Several authors head into town during the month of February to promote their newest books, whether just published or re-released in paperback. Check out who will be where for a chance to hear a reading, be involved in a discussion or get a signed copy of a book you love. All events are free unless stated otherwise.
If you know another author is coming to town, use the talkback feature below to add its. You can also check the bookstore Web sites below to see if there are other author events you would like to attend.
"Eat, Pray, Love: One woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia"
By Elizabeth Gilbert
(Penguin, $15)
Gilbert visits the Mequon Harry Schwartz Bookshop at 2 p.m. on Feb. 10 for "Eat, Pray, Love" a novel about a woman who finds a turning point in her life in her 30s. She leaves home, and all her problems, to visit three countries that she felt would give her a new perspective on life. Gilbert will do a reading and book signing.
"Still Life With Husband"
By Lauren Fox
(Random House, $23.95)
Milwaukee's Fox visits the Shorewood Harry Schwartz Bookshop at 7 p.m. on Feb. 13 for a reading and book signing for "Still Life With Husband." Emily Ross finds herself at her wits end in her marriage. She and her husband want different things in life, he wants to settle down and have a family in the suburbs and she would rather stay in the city. She begins to have an affair with a young writer to get away from her husband.
"Veil of Roses"
By Laura Fitzgerald
(Bantam Books, $12)
Fitzgerald visits the Brookfield Harry Schwartz Bookshop at 7 p.m. on Feb. 15 for a reading and book signing. Iranian woman Tamila gets a three-month Visa to America and she wants to find someone to marry quickly in order to secure citizenship. She finds someone that is not a person she can just use and she is forced to choose among honor, freedom and love.
"Lost City Radio"
By Daniel Alarcon
(Harper Collins, $24.95)
Alarcon visits the Downer Harry Schwartz Bookshop at 7 p.m. on Feb. 15 for a reading and book signing. Norma hosts the only national radio program in a nameless South American country. She reads the names of those who have gone missing on her show each week from the war torn country. She gets her own clue to her missing husband from a boy appears from the jungle.
"Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, An Oscar, An Atomic Bomb, A Romantic Night and One Woman's Quest to Become a Mother"
By Peggy Orenstein
(Bloomsbury, $23.95)
Orenstein visits the Shorewood Harry Schwartz Bookshop at 7 p.m. on Feb. 26 for a reading and book signing. In "Waiting for Daisy," Orenstein recounts her six-year journey into motherhood, from newlywed to struggling to decide to want to be a mother.
Originally from Des Plaines, Ill., Heather moved to Milwaukee to earn a B.A. in journalism from Marquette University. With a tongue-twisting last name like Leszczewicz, it's best to go into a career where people don't need to say your name often.
However, she's still sticking to some of her Illinoisan ways (she won't reform when it comes to things like pop, water fountain or ATM), though she's grown to enjoy her time in the Brew City.
Although her journalism career is still budding, Heather has had the chance for some once-in-a-lifetime interviews with celebrities like actor Vince Vaughn and actress Charlize Theron, director Cameron Crowe and singers Ben Kweller and Isaac Hanson of '90s brother boy band Hanson.
Heather's a self-proclaimed workaholic but loves her entertainment. She's a real television and movie fanatic, book nerd, music junkie, coffee addict and pop culture aficionado.
