Did you miss one of our virtual or hybrid events? Fear not! We hit the record button. Below you'll find a selection of video recordings of our most recent virtual events. Looking to dig a little further into the past? Click right here to visit the Boswell Book Company Youtube page and browse all of the events we've recorded - there's more than a hundred of them! Thanks for visiting, and enjoy.
Readings from Oconomowaukee presents an afternoon with Holly Goldberg Sloan, author of Pieces of Blue, a compelling and heartfelt novel about a family trying to restore a ramshackle beachside motel - and their own lives. In conversation with Lisa Baudoin of Books & Company and Daniel Goldin of Boswell. Recorded on May 24, 2023.
Author Gary D Schmidt stops by for a virtual chat about The Labors of Hercules Beal, a warm and witty novel in which a seventh grader has to figure out how to fulfill an assignment to perform the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real life - and makes discoveries about friendship, community, and himself along the way. In conversation with Boswellian Jenny Chou. Recorded on May 23, 2022.
Colleen Cambridge visits with her delightful new historical mystery, a book set in Paris and focused on an amateur sleuth who just happens to be Julia Child's best friend. In conversation with Milwaukee mystery author Erica Ruth Neubauer. Recorded on May 18, 2023.
Boswell Book Company and Porchlight Book Company present a conversation with Sara Elise, author of A Recipe for More, a book that offers a profound and challenging inquiry into the forces that keep us in a state of survival and limitation and asks us to consider a new way to live. In conversation with Porchlight's Managing Director Sally Haldorson. Recorded May 4, 2023.
J Ryan Stradal visits Boswell Book Company for a special live and in-person edition of the Readings from Oconomowaukee event series. Stradal chats with bookstore proprietors Daniel Goldin (Boswell) and Lisa Baudoin (Books & Company) as well as Wisconsin author Christina Clancy - all of them in conversation about Stradal's delicious new novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club. Recorded on April 26, 2023.
Author and comedian Blythe Roberson makes a hometown appearance at Boswell Book Company for her new book, America the Beautiful?, a funny, philosophical journey across the country, from national park to national park, in a borrowed Prius. In conversation with Milwaukee artist and writer Emmy Yates. Recorded on April 25, 2023.
Bill Schweigart visits Boswell to chat about the first in a new series, The Guilty One, in which a hero cop with memory issues stumbles upon a serial killer. In conversation with Peter Ash series author Nick Petrie. Recorded on April 14, 2023.
Boswell welcomes Erica Ruth Neubauer back for the launch of book four in the Jane Wunderly mystery series, Intrigue in Istanbul, in which the search for her Jane's archeologist father unravels secrets tied to a mysterious relic from the Ottoman Empire. In conversation with Daniel Goldin of Boswell. Recorded on March 28, 2023.
Readings from Oconomowaukee presents a special event with Jenny Jackson, author of Pineapple Street, a deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class that follows three women in one wealthy Brooklyn clan. In conversation with Lisa of Books & Company, Daniel of Boswell, and author Lauren Fox - Jackson edits her books! Recorded on March 22, 2023.
Boswell and Porchlight present an event with Andre Sólo, coauthor of Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World, a powerfully validating, destigmatizing, and practical book that has the power to change—once and for all—how we see sensitive people, and how they see themselves. In conversation with Sally Haldorson of Porchlight. Recorded on March 16, 2023.
Boswell and Porchlight Book Company present a special pre-publication event with Katherine May for her latest, Enchantment, an invitation to rediscover the feelings of awe and wonder available to us all. In conversation with Porchlight Managing Director Sally Haldorson. Recorded on February 20, 2023.
Readings from Oconomowaukee presents an event with Edward Chisholm, author of A Waiter in Paris, an evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young waiter scraping out a living in the City of Light. In conversation with Lisa Baudoin of Books & Company in Oconomowoc and Daniel Goldin of Boswell. Cosponsored by Alliance Française de Milwaukee. Recorded on February 16, 2023.
