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Chippewa Valley Book Festival

11am Monday Oct. 19

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: A History Stretching Across Oceans and Generations

Author V.T. Bidania will give a brief overview of the history of the Hmong and their resettlement in the US, discuss her new middle grade verse novel, share inspiration for her chapter books, and talk about her process of writing a fictionalized memoir.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Words

5pm Tuesday Oct. 20

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: The Good Wives 4-Course Chef's Tasting Menu

A culinary journey through some of the Book Festival featured books with brief presentations introducing each featured book and a chance to mingle throughout the meal.

The Good Wives
Eau Claire

Words Food & Drink

7:30pm Tuesday Oct. 20

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: The Good Wives 4-Course Chef's Tasting Menu

A culinary journey through some of the Book Festival featured books with brief presentations introducing each featured book and a chance to mingle throughout the meal.

The Good Wives
Eau Claire

Words Food & Drink

6pm Wednesday Oct. 21

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Writing in Your Own Backyard: Local Columnists On Writing the Chippewa Valley"

Join Leader-Telegram Sawdust Stories columnists of the past and present–Patti See, John Hildebrand, and Nickolas Butler–for a conversation and mini workshop on how to write the stories closest to home.

Pablo Center at the Confluence
Eau Claire

Words

4:30pm Thursday Oct. 22

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "The Geography of Two Worlds" w/ Anika Fajardo

In Anika Fajardo’s debut novel, the main character, a map maker, travels both physically and metaphorically. Learn more about her geographic destination of Colombia, as well as the literary choices surrounding place, family, and identity.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Words

6-7pm Thursday Oct. 22

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Sharing a Hmong American Experience" w/ Pao Lor

Dr. Pao Lor shares insights about how the Hmong went from an intricate, sophisticated, and vulnerable tribal culture in isolated regions of Laos in the 1960s and ‘70s to becoming a part of the American and global landscape.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Words Cultures

7:30pm Thursday Oct. 22

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Poetry and Conversation" w/ Michael Torres

Join author Michael Torres and moderator Max Garland for an evocative exploration of how we transform lived experience into the enduring language of poetry.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Words

4:30pm Friday Oct. 23

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Playing With Books" w/ Matt Forbeck

Join New York Times-bestselling author and award-winning game designer Matt Forbeck for a discussion of the intersection of stories and games and how they interact in books.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Words

6-7pm Friday Oct. 23

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy"

Award-winning author Mary Roach will be joined by Michael Perry for a freewheeling, wide-ranging conversation about her newest book, her unusual research undertakings, and a look at her creative process.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Words

9:30am Saturday Oct. 24

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: Redefining the Underdog

Author & reporter Thomas Fuller presents this story of the football team at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside and how they went from Southern California league championship contenders.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Words

11am Saturday Oct. 24

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: History and Tales of the American Birkebeiner

Learn the fascinating history of the Birkebeiner and its visionary founder — one man’s dream that became the pride of two communities and the talk of the Nordic ski world — as well as the spirit of the race.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Words

1-2pm Saturday Oct. 24

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: What is True in Fiction?

At this workshop, discuss where story seeds come from and how they change before winding up on a shelf for sale, and explore how much of the writer finds its way onto the page and how writers decide what to keep and what to throw away.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Words

2:30pm Saturday Oct. 24

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: The Mysterious Ordinary

Award-winning author Rebecca Kauffman will read from and discuss her latest novel, The Reservation. She'll explore the mysteries that drive the plot of her book.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Words

4-5pm Saturday Oct. 24

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: My Personal Favorites: Finding Inspiration in Obsession

Author Layne Fargo will present an inside look at the creation of her novel The Favorites and the fusions of youthful obsessions of Olympic figure skating and Gothic romance.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Words

5pm Saturday Oct. 24

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: Epilogue Gathering

Join book festival volunteers and supporters to celebrate the end of the 27th Chippewa Valley Book Festival in the venue space. Food and drink for purchase, camaraderie is free.

Leona's Pizzeria
Eau Claire

Words Socializing, Clubs, and Connection

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Chippewa Valley Book Festival

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: A History Stretching Across Oceans and Generations

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: The Good Wives 4-Course Chef's Tasting Menu

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: The Good Wives 4-Course Chef's Tasting Menu

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Writing in Your Own Backyard: Local Columnists On Writing the Chippewa Valley"

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "The Geography of Two Worlds" w/ Anika Fajardo

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Sharing a Hmong American Experience" w/ Pao Lor

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Poetry and Conversation" w/ Michael Torres

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Playing With Books" w/ Matt Forbeck

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy"

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: Redefining the Underdog

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: History and Tales of the American Birkebeiner

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: What is True in Fiction?

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: The Mysterious Ordinary

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: My Personal Favorites: Finding Inspiration in Obsession

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: Epilogue Gathering

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