Events

A Room of One's Own is excited to welcome Thomas Frank, political commentator and author of Rendezvous with Oblivion.

Thomas Frank is the author of Listen, Liberal, Pity the Billionaire, The Wrecking Crew, and What's the Matter with Kansas? A former columnist for The Wall Street Journal and Harper's, Frank is the founding editor of The Baffler and writes regularly for The Guardian. He lives outside Washington, D.C.

A Room of One's Own is pleased to welcome Kate Narita, author of the children's book 100 Bugs!!

Kate Narita is a writer and fourth-grade teacher. She earned her undergraduate degree and master's in education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MFA in writing for children from Simmons College. She lives, writes, and hikes on a small mountain in central Massachusetts with her husband, two sons, and dog.

A Room of One's Own welcomes Dan Kaufman for a book talk based on his new book The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics.

A Room of One's Own is delighted to welcome Amy Pearce-Hayden and Kelly DiNardo, authors of the new book Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom Beyond the Mat!

A Room of One's Own is proud to welcome Dan Egan, author of this year's Go Big Read, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, for an in conversation style talk with UW-Madison Professor and Director of the Center for Limnology Jake Vander Zanden.

A Room of One's Own is happy to welcome David Keplinger and Parker Palmer for an in-conversation event and reading from their latest work!

A Room of One's Own and the Wisconsin Book Festival are proud to welcome Cecile Richards and her co-writer Lauren Peterson for an in-conversation book event and book signing in support of Make Trouble! This event will be held on the third floor of Madison Public Library - Central.

A Room of One's Own is proud to help kick off WisCon with a reception featuring light refreshments and a reading by Guest of Honor Saladin Ahmed. Unfortunately, WisCon's other Guest of Honor, Tananarive Due, is unable to make ti in time for the reading due to travel logistics. We look forward to celebrating the work of both Guests of Honor during the reception, and we will see everyone throughout the convention both in our store and in the WisCon Dealer's Room.

A Room of One's Own will be on hand selling copies of Ijeoma Oluo's important book, So You Want to Talk About Race, at Madison Public Library - Central, 3rd Floor, during her talk for the Wisconsin Book Festival!

A Room of One's Own is proud to host Ann Wertz Garvin and Jennifer Haupt for a talk about strategies they use to keep writing, even when they hit brick walls. Just as important, they’ll also reveal the signs of how to tell it’s time to stop working on a book and let it breathe for a while.