Local Reads

Kick off the new year with these recent and forthcoming Wisconsin-connected reads on our 2023 Book List.

David Rhodes, author of “Driftless” and five other acclaimed novels, died on November 10. A public memorial celebration will be held in May.

A new memoir from the storied reporter is named for all the trees that were felled to create the newsprint that provided his livelihood.

Q&A with Jeffrey D. Boldt, author of ‘Blue Lake,’ which was honored this month as a 2022 ‘Best of the Indie Press.’

Michael Massey’s new book ‘More’ is out now from Little Creek Press.

A Q&A with Madison writer Christopher Chambers, author of the new short story collection, ‘Kind of Blue,’ out this month from Cornerstone Press.

An upcoming book on warfarin tells the prescription blood thinner’s origin story, which includes a farmer allegedly visiting Dr. Karl Paul Link in search of answers.

In case you missed it, Madison Magazine is sharing our introduction to the last month’s edition of our monthly ‘Sunday Reads’ newsletter.

Wisconsin author of ‘The Art of the Break’ Mary Wimmer has appearances in Madison on Oct. 4 and Oct. 16.

New book by Nick Chiarkas, “Nunzio’s Way,” is a stand-alone follow-up to his 2015 debut, “Weepers.” Chiarkas will appear at Mystery to Me on Oct. 5.

‘Painting Beyond Walls’ by David Rhodes is about the human experience and how we might still have time to get it right.

“Traveler,” Bill and Bobbie Malone’s new book, will be released this fall. The couple moved to Texas after 25 years in Madison, but the adventure continues.

Rob Zaleski will discuss his new book about David Couper with Doug Moe at Mystery to Me on Aug. 23. “I wanted it understood I was not his friend. I was going to hold his feet to the fire,” says Zaleski.

Patricia Skalka will discuss “Death Casts a Shadow” at Mystery to Me bookstore with Doug Moe on July 28 at 6 p.m.

The ‘Nothing’s Wasted Tour’ launches a new book by Sagashus T. Levingston while connecting entrepreneurs to bridge health and wealth gaps for Black mothers.

A Q&A with Ingrid Andersson, author of the poetry collection, ‘Jordemoder: Poems of a Midwife,’ which cycles through themes of birth, death and life.

Debut novel “Truth and Other Lies” by Wisconsin author Maggie Smith explores how our individual biases influence our perspectives of the world around us.

Peter Fauerbach’s thoroughly researched tale of his family’s historic Fauerbach Brewery is finally available to readers in a new coffee table book.

“Winter Stars” takes a look back at the time when Iverson tended for his centenarian mom.

Madison’s “Rock and Roll Detective” Jim Berkenstadt provides answers to music history’s pressing questions in a new book called “Mysteries in the Music.”

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After miles spent walking its wooded trails every day, Doug Moe continues to dig deeper into the history of the 1,260-acre urban wonder.

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Joshua William Clauer did not live to celebrate the launch of his book, “Walking the Line: There is No Time For Hate.” Clauer died on Feb. 21 at the age of 48.

Kristin Mitchell built her own small business over the past 25 years — a little, eponymous design shop nestled creekside in the valley at her Mineral Point home.

Poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney is the artist-in-residence at StartingBlock Madison.

Once thought endangered, the area’s indie bookshops are ringing in a new era.