Sponsorship Opportunities : 17th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest

 

17th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest : Saturday June 21, 2025 : Tickets On Sale Now!

 

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 1-4pm 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. 

Get your tickets here : https://bit.ly/GMBF2025

***Author appearances subject to change.***

Open Call for Authors for 17th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest ***ALL TABLES ARE NOW SOLD OUT***

***ALL TABLES ARE NOW SOLD OUT***

***ALL TABLES ARE NOW SOLD OUT***

The Open Call for authors for the 17th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest is now open! The 17th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest is on Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 1pm to 4pm at Xchange Event & Creative Space, 3334 N. Holton St, Milwaukee, WI. 

There will be 10 to 12 authors selling their own books. The first hour will be dedicated to author introductions. Each author will get five minutes to either read an excerpt of their book or to tell attendees more about themselves or their books. This will be followed by a 10-15 minute Q&A session with the attendees. Please be advised that this is a local three hour book event (not a conference), so please think about overall costs when deciding to participate in this event. (i.e. airfare, hotel, food, etc)

The participation fee for an author table is $150 (plus Paypal fees). No split tables are allowed. You will have your own table to decorate any way that you would like. You can also have one additional person to sit with you at your table. You will be included in all of our online marketing materials, postcards, posters, and any other media that we will have throughout our city. You must have an ACTIVE social media presence. It can be your own website or any social media platform where readers can connect with you and be able to purchase your books. Interested? Send an email to radiah@urban-reviews.com and I will send you a Paypal invoice. Once the tables are gone, any pending invoices will be cancelled.

 

Meet the Founder

 

My name is Radiah Hubbert. I am the founder of the Great Midwest Book Fest and the book review website UrbanReviewsOnline.com.   I am a graduate of Rust College with a B.A. in Mass Communication/Broadcast Journalism.  I have been a book reviewer for about 20 years. I founded the Great Midwest Book Fest because there was a need to have a local annual book fest that featured African American authors here in Milwaukee. The Great Midwest Book Fest is held every June in Milwaukee, WI. Please come join us!

Open Call for Authors : Saturday January 18, 2025 : 17th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest : Saturday, June 21, 2025, Milwaukee, WI

 

The 17th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest is on Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 1pm to 4pm. There is a $10 admission for attendees. Each attendee can get up to three free books when they buy books from the participating authors at the event. 

There will be 10 to 12 authors selling their own books. The first hour will be dedicated to author introductions. Each author will get five minutes to either read an excerpt of their book or to tell attendees more about themselves or their books. This will be followed by a 10-15 minute Q&A session with the attendees.  Please be advised that this is a local three hour book event (not a conference), so please think about overall costs when deciding to participate in this event. (i.e. airfare, hotel, food, etc)

The participation fee for an author table is $150 (plus Paypal fees). No split tables are allowed. You will have your own table to decorate any way that you would like. You can also have one additional person to sit with you at your table. You will be included in all of our online marketing materials, postcards, posters, and any other media that we will have throughout our city. You must have an ACTIVE social media presence. It can be your own website or any social media platform where readers can connect with you and be able to purchase your books. 

Save the Date! 17th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest featuring Tracy Clark & More!

 

Tracy Clark, author of the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series and the Det. Harriet Foster series, is a multi-nominated Anthony, International Thriller Writers, Shamus, Edgar, Macavity, and Lefty Award finalist. She is the winner of the 2020 and 2022 G.P Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award, the 2022 Sara Paretsky Award ,the 2024 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel and the 2024 Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original. She is a proud member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America and Crime Writers of Color and Rogue Women Writers and sits on the board of the Midwest Mystery Conference. 

http://www.tracyclarkbooks.com

@tracypc6161,twitter

Facebook.com/tclarkbooks

SAVE the DATE! : 17th Annual Great Midwest Book Fest : June 21, 2025