The 17th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest is a three-hour book fair that is open to the public with a $10 admission. Children are free. The 17th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Xchange Event & Creative Space, 3334 N. Holton St, Milwaukee, WI. The event will start with the authors giving a brief introduction of themselves followed by a short Q&A from the attendees.

This year’s headline author is National Bestselling author Tracy Clark.

Other authors include :

• Tracy Gray
• Tony Lindsay
• Kay Shanee
• Vivian L. King
• Eugene Pitchford
• Olivia Shaw-Reel
• Michelle Davis-Newell
• Crystal McClain
• Lawrence Parks
• Fannie Price
• Brian Bouldin

Each attendee who buys books from a participating author at the event will get a chance to get up to three free books in their SWAG bags!

Buy 1 book from a book event author you get a SWAG bag with 1 free book. Buy 2 books from 2 different book event authors you get a SWAG bag with 2 free books. Buy 3 books from 3 different book event authors you get a SWAG bag with 3 free books.