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9:00am CDT

Coffee talk with a literary agent (Ask Me Anything) Kavarna CoffeehouseKent Wolf Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul Book Reading Brown County Library — AuditoriumBaptiste Paul • Miranda Paul

10:00am CDT

A visit with the Sign Fairy Brown County Library Youth Services (1st Floor)Jill Harding DANCING, SINGING, PLAYING Making Early Literacy Fun for Parents, Caregivers and, Ultimately, Children YWCASharon Verbeten Elementary kid writing workshop Brown County Library — AuditoriumJeanne Styczinski Kid Authors: Workshop for middle-grade writers Brown County Library - Conference Room (Lower Level)Katie Eder Indie Insanity Neville Public Museum Classroom 2Jessica Marie Baumgartner Memoir: How Self-discovery leads to publication KI Convention Center Room B1Debbie McKinney • Tara Pohlkotte A Look at the Romance Genre and Women's Fiction - The Genres that Outpace Themselves Year After Year KI Convention Center Room B3 Author reading and signing: Jon Kerstetter Neville Public Museum AuditoriumJon Kerstetter Graphic Novelist Panel KI Convention Center - Auditorium (Breakout Area)Mistaloo Meff • Kristen Radtke Nasty Women: Reading and editor Q&A KI Convention Center Room B2Kate Harding Writing and reading bi-racial or transracial identities KI Convention Center Room A2Frank Johnson • Kathleen Ratteree • Nicholas Russell Am I Suffering Enough? Myths and Misgivings of the Writer’s Process Neville Public Museum Classroom 3Tara DaPra Building Your Dreams, Writing with Purpose St. Brendan's Inn - Waterford RoomChristine Reynebeau Collaborators, Co-authors, and Ghosts: The Delicate Art of Writing Your Book with Someone Else without Losing Your Mind or Resorting to Violence Neville Public Museum - GalleryElizabeth Ridley • Joal Derse Dauer & Sadie How to keep being a writer KI Convention Center - Room 5AB (Breakout Area)Christi Clancy • Molly Magestro • Amanda Zieba Memoir Writers Coffee Talk - Kavarna Coffeehouse Screenwriting: Ready, set, write KI Convention Center - Room 6AB (Breakout Area)Kat Abbott • Janson Mancheski • Monica McFawn Setting Emotion: Using Place to Establish Emotion Rise and Grind (Brown County Library, 3rd Floor)Eliot Triechel The Audacity of Writing Children's Books KI Convention Center Room A3Lora Hyler The Mechanic Behind the Muse KI Convention Center Room A1Jacqui Banaszynski The Muse of History: How history inspires creative writing Neville Public Museum Classroom 1Judy Dodge Cummings • BJ Hollars • Margaret Rozga • Amanda Skenandore • Joyce Burns Zeiss Drop in Writing Workshop Brown County Library - Think Tank C (2nd Floor) Quiet Reading Room Brown County Library - Board Room (2nd Floor)

11:30am CDT

Book signing with Baptiste Paul Broadway Center (Old Fort Square)Baptiste Paul Book Signing with Miranda Paul Broadway Center (Old Fort Square)Miranda Paul

