The 2022 Central Wisconsin Book Festival will take place around the last weekend in September — Sept. 21–25. We once again will be hosting events in Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids and Stevens Point, and we also plan to include some virtual event in the mix.
We're hard at work making contacts with authors and plotting out locations, and we'll have much more to share in the days and weeks ahead.
If you'd like to see some of our 2021 events (and all of our 2020 events), hop over to the CWBF YouTube page.
Are you an author who is interested in joining us? Our lineup for 2022 is full, but we're always looking for next year's guests! Feel free to email cwbf@mcpl.us with information about yourself and your book(s), contact info (including any social media), and ideas for your event.
Also, if you or your organization would be interested in donating money to our festival, you can also email us at cwbf@mcpl.us or call Chad Dally at 715-261-7235. Our festival has been - and always will be - free to attend and so we depend on the generous support of organizations and businesses across Central Wisconsin and beyond. For a full list of all those who help make the CWBF possible, please see our Supporters page.
Thank you for your interest and stay tuned!
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March 8, 2022 Save the Dates!!! The 2022 Central Wisconsin Book Festival will take place around the last wknd in September, 9/23-25. We're already making contact with some great authors and can't wait to see you this fall!
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October 4, 2021 Thanks to all who joined our 2021 Central Wisconsin Book Festival events. We had a great time and enjoyed meeting so many of you and hearing from authors virtually and in-person. Here are some of the images we captured from our events!
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September 25, 2021
Thanks to all who joined us at Whitewater Music Hall last night for @CharlesLHughes2’s talk on his “Why Bushwick Bill Matters” and Travis Nathan Brown’s reading from his “In the Village That is Not Burning Down.”
Lots more events today and tomorrow!
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September 23, 2021 What a great event tonight with @dashakelly and Wausau poet laureate Dawn Anderson, our own @jillstukenberg and Wausau Mayor @katierosenberg at Whitewater Music Hall tonight. Thanks to all who joined us! More events at Whitewater coming Friday and Saturday!
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September 18, 2021 Should come as no surprise, but we love book festivals! It just so happens the National Book Festival is running the same dates as ours! Check out all they have to offer (which is a LOT!) - loc.gov/events/2021-na… #NatBookFest
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September 18, 2021 Our event with Andrew Graff made for a great first night for the festival. Thanks to those who joined, and check mcpl.us/cwbf/schedule to be part of our upcoming events this weekend and next week!
August 2, 2022 The sixth annual Central Wisconsin Book Festival (CWBF) will be held next month, and there's a lot to look forward to! This year's festival will feature approximately 25 events over the course of five days, from September 21 through September 25. Like last year, festival events will be held throughout the region - in Wausau, Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids - as well as online! Writers and experts from all different areas of literature will be part of this year's festival. Below, you can feast your eyes on a few of the events we're particularly excited for, with many more to be announced soon! A Poetry Walk in partnership with the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and the City of Wausau...
September 9, 2021 The following is a selection of books written by authors featured in the 2021 Central Wisconsin Book Festival (CWBF)! From fiction to nonfiction to poetry, this year's CWBF will be a great opportunity for members of the community to hear from...
August 25, 2021 Next month is the Central Wisconsin Book Festival! This year, 11 fabulous children’s authors will be speaking at the festival. The majority of these events will be conducted virtually through Zoom, which means you can attend from anywhere! The...
July 7, 2021 The fifth annual Central Wisconsin Book Festival (CWBF) takes place September 17–26, 2021! Even though summer is officially upon us, the committee behind the Central Wisconsin Book Festival have their eyes on the fall as we plan our annual fest!The...
