2018 Festival Recap

Thank you to all the volunteers, sponsors, and attendees of the 19th annual Chippewa Valley Book Festival. It was a record-breaking year and we credit that to our supportive community.

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Concluded Events:

Featured
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Oct 25
From Where I Stand: Point of View in Novel Writing
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Oct 25
Where Honeybees Thrive: Stories from the Field
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Oct 24
The Transformative Power of Stories
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Oct 24
When the Hills Are Gone: Frac Sand Mining and the Struggle for Community
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Oct 24
Dine with the Author | The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story
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Oct 23
Prairie Fires: The True Story behind Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House Books
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Oct 22
The Enduring Appeal of the Flawed Protagonist
Little Faith: Reading and Background
Oct 22
Little Faith: Reading and Background
Prose and Poetry Alive
Oct 20
Prose and Poetry Alive
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Oct 20
The Education of Will: Healing a Dog, Facing My Fears, Reclaiming My Life
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Oct 20
The Eide Family Trilogy
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Oct 20
Authentic Appalachian Voices in Fiction
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Oct 20
Still Writing Short Stories After All These Years
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Oct 19
Dine with the Author | Recklessness, Obsession, and Wild Abandon
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Oct 19
Words without Borders: A Celebration of Poetry in Translation
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Oct 18
Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
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Oct 18
What Kindergarteners and Canines Know: Learning from Those Whose Wisdom We Underestimate
Meet the School Authors: Book Sale & Signing
Oct 17
Meet the School Authors: Book Sale & Signing
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Oct 16
Barstow & Grand: Issue #2 Release Reading
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Oct 15
Native Americans and the Imagination

Thank you to the following partners and sponsors for supporting this year’s festival.

Sponsor Logos
Pablo Center at the Confluence
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Foundation
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