12:00pm CDT

How Illustrations are Made Neville Public Museum Classroom 1Jeanne Styczinski Think Again podcast taping with guest Kristen Radtke Brown County Library — AuditoriumJason Gots • Kristen Radtke Dr Seuss Puppet show Brown County Library Youth Services (1st Floor) Elementary kid writing workshop Brown County Library - Conference Room (Lower Level)Christine Reynebeau Kid's Writing Workshop: Creating characters Rise and Grind (Brown County Library, 3rd Floor)Jacqueline West Publishing talk: Marketing yourself as a writer Neville Public Museum Classroom 3Annette Langlois Grunseth • Kent Wolf Publishing Your Work Mega Panel KI Convention Center - Room 6AB (Breakout Area)PJ Fiala • Lora Hyler • Michael Leannah • Stacey Joy Netzel • Angie Stanton What does it mean to be an "American" writer in 2018? KI Convention Center - Room 5AB (Breakout Area)Jacqui Banaszynski • Nick Jaina • Joe Milan Jr. • Rebecca Lehmann Author reading and signing: Charles Sykes KI Convention Center Room B3Charlie Sykes Author reading and signing: Tom McAllister KI Convention Center Room B1Tom McAllister José Orduña reading Neville Public Museum AuditoriumJosé Orduña Visiting The Shadow Of Green Bay History Neville Public Museum Classroom 2David Siegel Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets reading KI Convention Center Room A2 Craft talk: Building a great mystery KI Convention Center Room B2Karen Dionne • Lori Rader-Day • Patricia Skalka Injecting Humor in Your Writing Neville Public Museum - GalleryMelissa Westemeier Multiple Mediums/Multiple Exits: Reinvigorating Writing & Craft Through Interdisciplinary Arts St. Brendan's Inn - Waterford RoomPatricia Killelea • Monica McFawn Sculpting Poetry KI Convention Center Room A3Christine Swanberg We Rise to Resist: Writing about the Dawn of a New Women's Political Movement KI Convention Center - Auditorium (Breakout Area)Paula vW. Dáil • Hon. Janine p. Geske Writing about grief, violence, fear, and trauma KI Convention Center Room A4Renee Beese • Tara DaPra • Vicky Meawasige Reed • Gayle Rosengren • Liza Wiemer Writing workshop: Crafting powerful fiction KI Convention Center Room A1Jac Jemc Letters about Literature Awards YWCA Drop in Writing Workshop Brown County Library - Think Tank C (2nd Floor) Writing from Workshop 52: Dan Chaon writing workshop KI Convention Center Room 7 (Breakout Area)Dan Chaon

12:30pm CDT

Book signing with Liam Callanan Broadway Center (Old Fort Square)Liam Callanan

1:00pm CDT

Book signing with Peter Geye Broadway Center (Old Fort Square)Peter Geye

2:00pm CDT

Literary Lounge series - Nick Jaina Aardvark Wine LoungeNick Jaina Book signing with Patricia Skalka Broadway Center (Old Fort Square)Patricia Skalka Come sit with me: Podcasting enthusiasts connect for coffee Kavarna CoffeehouseJason Gots • Tom McAllister Dr. Seuss Activity Stations Brown County Library Youth Services (1st Floor) Middle grade writer's reading Brown County Library — Auditorium Youth Writing Workshop and/or Beginning writers' workshop: "WRITING THE STORIES FROM OUR LIVES" Brown County Library - Conference Room (Lower Level)Sandra Shackelford Looking at your script from the producer's perspective Neville Public Museum Classroom 2Kat Abbott Pitch What's True: Savvy Nonfiction Book Proposals St. Brendan's Inn - Waterford RoomSharon Woodhouse Self-publishing: Do I or don't I? KI Convention Center - Room 5AB (Breakout Area)Mark Harlan Challe • Ted Prokash • Lee Pulaski • Christine Reynebeau • Angie Stanton WordPress for Writers Rise and Grind (Brown County Library, 3rd Floor)Terra Fletcher "Imagine wanting only this" with Kristen Radtke KI Convention Center Room B2Kristen Radtke A Matter of Facts; The Tom Monfils Case Revisited Neville Public Museum Classroom 3Joan Treppa America's Jails: The search for human dignity KI Convention Center - Auditorium (Breakout Area)Derek Jeffreys Author reading and signing: Karen Dionne KI Convention Center Room A2Karen Dionne Author reading and signing: Liam Callanan KI Convention Center Room B1Liam Callanan Bringing Hope: A disaster relief journey KI Convention Center Room A1Debbie McKinney Journeys into the Ice Age Neville Public Museum Classroom 1Tim Fox What Happens in Vegas: Writers from UNLV English Program KI Convention Center Room A3Carrieann Cahall • Frank Johnson • Joe Milan Jr. • Oscar Oswald • Wendy Wimmer Where Art and History Meet - Historical Fiction Neville Public Museum - GalleryRex Owens Wintering and The Lighthouse Road with Peter Geye Neville Public Museum AuditoriumPeter Geye "I can't even right now" --dealing with Writer's Block KI Convention Center Room A4Tara DaPra • Mike Eserkaln • Ami Irmen • Jac Jemc • Caitlin Roach Building a Fantastic Critique Group YWCALisa Lickel Kid Lit How to Write for young audience KI Convention Center - Room 6AB (Breakout Area)Jessica Marie Baumgartner • Lora Hyler • Wendy McClure • Eliot Triechel • Jacqueline West • Liza Wiemer Drop in Writing Workshop Brown County Library - Think Tank C (2nd Floor)

