October 2024
WI Book Festival Author Event: Spooky Lakes (Geo Rutherford)
10/19/24 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival. Dive into the most mysterious waters around the world (if you dare) in Spooky Lakes, an illustrated nonfiction book from artist and educator Geo Rutherford. Some of Earth’s strangest—and creepiest—wonders lie deep below the surface. There’s Lake Natron, a Tanzanian lake so briny that its waters can mummify any creature that touches its surface; Lake Maracaibo, a Venezuelan tidal bay where a constantly brewing…
Find out more »WI Book Festival Author Event: Turning to Stone (Marcia Bjornerud)
10/19/24 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival. Earth is vibrantly alive and full of wisdom for those who learn to listen. Earth has been reinventing itself for more than four billion years, keeping a record of its experiments in the form of rocks. Yet most of us live our lives on the planet with no idea of its extraordinary history, unable to interpret the language of the rocks that surround…
Find out more »WI Book Festival Author Event: Insect Epiphany (Barrett Klein)
10/19/24 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Science Festival. Insects surround us. They fuel life on Earth through their roles as pollinators, predators, and prey, but rarely do we consider the outsize influence they have had on our culture and civilization. Their anatomy and habits inform how we live, work, create art, and innovate. Featuring nearly 250 color images—from ancient etchings to avant-garde art, from bug-based meals to haute couture—The Insect Epiphany proves that…
Find out more »WI Book Festival Author Event: Heather Swan and Catherine Jagoe
10/19/24 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival. At a time when some scientists claim we are experiencing an insect apocalypse, Catherine Jagoe and Heather Swan use two different genres to call attention to these marvelous and crucial beings. Swan’s Where the Grass Still Sings is a nonfiction and art book about the vital role of insects and those working to save them around the globe; Jagoe’s Prayer to the God of Small Things is…
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