BOOK AND AUTHOR FESTIVAL
Downtown Green Bay
April 28-30, 2017
UntitledTown Sponsors and Benefactors
Title Sponsors
Media Partners
Major Sponsors and Benefactors
In Kind Sponsors
Sponsors
Wisconsin Public Service
Foundation
Contributors
Individual Contributors
Jeannine Mayo
Wendy Wimmer Schuchart
Susan Davie
Rebecca Meacham
Maria Konkel
Alex and Linda Galt
Annaliese Waggoner
Vision Statement
To cast ripples of imagination and expression. To
respect language, perspective, belief, identity and
human experience. All human experience.
To draw closer to one another.
To understand.
Statement of Welcoming
and Inclusion
Welcome to UntitledTown!
UntitledTown seeks to lift and enrich our brothers and
sisters, celebrating all forms and expressions of the
human condition. We welcome all races, religions,
gender expressions, sexual orientations, ages, national origins and abilities with open arms. UntitledTown
extends an inclusive and invigorating environment for
all–staff, volunteers, donors, sponsors, attendees,
featured speakers and vendors.
UntitledTown Book and Author Festival is the first event
of its kind in greater Green Bay, uniting readers, writers,
podcasters, storytellers, publishers, philosophers and allaround wonderers. It is our hope that this will become an
annual gathering that will continue for years to come. We
also hope to hold vregular events throughout the year and
to create new opportunities for sharing stories with our
community. Thank you for attending this inaugural event!
UntitledTown Book and Author Festival
A pale blue UntitledTown wristband, the sign of a registered Festival participant
What kind of festival is this?
With 83 events on 5 different tracks with more than 80 presenters
over 3 days in 12 different rooms in 7 different buildings—what kind of
Festival is this? It’s your kind of Festival. No two Festival experiences
are going to be the same (unless you’re joined at the hip with someone
special).
This program will serve as a guide, but it’s really a distillation of
untitledtown.org—where there is much more information about
programming, including links to author websites, detailed maps, and
schedules for each individual venue.
Start anywhere you like! Registration desks will be everywhere. Board
the trolley or go for a stroll, nothing’s very far, and don’t forget to enjoy
Downtown Green Bay!
Trolley?
It may be raining, it may be chilly, walking across the Fox River may be
too distant for some attendees. The UntitledTown Trolley (powered by
Breakthrough Fuel & Crystal Clear Resources) will circulate around
the Festival area, stopping as close to festival venues as possible. If you
want to board, you will need the wristband that you will receive when
you register.
Registration? But I thought
this was a free event!
There are a few reasons why we’ll ask you to take a few minutes to register—and yes, it’s free. The most important is that we’re planning more
events, and we’d like to invite you to them. The most reliable way for us
to reach you is by email. We may also be announcing a surprise pop-up
or two during the Festival, you wouldn’t want to miss out. Registration
also helps us collect the hard numbers required for some of our grants.
So registering will help us to fund next year’s Festival. Don’t worry! We
will be as vigilant about your privacy as we are about our own.
Where do I go? What do I do?
It’s very simple. At every UntitledTown venue there will be a registration table. We will ask you for your name, your email address, your zip
code, and other information. In exchange, you will receive a special
wristband that will:
1. Get you on the UntitledTown Trolley
2. Get you a discount at participating eateries and shops. The list will be kept up to date at untitledtown.org/discounts
3. Make you part of a group that loves words for at least a weekend!
Events for Young People
High Schoolers —Workshops and Readings
Events for Readers
On the schedule, readings and other events for readers—and we assume everyone’s a
reader in UntitledTown—are in blue and magenta. Blue is for readings and magenta is
our “catchall” category. Early on we called it ‘Performative’ and the name stuck even
though woodtype printing is only performative with a certain amount of poetic license—
which, fortunately, we happen to have.
We have dozens of authors reading their work, from Booker Prize and National Book
Award winners like Margaret Atwood and Sherman Alexie to authors whose names will
be new to you. But in UntitledTown we take chances on new talent; we like to experience
new things and to hear from new voices.
Workshops and Talks
For Writers
Events for writers are marked in red and yellow. Red is for the craft of writing, and yellow
is for publishing. The presenters that we have gathered represent many different aspects
of writing and publishing. Where else could you hear a panel with several New York
Times Bestselling authors speak about “Midwestern Gothic?” Or learn how to get past
writer’s block with insights from the world of improv comedy? Presenters will tell you
how to get started with National Novel Writing Month and what to do with your manuscript afterwards.
