The Wisconsin Historical Society Press announces the release of its Storytime Live book talk collection, available for Social Media sharing via our YouTube Channel at whspressbooks. The 15-25 minutes book talks are geared toward young readers but enjoyed by audiences of all ages and feature authors of our books from young readers sharing stories, reading excerpts, and suggesting related activities.

Storytime Live authors include: Jerry Apps (Tents, Tigers, & The Ringling Brothers, Eat Rutabagas, Casper Jaggi, and more!), Pamela Cameron (Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes), Becky Wojhan (Dr. Kate: Angel on Snowshoes), Stuart Stotts (Curley Lambeau), Cris Plata presenting in Spanish and English from his Badger Biographies series titles, and many more! Our YouTube channel also features cooking videos from The Flavor of Wisconsin for Kids and other activity videos for young readers.

Storytime live segments appeared live on Facebook in spring and summer 2020 and are now collected on YouTube for watching and sharing by bookstores, libraries, and viewers everywhere! (Adult Book Bites live programs are also available, see below.)

This fall, through spring of 2021, the Society Press will be hosting Wednesday evening Book Bites virtual book talk programs with its many adult nonfiction authors. Book Bites air live on our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/whspress at 7 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Share our event posts to invite your readers to the program, or share the program video (live or post-event) as a book talk event your Facebook followers might enjoy!

Upcoming Book Bites include:
Nov. 4: Jerry Apps shares stories from his new history, When the White Pine Was King
Nov. 18: Carrie Meyer shares World War I stories from Letters from the Boys
Dec. 2: John Gurda talks Cream City history from Milwaukee: A City Built on Water
Dec. 16: Dr. Patty Loew discusses American Indian history from Seventh Generation Earth Ethics
Jan. 6: Mary Antoine details the history of The War of 1812 in Wisconsin
Jan. 20: John Odin Jensen journeys through Great Lakes shipwreck history with Stories from the Wreckage
Feb. 3: Menominee Indian Tom Weso shares stories and recipes from his cooking memoir, Good Seeds.
Check our Facebook Events section for updates, details, additionally-scheduled Book Bites and additional virtual programs (such as our Author Q&A Zoom videos!). And, scroll our Facebook page for previously-aired Book Bites programs featuring: Justice for All: The Writings of Lloyd A. Barbee, Somos Latinas: Voices of Wisconsin Latina Activists, The Flavor of Wisconsin cookbook, and The Wisconsin Story!

The Wisconsin Historical Society Press has been sharing Wisconsin history and culture since 1855 in service to the mission of the Wisconsin Historical Society. For more information about these events or our books, contact Society Press Marketing Manager Kristin Gilpatrick at 608-264-6465 or kristin.gilpatrick@wisconsinhistory.org. Our books are available for wholesale and library orders via Chicago Distribution Center at 800-621-2736 or Ingram/Baker & Taylor. (Wisconsin libraries can also order through MARIS EDUCATION at mariseducation@gmail.com)