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center and Boswell present an extra special event with Miriam Darling, author of a new unfailingly precise and lovingly poetic book, The Wise Hours: A Journey into the Wild and Secret World of Owls. Joined by Lindsay Obermeier, Raptor Program Director of Schlitz Audubon as well as multiple owls - what a treat! Recorded on February 10, 2023.
Boswell welcomes Jon K Lauck to discuss The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest, 1800-1900, A first-ever chronicle of the Midwest's formative century designed to restore this American heartland to its central place in the nation's history. In conversation with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Bill Glauber. Recorded on February 1, 2023.
Boswell and Flyleaf Books of North Carolina present a conversation with Dan Kois, author of Vintage Contemporaries, about the joys of unexpected life-altering friendships, the power of finding ourselves in the moment, and the importance of forgiving ourselves when we inevitably mess everything up. In conversation with Jami Attenberg. Recorded on January 19, 2023.
Boswell and Schlitz Audubon Nature Center present an event with Tim Birkhead, author of Birds and Us, a sweeping history of the long and close relationship between birds and humans. Recorded on January 18, 2023.
Boswell presents a special event with Elinor Lipman, author of Ms. Demeanor, a delicious and witty story about love under house arrest. In conversation with Daniel Goldin and former Schwartz bookseller Nancy Quinn of Schlitz Audubon. Recorded on January 17, 2023.
Giller Prize-winning author Suzette Mayr joins us for the January 2023 edition of Readings from Oconomowaukee, the virtual event series that hosts authors in conversation with bookstore proprietors Daniel Goldin and Lisa Baudoin of Books & Company in Oconomowoc. Mayr's novel follows Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, who must contend with the perils of white passengers, ghosts, and his secret love affair, all during a mudslide that strands a train.
Author Allegra Goodman talks to her agent, Julie Barer, and Daniel Goldin of Boswell Book Company about Sam, an unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age that offers subtle yet powerful reflections on class, parenthood, addiction, lust, and the irrepressible power of dreams. Recorded on January 5, 2022.
Writer Hannah Morrissey stops by Boswell to talk about her newest Black Harbor mystery, The Widowmaker, in which a wealthy family shrouded in scandal, a detective tasked with solving an impossible cold case, and a woman with a dark past collide. In conversation with Carissa Greve of The Grim Readers. Recorded on December 12, 2022.
Readings from Oconomowaukee presents a spoiler-friendly event with Sarah Winman, author of Still Life, a sweeping portrait of unforgettable individuals who come together to make a family, and a deeply drawn celebration of beauty and love in all its forms. In conversation with Lisa Baudoin of Books & Company and Daniel Goldin of Boswell. Recorded on December 16, 2022.
Beloved Wisconsinite writer Amy E Reichert visits Boswell for a conversation about her latest novel, Once Upon a December, in which the seasonally-named Astra Noel Snow visits the Milwaukee Christmas market and has a chance encounter that sparks some romantic holiday magic.
Music critic Tom Breihan chats with Boswell proprietor and Billboard Hot 100 enthusiast Daniel Goldin about The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music, a narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of twenty pivotal hits at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, which began in 1958. Cosponsored by Lilliput Records, an independent locally owned record store in Milwaukee. Recorded on November 29, 2022.
Rachel and Oli of Boswell chat to Everina Maxwell about Ocean's Echo, a stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as Maxwell's hit debut, Winter's Orbit. Recorded on November 12, 2022.
The legendary, bestselling thriller writer Robert Crais, author of the beloved Cole and Pike series, visits for a conversation about his latest installment, Racing the Light. With Milwaukee's Nick Petrie, author of the Peter Ash thrillers, like The Drifter and The Breaker. Recorded on November 10, 2022.
Restaurateur Will Guidara discusses his new book, Unreasonable Hospitality, his nonfiction debut filled with essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner of legendary restaurant Eleven Madison Park. In conversation with Sally Haldorson, managing director of Porchlight Book Company. Recorded on November 1, 2022.