For those ages 14 to 18 interested in learning about creative nonfiction, be sure to check
out the High School Author Workshop: “Writing stories from your life” with Sandra
Shackelford at the Brown County Library, on Saturday April 29, 10:30 am -12:15 pm.
Also, be sure to stop by the Speak Your Truth (High School Authors Invitational Reading) at the Kavarna Coffeehouse, on Saturday, April 29, 1:30-3:30 pm. Registration is
required for those who wish to read their work, go to untitledtown.org.
Middle Graders—Workshops and Readings
Looking to practice your reading skills–AND have a love of pups? Stop by the Brown
County Library, April 29, 11 am-12 pm, for Paws for Tales: Reading to dogs with Dennis
Rockhill. After lunch, head back to the Brown County Library for the Skype author chat
with YA author A.S. King on Saturday, April 29, from 1:30-2:30 pm. Then, take the
UntitledTown Trolley to the Ask a Science Teacher event for young readers with Larry
Scheckel from 2:30-3 pm in Broadway Center/Old Fort Square.
Children and Toddlers— Author and Book Events
On April 29 check out Learning the Trail with Clifford the Big Red Dog at 10 am and 11
am. After this, stick around the Brown County Library on Saturday, April 29 for Storytelling with Dennis Rockhill at 10:30 and Jill Harding from 12-1 pm.
Don’t forget to come back to the Brown County Library on Sunday April 30 for Story
Time with Miranda Paul from 2-3 pm, and ¡Cuentos! Spanish and English Storytelling
with Sadarri & Co. at 3 pm.
Patrocinador orgulloso del Festival
UntitledTown Book and Author.
Book Fair: Saturday
Afternoon & Evening
Broadway Center (FKA Old Fort Square) will host Green Bay’s first book fair. From 1
to 7 pm, booksellers, publishers, authors, and literary journals will be present with their
stock in trade. Confirmed vendors include Barrelhouse journal, Cream City Review,
Edible Door, as well as local publishers. Broadway Center will also host the launch of
Sheepshead Review’s new issue and several readings, including one of UntitledTown’s
most anticipated non-fiction authors, sports journalist Jeff Pearlman, who wrote
Gunslinger, the definitive biography of Brett Favre.
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Keynote Event
Writer Michael Perry will be descending from his
pigfarm in Northern Wisconsin, we imagine in his
truck, to give the opening remarks of the Festival.
Michael is best known for his bestselling books
about life in rural Wisconsin and for hosting Tent
Show Radio. He will be speaking at Backstage at
the Meyer on Friday, April 28th at 5 pm. Best to
be there early! Perry will be followed by bestselling
author Benjamin Percy (who has thought more
about werewolves than any other living man) and
Storycatchers Live with Tara Pohlkette.
Capstone Events
UntitledTown’s Capstone Events begin at the KI Convention Center on Sunday, April
30th at 4 pm. Both VIP and General Admission ticketed seating, while guaranteed,
is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Get there early if you want to sit close to the
front! VIP passes, available at untitledtown.org, will put you in the section closest to
the stage and give you priority access to the book signing line.
At the Capstone Events, UntitledTown will be honoring a member of the community
for their lifetime achievement in promoting literacy.
In the quarter century since Sherman Alexie first
caught everyone’s attention, he has become one
of the best known contemporary Native American
voices in literature. He is the author of many short
stories, books, screenplays, and poems; but is
perhaps best known for Reservation Blues, The
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and
the film Smoke Signals, based on his story, “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.” His
memoir You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me will be
released June 13th. He speaks at the KI Center at 4
pm on April 30th.
Margaret Atwood is one of the most talked about
authors of the year, and The Handmaid’s Tale—her
best known work—has been released as a television series. An author of children’s books, poetry,
short stories, and a recent graphic novel, Atwood’s
work often asks, “How long have we got? How do
we have to think and feel to change course?” Her
most recent novel Hag-Seed—released through
the fascinating Hogarth Shakespeare imprint—is a
modern retelling of The Tempest, the Bard’s most
speculative work. She speaks at 6 pm on April 30th
at the KI Center.
Festival Schedule
The schedule is very much the heart of UntitledTown Book and Author
Festival. As it made its way from scribbled lists to notecards, and finally
to a Google spreadsheet, it came to be as much a mission statement
as a list of times and places. We hope that there is something here that
will interest every lover of the written word.
