Often (though not every time) we host an event, be it virtual or in-person at Boswell, we hit the record button. Below you'll find a selection of video recordings of our most recent event videos. 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 are more than three hundred! Thanks for visiting, and enjoy.
James Martin joins us for a virtual event in which he discusses his latest work, Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle, a book that explores the story of Jesus raising of Lazarus from the dead. Meditatively and carefully, Martin offers profound reflections on Jesus's lessons on love, family, sadness, frustration, fear, anger, freedom, and joy. In conversation with Milwaukee scholar and author Jon M Sweeney, who is also Martin's biographer.
Beloved Wisconsin author Annelise Ryan appears at Boswell Book Company with Death in the Dark Woods, the second installment of her Monster Hunter series of mysteries set in Door County, WI. In conversation with Wisconsin author Patricia Skalka, author of the Dave Cubiak Door County mysteries. It's a mysterious evening of Door County fun!
Boswell Book Company presents a special event with Freya Marske, author of A Power Unbound, final book in the Last Binding Trilogy, in which the fate of magic in England rests in the hands of an unlikely group of friends. In conversation with booksellers Oli Schmitz and Rachel Copeland. Recorded on November 29, 2023.
A Very Chinese Cookbook: 100 Recipes from China and Not China (But Still Really Chinese) (Hardcover)
James Beard Award winner Kevin Pang chats with Josh Modell about A Very Chinese Cookbook. In this accessible, funny, heartfelt cookbook, Pang (along with his dad Jeffrey) show you the way to delicious Chinese cooking. Pang cohosts the hit America's Test Kitchen series Hunger Pangs with his father.
Please Note, this is not a typical Boswell video - this is audio only. Call it the Boswell podcast. The Podswell, if you will. We had a glitch when recording and lost the video - it was bound to happen sooner or later. We were able to salvage the audio, and hope that you enjoy listening to what is a wonderful conversation!
Readings from Oconomowaukee presents a wonderful conversation with Patti Callahan Henry, author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea, in which a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past and long-held secrets about her missing sister. In conversation with Lisa Baudoin of Books & Company and Daniel Goldin of Boswell Book Company. Recorded on November 21, 2023.
Boswell Book Company and Urban Ecology Center present a special event with Margaret Renkl, author of The Comfort of Crows, a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural. In conversation with Eliza Woods, Administrative Coordinator at Urban Ecology Center. Recorded on November 20, 2023.
Salvatore Pane visits Boswell for a conversation about his story collection, a book that takes a look at the lives of Italians and Italian Americans across a century as they navigate their worlds. With Chris Lee of Boswell.
Stephen Markley, author of the bestselling novel Ohio, visits Boswell for a conversation about his latest work, The Deluge, an ecofiction epic that spans nearly a half-century and explores the lives of a variety of Americans as they face the challenges of the existential crisis presented by climate change. In conversation with Chris Lee of Boswell.
Juneau Black, the writing duo otherwise known as Jocelyn Cole and Sharon Nagel, visits Boswell for a conversation with Daniel Goldin (our proprietor extraordinaire) about Twilight Falls, the fourth book in the Shady Hollow cozy woodland mystery series. How do you decide how to dress a woodland creature?!
Curtis Chin, filmmaker, author, and cofounder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, visits Boswell for a chat about his memoir about growing up in Chung's Chinese Restaurant, a Detroit favorite, in the 1980s. With Z Zacharia. Cohosted by OCA Wisconsin.
Boswell and La Revo Books present an evening with Natalie Caña, author of A Dish Best Served Hot, in which a single father gets a second shot at love when he falls for his daughter's teacher. In conversation with La Revo proprietors Barbara and Valeria Cerda. Recorded on November 1, 2023.
Boswell and Porchlight Book Company present an afternoon with Frances Frei, coauthor of Move Fast & Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems, which reinvents the playbook for how to lead change—with a radical approach that moves fast, builds trust, and accelerates excellence. Recorded on November 1, 2023.
Boswell Book Company welcomes Ashley Winstead for the second time this year, this time in person, to celebrate Midnight is the Darkest Hour, a powerful and chilling examination of obsessive love, the way stories shape us, and what happens when the best choice we can make is to unleash our own dark beasts. In conversation with Rachel Copeland of Boswell. Recorded on October 30, 2023.
