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Will Schwalbe
What are you reading?
by, Jill Swenson
October 17, 2017

Will Schwalbe, author of End-of-Your-Life Book Club, recently spoke at the Fox Cities Book Festival. He read several excerpts from this wonderful new title Books for Living, a memoir of a reader. In 26 chapters, Schwalbe writes about the books which shaped his own life story. He did not intend the specific books which are chapter titles to be a reading list of either the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Books for Living, End-of-Your-Life Book Club, Will Schwalbe
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Fox Cities Book Festival October 9-15
by, Jill Swenson
September 12, 2017

Connecting writers and readers for ten years, the Fox Cities Book Festival celebrates books, ideas, stories, and community in the Fox River Valley this October. In January 2017 I joined the board and have been excited about this year’s new developments. This is the first year the festival will be held in the fall instead of the spring. The Fox Cities Reads program—one book one… [Read More]

Filed Under: Ann Marie Ackermann, Benjamin Ludwig, Benjamin Percy, Elizabeth Rynecki, Fox Cities Book Festival, Laura Vosika, Laurie Halse Anderson, Nickolas Butler, Will Schwalbe
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Writing Advice from Will Schwalbe
by, Jill Swenson
April 28, 2015

On Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at the Atlas Coffee Mill, three dozen Fox Cities writers filled a meeting room for a workshop with Will Schwalbe, author of End-of-Your-Life Book Club (Knopf, 2012) and editor at Macmillan. Friday afternoon there were two readings to packed houses as part of the Fox Cities Book Festival. I listened to him at UW Fox Valley where the audience spilled… [Read More]

Filed Under: Atlas Coffee Mill, End-of-Your-Life Book Club, Fox Cities Book Festival, Harvey Ginsberg, Hemingway, Melville, Will Schwalbe
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Connecting Writers with Readers: Fox Cities Book Festival
by, Jill Swenson
April 21, 2015

The Fox Cities Book Festival is April 20-26 in Appleton, Neenah, Menasha, Kaukauna, Little Chute, and Kimberly, Wisconsin. This book festival aims to connect writers with their readers and readers with those who write the books they read. During my first week of residency in Wisconsin, I plan to partake in this celebration of books. Throughout the week authors share their works through readings, panel… [Read More]

Filed Under: Appleton, Christina Baker Kline, Ellen Kort, Fox Cities Book Festival, Fox Cities Reads, Menasha, Neenah, Orphan Train, Will Schwalbe, Wisconsin
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