Please note that there is far more information about these panels, talks,
presentations, readings, discussions, workshops, and other events on
our website (untitledtown.org) than we could possibly fit on the printed
page, even in 8 point type. So, set aside a little time for the website and
then chart your path on the pages that follow.
Also, note that all of the venues have limited seating & some of the
rooms are quite small. Our suggestion is to arrive early at any event
that really fires up your imagination—you may not be alone!
Finally, please note all of the gaps between events... As much as we are
in love with our program, the real festival is in those gaps! If you spy an
open room, feel free to gather in it, meet new people, or tuck away in a
quiet corner and read. UntitledTown is every bit your safe place. Who
knows what will come from an event that gathers Northeast Wisconsin’s literary community for the first time.
Friday Schedule
5p
6p
7p
Backstage at
the Meyer
Michael Perry, Keystone
Reading & Signing
5-6:15p
Benjamin Percy,
Reading & Signing
6:30-7:15p
BCL LL
Conference
Room
Kathie Giorgio,
Reading & Signing
5-6:15p
Melissa Gorzelanczyk &
Sharon Verbeten, Talk:
“How to Get Published”
6:30-7:30p
8p
Storycatchers Live,
Road Trips. With Tara
Pohlkette. 7:30-9p
Saturday Schedule
9a
Titletown
Larsen
Room
Kavarna
Leap Room
10a
Blair Braverman, Presentation: The Art of
Truth. 9-10:15a
12p
Wisc. Author Invitational
w/ Vicki Reed & Laura
MacDiarmid. 1-1:45p
Larry Watson,
Reading & Signing.
10:30-11:15a
BCL LL Conference
Room
BCL 2nd Floor
Board Room
BCL 2nd Floor
Think Tank
BCL 1st Floor
Youth Space
St. Brendan’s Inn—
Waterford Room
PUBLISHING
Speak Your Truth, High School
Authors Invitational Reading.
1:30-3:15p
Craft: Thrills,
Threats, &
Tenderness.
12:30-1:15p
Craft: Act 2–
Polishing
& Networking.
11:30-12:15p
Craft: Find it
in the Archives.
12:30-1:30p
Patricia Skalka, Talk:
“Writer’s Journey.”
10:30-11:15a
5p
6p
7p
Spoken Word Poetry
w/ Rob Franklin &
RobDZ. 3:30-4:30p
Melissa Gorzelanczyk,
#Arrow Project.
3:30-4:45p
Lorna Landvik,
L. Scheckel,
Reading &
Ask a Science
Teacher. 2:30-3p Signing. 3-4p
Sheepshead Review
Launch Party. 2-3p
Nickolas Butler,
Reading & Signing.
11:30-12:15p
S. Shackelford, High School
Writing Workshop. “Writing
From Your Life.” 10:30-12:15a
4p
Mike Eserkaln, Workshop:
Writer’s Block and Improv.
2:30-3:45p
Christine Reynebeau,
Talk: “Chasing Childhood
Dreams.” 12-1:15p
Untitled Town Book Fair: Rub shoulders with local and national publishers,
literary journals, and authors. 1-7p
3p
Bookfight Podcast, with
Tom McAllister & Mike
Ingram. 2-3:15p
Kathie Giorgio, Talk:
Return to Organic with Your
Writing. 11:30a-1:15p
Samma Johnson,
Workshop. “Write Now:
NaNoWriMo.” 10-11:15a
BCL Auditorium
2p
1p
Local Author Open Mic.
11-12:45p
Wisc. Romance Writers,
Panel Discussion.
9:30-10:45a
Kavarna
Lower Level
Broadway
Center (Old
Fort Square)
11a
A.S. King, Skype
Chat. YA Fiction.
1:30-2:15p
Dr. Dipesh
Navsaria, Talk:
“Reach Out &
Read.” 2:30p
Jeff Pearlman,
Reading & Signing:
Gunslinger. 6-7p
Kate Harding, Reading
& Signing. 3:30-4:30p
Amanda Zieba, Talk
“Thinking Out
of the Box.”
2:30-3:30p
D. Siegel, Craft:
Writing Local History.
12:30-1:15p
Molly Magestro, Workshop.
Ideas Into
Pages. 1:30-2:45p
P. Skalka, Craft:
Plotting the Novel.
12:30-1:15p
Samma Johnson,
Panel: NaNoWriMo,
What Now? 1:30p
Tom McAllister,
Reading & Signing.
5-5:45p
Dan Chaon, Reading
& Signing.