Boswell Book Company joins forces with Books & Company of Oconomowoc for a special in-store, in-person edition of Readings from Oconomowaukee, the event series that puts authors in conversation with bookstore proprietors Daniel Goldin (Boswell) and Lisa Baudoin (Books &). Nathan Hill joins us in this episode for a chat about Wellness, his new Oprah's Book Club selected novel that charts a Chicago family's lives from the nineties through today. Recorded on October 23, 2023.
Boswell, Alliance Française de Milwaukee, Holocaust Education Resource Center, and the Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies present an evening with Anne Berest, author of The Postcard, a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant tale of a Jewish family devastated by the Holocaust and partly restored through the power of storytelling. In conversation with Flora Fuller of Alliance Française. Recorded on October 12, 2023.
National Book Award finalist Sarah Thankam Mathews appears at Boswell for an evening of conversation about her debut novel, All This Could Be Different, an electrifying novel of a young immigrant building a life for herself in Milwaukee. In conversation with Jim Higgins of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Boswell Book Company and Schlitz Audubon Nature Center present an event with Jennifer Ackerman, author of What An Owl Knows, a brilliant scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination. In conversation with Lindsay Obermeier, Raptor Program and Animal Ambassador Director of Schlitz Audubon. Recorded on September 6, 2023.
Boswell and Porchlight Book Company present an afternoon with Amy Edmondson, author of Right Kind of Wrong, a revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure. In conversation with Sally Haldorson, Managing Director of Porchlight. Recorded on September 5, 2023.
Louise Hare, author of Miss Aldridge Regrets and This Lovely City, visits Boswell Book Company (virtually) for a conversation about her latest Canary Club Mystery, Harlem After Midnight. Jazz singer Lena Aldridge. A keenly observed portrait of the intricately layered Black society that flourishes in Harlem during the 1930s. In conversation with Rachel Copeland of Boswell. Recorded August 31, 2023.
Julie Schumacher, author of Dear Committee Members and The Shakespeare Requirement, visits Boswell for a conversation about the third installment in her series of novels about beleaguered Professor Fitger. In conversation with Lauren Fox, author of Send for Me. Recorded on August 30, 2023.
Boswell Book Company and Books & Company of Oconomowoc present a virtual event with UK author AJ Pearce for her latest, Mrs. Porter Calling, which is a charming and irresistible novel featuring journalist Emmy Lake as she fights for her readers, her friends and her found family in London during World War II. Recorded on August 24, 2023.
Boswell Book Company presents an evening with M Evelina Galang, author of When the Hibiscus Falls, a collection of seventeen stories that traverse borderlines, mythic and real, in the lives of Filipino and Filipino American women and their ancestors. In conversation with Joy Bach. Recorded on August 8, 2023.
Boswell Book Company and the Nathan and Ester Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center present an evening with Judy Rakowsky, author of Jews in the Garden, in which two cousins uncover details of Poland’s involvement in the Holocaust and their fight to finally bring those horrific truths to light. In conversation with Samantha Abramson, Executive Director of HERC. Recorded on August 10, 2023.
Franco-Moroccan author Leila Slimani visits us virtually for a conversation about her new novel, Watch Us Dance, a sophisticated tale of biracial siblings in a family that is searching for its place in the newly independent Morocco of the 1960s. Slimani is winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize. In conversation with Erin Lewenauer of Alliance Française de Milwaukee, our cohost for this event. Recorded on June 29, 2023.
Readings from Oconomowaukee presents a delightful conversation with Susie Luo, author of Paper Names, in which an unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer in this propulsive and sweeping story of family, identity and the American experience. In conversation with Lisa Baudoin of Books & Company and Daniel Goldin of Boswell. Recorded on June 21, 2023.
Boswell Book Company presents an event with Barbara Mahany, author of The Book of Nature, which invites us to discover an ancient theology that focuses on the text of God first revealed through creation - nature in all its kaleidoscopic turnings. In conversation with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's art and books editor Jim Higgins. Recorded on June 20, 2023.
