AuditoriumJen Rubin Wisconsin Stories: A Reading by C. Kubasta KI Convention Center—Meeting Room 7C. Kubasta Workshop: Writing the Veteran's Experience Rise & Grind Conference Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Joanne Nelson How to Break into Freelance Writing KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 5AElizabeth Ridley • Amanda Lauer • Marci Martin • Terra L. Fletcher Talk with a Literary Agent Rise & Grind —Flex Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Kent Wolf • Rebecca Meacham Naturalist John Bates shares Our Living Ancestors: The History and Ecology of Old-Growth Forests in Wisconsin (and Where to Find Them) Brown County Library Central Branch- Expo Rooms (Lower Level)John Bates William Kent Krueger visits UntitledTown KI Convention Center—Ballroom A2William Kent Krueger Writing Science Fiction: A Workshop with Michael Moreci St. Brendan's Inn: Waterford RoomMichael Moreci

12:00pm CDT

Writing a Memoir: A Humorous Stroll Through Creative Nonfiction KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 5BKarl Stewart Kid's Lit: How to Write for Young Audiences KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 6ASandy Goldsworthy • Valerie Biel • Silvia Acevedo • Laurie Weyenberg • Amanda Zieba Music Journalism Secrets with Katie Bain Copper State Brewing Co— Lounge and Loft (Second Floor)Katie Bain Research in Writing Brown County Library Central Branch—Think Tank CTerri Karsten Secrets to a Successful Mystery Series KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 5APatricia Skalka Pout Pout Fish: Interactive Children's Theater Brown County Library Central Branch—AuditoriumPout Pout Fish Writing & Publishing Sci-fi/Paranormal/Fantasy Fiction St. Brendan's Inn: Waterford RoomChristopher Whitmore • David Michael Williams • Kira Shayde • Mark Engels • Jevenna Willow • Steven Mitchell Writing About Grief, Violence, Fear, & Trauma KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 6BMadame Renee Beese • Christy Wopat • Christi Clancy • Karla Manternach • Vicky Meawasige Reed Flash Prose: What it is & Why it Rocks KI Convention Center—Board RoomSara Ladwig YA Author Joelle Charbonneau Reads from the Dividing Eden Trilogy Brown County Library Central Branch- Expo Rooms (Lower Level)Joelle Charbonneau Panel discussion with Great Lakes Chronicle contributors - Moderated by Michael Friis KI Convention Center—Ballroom A3Michael Friis No Book? No Problem! (You Can Still Be a Published Author) Rise & Grind Conference Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Kim Suhr An Afternoon Reading with Jamie Ford KI Convention Center—Ballroom A2Jamie Ford Gazing Into the Abyss: Serial Killer William Zamastil, the Victims, and Other Killers KI Convention Center—AuditoriumSteve Daniels Nancy Lawson, The Humane Gardener, Sponsored by Wild Ones Green Bay, The Botanical Gardens, and NEW Master Gardeners Rise & Grind —Flex Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Nancy Lawson Workshop: Writing and Faith Brown County Library Central Branch —Board Room (Second Floor)Amanda Lauer Cartoneras Book-Making Workshop with Carolina Espinoza Rise & Grind Break-Out Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Carolina Espinoza Waters Deep: A Great Lakes Poetry Reading KI Convention Center—Meeting Room 7Michelle Menting • Crystal Gibbins • Casey Thayer • Issa M. Lewis • Connor Yeck • M. Bartley Seigel • Phillip Sterling • Milton Bates • Rachel Morgan • Janna Knittel • Emily Stoddard

2:00pm CDT

Moods of Poetry: Romance to Revenge KI Convention Center—Board RoomDenise Low From Bits to Blog to Book KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 5AKathie Giorgio Handling the Taboo in Children's Writing KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 6AAngie Stanton • Sandy Goldsworthy • Kelly Risser • Valerie Biel • Silvia Acevedo Young Writers Workshop with Melissa Westemeier Brown County Library Central Branch—Think Tank BMelissa Westemeier Writing to Connect With Communities, Organizations, and Causes Brown County Library Central Branch- Expo Rooms (Lower Level)Christine Swanberg • Kymberley Pelky • Karla Brooks • Christy Wopat Hard-Boiled Heroines: Women Characters in Mystery and Crime Fiction KI Convention Center—Meeting Room 7Keshena Hanson • Dagni Bredesen • Rebecca Nesvet What Really Happened at the Cormier Station KI Convention Center—AuditoriumRon Di Orio Writing with Popular Culture KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 6BCarrieLynn D. Reinhard • Christopher J. Olson Nickolas Butler Reading from Little Faith KI Convention Center—Ballroom A2Nickolas Butler Simon Tam Presents "Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court" Copper State Brewing Co— Lounge and Loft (Second Floor)Simon Tam Wisconsin Center for the Book Presents Youth Writing Awards: Letters About Literature Brown County Library Central Branch—AuditoriumWisconsin Center for the Book Food Memory: How To Spice Up Writing KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 5BThomas Pecore Weso Page Turning: Tension Small & Large Brown County Library Central Branch—Think Tank CTim Storm The Pangea Tales: A Reading St. Brendan's Inn: Waterford RoomMcKenzie Austin Designers' & Illustrators' Panel: Designing Worlds of Words Rise & Grind —Flex Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Craig Knitt • Kurt Schwarz • Christine Style • Karen Schaufeld • Teelia Pelletier Drop-in Writing Workshop for Teens Rise & Grind Conference Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Kim Suhr Young Writers' Workshop with Joelle Charbonneau Brown County Library Central Branch —Board Room (Second Floor)Joelle Charbonneau Gothic Fiction with Wendy Webb KI Convention Center—Ballroom A3Wendy Webb The Shawano Area Writers Presents 50 Years of Writing Tarlton TheaterLee Pulaski