6-7p
Tara Pohlkotte,
Media: “Expand
Your Reach with
Podcasting.” 5p
Mike Duplaise & Bonnie
Groessl, Talk: “Release the Author
in You!” 2:30-3:45p
Clifford the Red Dog Dennis Rockhill Reading PAWS Reading to Dogs. Jill Harding, Reading
10a & 11a
10:30-11a
11-11:15
12-12:45p
Jason Gillikin, Talk: Working
with Small Presses &
Lit Journals. 11-11:45p
WRITING CRAFT
Michael Moreci, a New
Sci-Fi Adventure. Reading
& Signing. 12:30-1:45p
Chaon, Callanan, Wim- Liam Callanan,
Rob Guyette,
mer, & Clancy on Mid- Reading & Signing. Reading &
western Gothic. 2-2:45p 3-3:45p
Signing. 4-4:45p
READERS
KIDS
PERFORMATIVE
Sunday Schedule
9a
10a
11a
Lisa F. Coutley & Casey
Thayer, Poetry Reading
& Signing. 10-10:45a
Titletown
Larsen
Room
Hamilton Type Museum Woodtype Printing Demonstration
On-going demonstration. 9a-2:30p
Kavarna
Lower Level
YA Authors Coffee Clatch. M Gorzelanczyk, J. Larsen, & L. Wiemer.
Ask Us Anything! 9-10:15a
BCL LL Conf.
Room
D. Pfost, Craft: Finding
a Story in Field Notes.
9-10:15a
BCL 2nd Floor
Board Room
Workshop: Writing
is a Super Power.
J. Kelley. 9-9:45a
BCL 2nd Floor
Think Tank
Workshop: Using Facts
to Craft Fiction. Lee
Pulaski. 9-10:15a
St. Brendan’s Inn—
Waterford Room
Louis V Clark III (Two
Shoes) Lecture &
Reading. 12:30-1:45p
Sadarri & Co.,
“Global Story
Play.” 1-1:45p
Jen Larsen, Jennette Fulda,
Wendy McClure, Craft: From
Blog to Book. 12-1:15p
David Siegel, Reading
& Discussion: Green Bay
Fire Dep’t. 9:30-10:15a
Craft: Writing
Daily w/ C. Rick
10:30-11:15a
5p
7p
Milwaukee’s Poetry
of Resistance Reading
2-3:15p
Miranda Paul,
Story Time
2-2:45p
¡Cuentos!: a Performance
in Spanish and English. Sadarri
& Co. 3-4p. Sponsored by Cellcom
Kathie & Michael Giorgio, Publishing
Talk: Stretch, the Flexible Writer.
2:00-3:20p
Liza Wiemer, Craft.
Secrets to Writing Realistic
Characters. 11:30-12:45p
Craft: The Left Turn
Journey, w/ Kathie
Giorgio. 11:30-12:45p
Craft:Becoming a
Better Writer w/ P.
Skalka. 1-2:15p
KI Center
Patricia Skalka,
Reading & Signing.
2:30-3:30p
Sherman Alexie, Reading &
Signing. 4-5:15p
(Ltd. seating)
PUBLISHING
6p
Melissa Wiestemeier,
Inject Humor Into Your
Writing. 1:30-2:30p
Poetry Workshop:
Workshop: The Well
On Food w/ E. Lin-- Chosen Detail w/ Christi
demann. 11-11:45a Clancy. 12-1:45p
Workshop: Writing &
Selling a Memoir. Jill
Swenson. 10:30-11:15a
4p
D. McGlynn, Reading: Dan Egan, Reading:
The Art of the Memoir. Death & Life of the
12:30-1:15p
Great Lakes. 1:30-2:15p
Wisc. Poets Laureate D. Sweet,
K. Huston, K. Blaeser. & B.
Dethlefsen. 10:30-11:15a
P. Skalka, Craft:
Plot, People, or
Place. 10-10:45a
3p
Bookbinding with Eileen Madden. Ltd Seating. Go to untitledtown.org for free tickets.
Seating 1: 9:10-10:10, Seating 2: 10:20-11:20, Seating 3: 11:30-12:30, Seating 4: 1:30-2:30
Kathryn Gahl,
Postcard Poetry
11-12:15p
Christine Swanberg
Poetry Reading
9:30-10:15a
2p
1p
College Author Invitational
Reading. 11-12:15p
Kavarna
Leap Room
BCL Auditorium
12p
WRITING CRAFT
READERS
KIDS
Margaret Atwood, Reading &
Signing. 6-7p
(Ltd. seating)
PERFORMATIVE
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Downtown Green Bay
Titletown Taproom Building
320 N Broadway | titletownbrewing.com
William Larsen Room, 3rd Fl.
