Events

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.

A Room of One's Own is proud to welcome Ahmed Ismail Yusuf, author of The Lion's Binding Oath and other stories!

A Room Of One’s Own Bookstore will host an Authors Talk featuring the following authors. This event is the kick-off for “Radical Perspectives on the ‘60s & Beyond: A Teach-In and Intergenerational Dialogue”, which will be held at Union South on Saturday, June 16th. For more information about the Teach-In, please see the Facebook page about the event, or contact the organizers at radicalperspectivescoalition@gmail.com, 608-284-9082.

Featured authors:

SPRING means it's time for our favorite bookish holiday, INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY (Saturday, April 28th!) There will be cake, hourly raffles, sales, EXCLUSIVE IBD merch (incl. a special edition Harry Potter patch), and you'll be essential to helping us celebrate 43 years (!) of A Room of One's Own! We'd be delighted if you could come down to join us-- ONLY here, ONLY on Independent Bookstore Day!

A Room of One's Own is proud to welcome three authors of thoughtful young adult books, as part of the HarperCollins Epic Reads tour! Please join us in welcome a panel discussion of authors Becky Albertalli, Katie Cotugno, and Julie Murphy!

On April 11, 2018, writer, activist, and doula adrienne maree brown will be speaking about her most recent book Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds at 5pm in 2235 Nancy Nicholas Hall. This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies, LBGT Campus Center, Crossroads, 4W Initiative, Multicultural Student Center and the Havens Center.

A Room of One's Own Bookstore will be on site for those interested in purchasing a copy of either of brown's books for her to sign.

The UW-Madison Multicultural Student Center is bringing Michael Twitty, author of The Cooking Gene, to campus for a FREE, public reading, Q&A, and book signing! Join us at the MSC (2nd floor of the Red Gym) for the event! A Room of One's Own will be there with bells on selling books!

A Room of One's Own is delighted to welcome Wisconsin author Brice Smith for a reading from his new biography of a Milwaukee native and trans activist Lou Sullivan: Daring to Be A Man Among Men.

A Room of One's Own welcomes Giovanna Miceli Jeffries for an author event from her recent memoir Bitter Trades.

A Room of One's Own is honored to welcome the the fifth Annual Feminist Faculty Book Party! This year, we convene to celebrate the recently released work of Emily Callaci, Shelly Chan, Kathryn Moeller, Nicole C. Nelson, Sue Robinson, Sami Schalk, and Cherene Sherrard!