Books

Booked Up: Why Great Books in 2014?
Booked Up

Why Great Books in 2014?

Take the challenge and it may change your life.

Booked Up: Change How You Read in 2014
Booked Up

Change How You Read in 2014

Some suggested resolutions for a year’s worth of interesting reading.

Booked Up: Favorites of 2013
Booked Up

Favorites of 2013

I won’t claim they’re the best, but they’ll make for good reading.

Booked Up: The 12 Books of Christmas
Booked Up

The 12 Books of Christmas

Give the gift of books: 12 selections for every kind of reader.

Booked Up: New Column Explores Books, Author Readings & More
Booked Up

New Column Explores Books, Author Readings & More

Our new column, Booked Up, explores a variety of books, author readings and more.

TCD’s 2013 Summer Reads

TCD’s 2013 Summer Reads

TCD staffers Howard Leu and Madeline Pieschel, Edible Milwaukee publisher Jen Ede and Boswell Books employee Jason Kennedy discuss the books on their summertime agendas.

Dean Jensen unveils a “Queen of the Air”

Dean Jensen unveils a “Queen of the Air”

The well-known gallery owner has a career as an author as well, and his newest novel, "Queen of the Air," follows Lillian Leitzel, a famous aerialist. Kat catches up with Jensen in this video by Gene Cawley.

“Sense and Sensibility”: Keeping it classic at the Rep
“Sense and Sensibility”

Keeping it classic at the Rep

Director Art Manke focuses on making the Dashwood sisters fully realized characters in Mark Healy's Jane Austen adaptation.

Q&A: Gemma Tarlach, author of “Plaguewalker”
Q&A

Gemma Tarlach, author of “Plaguewalker”

Just in time for Halloween, author Gemma Tarlach celebrates the release of "Plaguewalker" with readings at Boswell and the Wauwatosa Public Library this week.

Preview: Author Alexandra Fuller to visit Boswell
Preview

Author Alexandra Fuller to visit Boswell

Alexandra Fuller, author of "Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness," will be interviewed by Lake Effect's Mitch Teich at Boswell on Tuesday, July 10.

On “Lord of the Flies” and John Irving’s latest

On “Lord of the Flies” and John Irving’s latest

Judith Ann encounters William Golding's classic, somehow missed in high school, and connects it to Irving's "In One Person."

Summer Reading 2012: “Return to Wake Robin”
Summer Reading 2012

“Return to Wake Robin”

Brian Jacobson reviews Marnie O. Mamminga's memoir of "Up North" Wisconsin vacations in the 1930s.