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Level is only accessible by stairs.
If you require assistance, please
talk to an UntitledTown volunteer.
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Readings & Craft, Featuring
Hamilton Type Museum woodtype demonstration and Bookbinding workshops (ltd. seating)
on Sunday 9a-3p
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Information on Downtown Green Bay
If you're new to Green Bay, you can
find information about dining and
accommodations at greenbay.com,
the website of the Green Bay Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
St. Brendan's Inn
234 S. Washington St.
saintbrendansinn.com
Waterford Room
Readings and Craft
Backstage at the Meyer
117 S. Washington St.
meyertheatre.org
Friday Keynote, Readings, and
Storycatchers Live
UntitledTown Trolley
Sponsored by Breakthrough Fuel
Will circulate past the UntitledTown venues on
Saturday and Sunday. Boarding the Trolley will require an
UntitledTown wristband.
Gratitude
Nancy Anderson, Janelle Bailey, Renee Beese, Dana Beining, Leah Beining, Matt Bero,
Trie Blasingame, Sue Bodilly, Broadway BID Board, Brown County Library Staff, Lisa
Buchanan, Kathy Carley, Jenny Carson, Amy Casey, Dan Chaon, Rick Chernick, Rachel
Clift, Kara Counard, Grant Cousineau, Eric Craver, Lindsay Crouch, Dale Cropper, Eliza
Cussen, Tara DaPra, Chris Dearing, Otnie Dechert, Barbara Derenne, Craig Dickman,
Megan Dickman, Lindsay and Ned Dorff, Foster Douglas, Jennifer DuBois, Karen Eckberg, Cherie Elm, Chelsea Feck, Brianna Fischer, Trevor Fuller, Linda Galt, Riley Garbe,
Jocelyn Gerrits, Stephanie Glime, Lisa Gouthro, Nikki Gulmire, Corenne Gutierrez, Beth
Haasl, Mark Hawkins, Daun Heilmann, Katie Herald, Jeanne Heuer, Taylor Hilgart, Sarah
Hoh, Sara Hujar, Ami Irmen, Celestine Jeffries, Laura Jobelius, Brian Johnson, Kelly
Johnson, Eric Jorgenson, Eric Jurgens, Shelley Karnz, Brittiany Koren, Elizabeth Kostner,
Virginia Kress, Don Krumpos, Susan Lagerman, Denise Larson, Amy Lee, Karmen Lemke, Paulette Malinowski, Peter Mannenbach, Laurie Mapes, John Mazzariello, Connemara
McDonough, Colin McMahon, Kevin McGillivray, Ruth Meacham, Vicki Medland, Alaina
Morales, Mark Moran, Nancy Moran, Kaleah C. Moua, Hannah Neece, Julie Ohlmann,
Angela Olson, Fern Orie, Amber Paluch, Koren Petersen, Tara Pohlkette, Vicki Quinn,
Chris Rand, Mary Rasmussen, Vicky Meawasige Reed, Nick Reilly, Sherrill Revolinski,
Amy Richards, Jena Richter, Brighid Riordan, Colleen Riordan, Dennis Rockhill, Roberto
Rodriguez, Jenny Ronsman, Nichole Rued, Chuck Rybak, Mary Schmidt, Steven Schuchart, Heidi Sherman, Jill Simon, Lynne Simpson, Dan and Tonia Skenadore, Sara Stewart,
Sarah Tanck, Annie Treml, Meg Turville-Heitz, Linda Verboomen, Nicole Virant, Julia Wallace, Chenoa Webster, Melissa Westemeier, Brent Weycker, Ashley Willes, Juliet Wilson,
Mike Woracheck, William Wright, Supalak Yang, Robert Ziese, and many others!
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UntitledTown Book and Author Festival is the work of UntitledTown Co, a registered
501c3 non-profit cultural organization. Comments, donations, questions, miscellaneous
correspondence, and jeremiads can be addressed to P.O. Box 1105, Green Bay, WI 54305;
or sent over the transom via untitledtown.org. Actually, please skip the jeremiads.
UntitledTown Board of Directors
Alex Galt
Maria Konkel
Amy Mazzariello
Rebecca Meacham
Morgan Moran
Wendy Schuchart
Brian Simons
We hope to see you next year, at the 2nd Annual UntitledTown Book and Author Festival,
currently pencilled in for April 27—29th, 2018 in Downtown Green Bay!