4:00pm CDT

Rethinking Children's Literature KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 6AKaren Schaufeld • Kurt Schwarz So You Want to Write Young Adult Historical Fiction KI Convention Center—Board RoomJoyce Burns Zeiss Writing Memoir KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 6BThomas Pecore Weso • Karl Stewart • Denise Low • Jen Rubin Writing Mysteries & Thrillers KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 5AMarci Martin • Patricia Skalka • Nick Chiarkas • Elizabeth Ridley • Mark Engels Fun and Games: Romance Bingo Brown County Library Central Branch- Expo Rooms (Lower Level)Stacey Joy Netzel • PJ Fiala • Valerie Clarizio • Steven Mitchell Why We Publish What We Publish KI Convention Center—Meeting Room 7Michelle Menting • Crystal Gibbins • Christi Clancy • C. Kubasta 1812 Chicago: A Scalping, a Murder, & a Massacre KI Convention Center—AuditoriumPatrick McBriarty Starting a Small Press KI Convention Center—Breakout Room 5BCatherine Lundoff Sheepshead Review Reading Copper State Brewing Co— Lounge and Loft (Second Floor) Dark Honesty Into Light, a Return to Innocence Tarlton TheaterMadame Renee Beese Book Marketing 101 Rise & Grind —Flex Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Colleen Riordan The Tall Poppy Writers - How to make the most of your on-line writers/readers group KI Convention Center—Ballroom A2Anne Garvin • Susan Gloss • Amy E. Reichert • Erin Cellelo Callie Bates reads from the Waking Land Trilogy St. Brendan's Inn: Waterford RoomCallie Bates Stories From the Wreckage with John Odin Jensen KI Convention Center—Ballroom A3John Odin Jensen Multi-Media Origins Stories: A Boys & Girls Club Showcase Brown County Library Central Branch—AuditoriumJames Gavins • Craig Knitt • Alex Zacarias • Boys & Girls Club

7:00pm CDT

Andrea Gibson, Performance Poet Tarlton TheaterAndrea Gibson CANCELLED: An Evening with Walter Mosley KI Convention Center—Ballroom A1Walter Mosley

10:00am CDT

How to Transport Readers into Your World Rise & Grind Break-Out Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Rhonda Strehlow Writing for Elementary Grade Writers with Christine Reynebeau Brown County Library Central Branch—Think Tank BChristine Reynebeau Come to the Page as You Are: Wired Brown County Library Central Branch—Think Tank CGenevieve Artel The Story of Act 31: How Native History Came to Wisconsin Classrooms Brown County Library Central Branch—AuditoriumJ. P. Leary Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World Brown County Library Central Branch- Expo Rooms (Lower Level)Marcia Bjornerud The United ReSISTERs— Reading and Presentation Rise & Grind —Flex Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)The United ReSISTERs Sculpting Poetry Rise & Grind Conference Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Christine Swanberg Writing for Retirees Brown County Library Central Branch —Board Room (Second Floor)Dan Linssen With/In With/Out Place: A Poetry Reading with Crystal S. Gibbins and Michelle Menting St. Brendan's Inn: Waterford RoomCrystal Gibbins • Michelle Menting

12:00pm CDT

Birthday Party for Miranda Paul's NINE MONTHS! Rise & Grind Break-Out Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Miranda Paul Writing Workshop for Middle Grade Writers Rise & Grind Conference Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Terri Karsten Voices of Native American Authors Brown County Library Central Branch—AuditoriumMisty Cook • Vicky Meawasige Reed • Larry Madden • Ryan Winn The Art of Editing Brown County Library Central Branch- Expo Rooms (Lower Level)Silvia Acevedo • Kelly Risser • Sandy Goldsworthy • Angie Stanton • Valerie Biel Michael Moreci Presents Black Star Renegades St. Brendan's Inn: Waterford RoomMichael Moreci Workshop: Writing The Veteran's Experience Brown County Library Central Branch—Think Tank BNick Chiarkas Creating a Vision Board: A Workshop Rise & Grind —Flex Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Melissa Gorzelanczyk Crafting Personal Essays & Memoir Brown County Library Central Branch —Board Room (Second Floor)Joanne Nelson The First 5 Pages: Screenwriting Workshop Brown County Library Central Branch—Think Tank CKat Abbott

2:00pm CDT

Using Psychology to Create Authentic Characters Brown County Library Central Branch —Board Room (Second Floor)Sarah J. Carlson Writer's Block: How to Move Beyond it Rise & Grind Conference Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Tara DaPra • Christine Reynebeau • Christi Craig Writing Romance in the 21st Century Brown County Library Central Branch- Expo Rooms (Lower Level)Sandy Goldsworthy • Angie Stanton • Kira Shayde • Valerie Clarizio Researching Artifacts of the Early Green Bay Fire Department Brown County Library Central Branch—Think Tank CDavid Siegel A Reading with Wendy Webb St. Brendan's Inn: Waterford RoomWendy Webb Images and Texts: A Workshop in Printmaking Rise & Grind Break-Out Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Christine Style Youth Writing Workshop with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Peggy Rozga Rise & Grind —Flex Room (Third Floor, Brown County Library Central Branch)Peggy Rozga Rebecca Makkai reads from The Great Believers Brown County Library Central Branch—AuditoriumRebecca Makkai