Wisconsin Book Festival Presents Not Your Mother's Romance Writers

This is a VIRTUAL event only — Advanced registration is required.Presented in partnership with Simon & Schuster as part of their Spring 2024 Authorfest. Join TJ Alexander, Kaliane Bradley, & Jackie Lau in conversation with Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the duo be......More

This is a VIRTUAL event only — Advanced registration is required.Presented in partnership with Simon & Schuster as part of their Spring 2024 Authorfest. Join TJ Alexander, Kaliane Bradley, & Jackie Lau in conversation with Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the duo behind the romance power-house Christina Lauren.From fake relationships to star-crossed time travelers to queer throuples, these authors are not your mother’s romance writers.Ahead of their upcoming releases, Alexander, Bradley, and Lau will discuss what makes a great romance, and how the genre can go beyond a simple love story.In conversation with Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings.

*All Libraries, Alicia Ashman Library, Central Library, Goodman South Madison Library, Hawthorne Library, Imagination Center at Reindahl Park, Lakeview Library, Meadowridge Library, Monroe Street Library, Pinney Library, Sequoya Library - *Online

Storytime (ages 5 & under)

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are a......More

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.

Monroe Street Library - Meeting Room

Saturday Art with Annie

Join us at the library for an exciting new project.  Today is Zines & Mini Books! Funding is provided by the Monroe Street Library LeagueAll ages welcome.  Children under the age of 7 should have a grown up helper.

Monroe Street Library - *In Monroe Street Library

Fish Windsocks!

This workshop is aimed at elementary school aged kids! Come create artwork on your own carp windsock and individual wind wand. Fly the windsock with the class after and see the beautiful school of fish play together. Please note this class takes place in Thurber Park (3......More

This workshop is aimed at elementary school aged kids! Come create artwork on your own carp windsock and individual wind wand. Fly the windsock with the class after and see the beautiful school of fish play together. Please note this class takes place in Thurber Park (3325 Thurber Ave, Madison, WI 53714) as part of the Thurber Park Artist-In-Residence Program. 

*All Libraries, Alicia Ashman Library, Central Library, Goodman South Madison Library, Hawthorne Library, Imagination Center at Reindahl Park, Lakeview Library, Meadowridge Library, Monroe Street Library, Pinney Library, Sequoya Library - *Offsite

Storytime (ages 5 & under)

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are a......More

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.

Monroe Street Library - Meeting Room

Storytime (ages 5 & under)

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are a......More

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.

Monroe Street Library - Meeting Room

DIY KITE MAKING

This class aims to show you how to make three simple flyable paper kites with inexpensive materials with Thurber Artist-In-Residence Ash Armenta. Create and design your paper kite using repeating stamp patterns, stencils, and dye. After the class completes construction,......More

This class aims to show you how to make three simple flyable paper kites with inexpensive materials with Thurber Artist-In-Residence Ash Armenta. Create and design your paper kite using repeating stamp patterns, stencils, and dye. After the class completes construction, everyone will have an opportunity to fly their own in Thurber Park. (kids and adults welcome) Please note this class takes place in Thurber Park (3325 Thurber Ave, Madison, WI 53714) as part of the Thurber Park Artist-In-Residence Program.  

*All Libraries, Alicia Ashman Library, Central Library, Goodman South Madison Library, Hawthorne Library, Imagination Center at Reindahl Park, Lakeview Library, Meadowridge Library, Monroe Street Library, Pinney Library, Sequoya Library - *Offsite

Storytime (ages 5 & under)

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are a......More

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.

Monroe Street Library - Meeting Room

Storytime (ages 5 & under)

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are a......More

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.

Monroe Street Library - Meeting Room

Storytime (ages 5 & under)

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are a......More

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.

Monroe Street Library - Meeting Room

Storytime (ages 5 & under)

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are a......More

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.

Monroe Street Library - Meeting Room

Mobile Madison event at Elver Park

Join the Dream Bus and several other Mobile Madison partners at Elver Park (1250 McKenna Blvd) for some fun kid activities and to learn about many free programs happening in parks this summer!Mobile Madison is a collaborative group of organizations that bring free, mobi......More

Join the Dream Bus and several other Mobile Madison partners at Elver Park (1250 McKenna Blvd) for some fun kid activities and to learn about many free programs happening in parks this summer!Mobile Madison is a collaborative group of organizations that bring free, mobile activities to a multitude of Madison neighborhoods, prioritizing areas of limited access to resources in a collaborative effort.  For more information about Mobile Madison go to: https://www.mscr.org/programs/free-mobile/mobile-madison/ 

*All Libraries, Alicia Ashman Library, Central Library, Goodman South Madison Library, Hawthorne Library, Imagination Center at Reindahl Park, Lakeview Library, Meadowridge Library, Monroe Street Library, Pinney Library, Sequoya Library - *Offsite