2:30pm CDT

Literary Lounge series - Emilie Lindemann Aardvark Wine LoungeEmilie Lindemann Book signing with Jon Kerstetter Broadway Center (Old Fort Square)Jon Kerstetter

3:00pm CDT

Literary Lounge series - Jennie Jones Aardvark Wine LoungeJennie Jones Book singing with Hillary Jordan Broadway Center (Old Fort Square)Hillary Jordan

3:30pm CDT

Literary Lounge series - Paul Wiegel Aardvark Wine LoungePaul Wiegel Book signing with Michael Perry Broadway Center (Old Fort Square)Michael Perry

4:00pm CDT

Literary Lounge series - Renee Beese Aardvark Wine LoungeRenee Beese Book signing with Karen Dionne Broadway Center (Old Fort Square)Karen Dionne Strange bedfellows— Coalitions among communities, businesses, writing, and arts Neville Public Museum AuditoriumTerra Fletcher • José Orduña • Ellen Rosewall • Patricia Skalka To Be Continued... What It Takes To Write A Successful Series St. Brendan's Inn - Waterford RoomValerie Biel • Kelly Risser • Angie Stanton Author reading and signing: Dan Chaon KI Convention Center Room 7 (Breakout Area)Dan Chaon Mudbound: A discussion with Hillary Jordan KI Convention Center - Room 5AB (Breakout Area)Hillary Jordan Women's roles in the church: Early perspectives on motherhood Brown County Library - Conference Room (Lower Level)Dr. Kathleen Gallagher Elkins Drop in Writing Workshop Brown County Library - Think Tank C (2nd Floor) Embracing Failure YWCAMike Eserkaln So You Think You Want to Write a Young Adult Novel Neville Public Museum - GalleryEliot Triechel Sunshine & Rainbows: Imagining a More Beautiful World through Poetry Neville Public Museum Classroom 1Carrieann Cahall • Frank Johnson • Nicholas Russell The Worst Writing Advice I ever got Neville Public Museum Classroom 2Christi Craig • Nick Jaina • Jennie Jones • Elizabeth Ridley Using Scrivener to Power Your Book Rise and Grind (Brown County Library, 3rd Floor)Amanda Skenandore Workshop: Time Travel Secrets for Historical Nonfiction Writers Neville Public Museum Classroom 3Judy Dodge Cummings High School Writers Reading Brown County Library — AuditoriumSandra Shackelford

4:30pm CDT

Literary Lounge series - Patricia Killelea Aardvark Wine LoungePatricia Killelea

5:00pm CDT

Literary Lounge series - Thomas Davis Aardvark Wine LoungeThomas Davis

5:30pm CDT

Literary Lounge - Sheepshead Pop Up Reading Aardvark Wine Lounge

6:00pm CDT

Romance Book Bingo KI Convention Center - Auditorium (Breakout Area)PJ Fiala • Stacey Joy Netzel

7:00pm CDT

An evening with Roxane Gay KI Convention Center - BallroomRoxane Gay

8:00pm CDT

Storycatchers Live KI Convention Center - Room 5AB (Breakout Area)Tara Pohlkotte • Storycatchers