Increase Lapham, Wisconsin’s First Scientist
On an early summer evening in 1836, the steamship New York docked on the Milwaukee lakefront and a young naturalist ...
A Lifetime Of Reading And Loving Aldo Leopold
Many people have been inspired by the works of Aldo Leopold. Ron Weber first picked up the Sand County Almanac ...
Literacy In Wisconsin: Ruth Is Improving Her Reading To Earn A GED
Bonnie began volunteering as a literacy tutor after seeing a notice in the newspaper. She was soon paired up with ...
School Bus Driver Steers Students Toward Love Of Reading
After years running his family farm in southern Door County, Ted Chaudoir and his wife started a new job: driving ...
Journey To The Center Of Wisconsin
Editor's Note: Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth is a classic work of 19th century science fiction. After writer Alex Bledsoe ...
Baraboo’s Community Novel
Authors and book lovers are descending on Madison this weekend for the Wisconsin Book Festival. Students and residents in Baraboo ...
Author Patrick Rothfuss Writes Popular Series, Helps Community Create A Non-profit
With his unruly hair and bushy, long beard, Pat Rothfuss may look the part that some imagine a fantasy author ...
For The Love Of Little Free Libraries
James P. Roberts combined his love of cycling and reading into one hobby. He made it his mission to bike ...
Book Clubs In Bars Tap New Readers
River Falls librarian Heather Johnson’s passion is getting people to read. So she came up with a novel idea to ...
Bookish
Book lovers from all over Wisconsin will converge on Madison this week, for the annual Wisconsin Book Festival. Today, commentator ...
Homeless Book Club
Today, a visit to one of the more unusual book clubs in Wisconsin. It’s a homeless book club that meets ...
Superior
With the Wisconsin Book Festival beginning this week, we have an essay from writer Anthony Bukoski. His short stories about ...
Wisconsin Writers
The air is crisp, the leaves are starting to turn, and there’s no better time to curl up with a ...
Michael Perry Crows Over Chickens
Wisconsin author and musician Michael Perry loves his farm and its critters. Wisconsin Life producer Todd Witter spent some time ...