Get your lit fix next weekend at the Southeastern Wisconsin Festival of Books.

Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books returns to UW-Waukesha

Published June 8, 2012 at 11:50 a.m.

The Southeastern Wisconsin Festival of Books returns to the UW-Waukesha campus Friday, June 15 and Saturday, June 16.

The two-day festival celebrates its third year with the theme "Freedom to Read." It will feature presenters from various genres covering a range of topics centered around personal, creative and political freedom.

For more information and a schedule of events, visit the festival website.

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