Upcoming events.
Wined Down Book Club
First Thursdays book club celebrating the most exciting new fiction—and wine!
Thursday, August 7, 6-8 PM:
Book: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Location: SoLu Winery & Meadery
W8269 County Road F
Cascade, WI 53011
Ticket includes:
Different wine-serving venue in the region for each book club meeting
Great camaraderie and bookish conversation
Snacks/light dinner
1 beverage of your choice: glass of wine, cocktail, or mocktail
$25. Please secure your copy of the book via your favorite local independent bookstore, like Lunar & Lake Book Market, the public library, audiobook app, or e-reading app. Limited to 12 participants! Register here:
READ LIKE A WRITER CRAFT TALK COURSE
Read Like a Writer Craft Talk Course — an experience designed like an MFA-level reading analysis and annotation course. Every other month on second Tuesdays at Lake Lit, 6-8 PM.
$120 for the whole four-course session; registration required. There will be additional short story, essay, and poem reading assignments in addition to the chosen book for each meeting. These meetings are meant to build on one another, like a master class in writing craft, and required reading will include some of the last couple centuries’ best examples of writing in multiple genres.
Dates and books for 2025:
● August 12: Reading Like a Writer, by Francine Prose
● October 14: A Swim in the Pond in the Rain, by George Saunders
● December 9: Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf AND The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Limited to 6 participants.
Wined Down Book Club
First Thursdays book club celebrating the most exciting new fiction—and wine!
Thursday, September 4, 6-8 PM:
Book: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Location: Vines & Rushes Winery
410 County Road E
Ripon, WI 54971
Ticket includes:
Different wine-serving venue in the region for each book club meeting
Great camaraderie and bookish conversation
Snacks/light dinner
1 beverage of your choice: glass of wine, cocktail, or mocktail
$25. Please secure your copy of the book via your favorite local independent bookstore, like Lunar & Lake Book Market, the public library, audiobook app, or e-reading app. Limited to 12 participants! Register here:
Wined Down Book Club
First Thursdays book club celebrating the most exciting new fiction—and wine!
Thursday, October 2, 6-8 PM:
Book: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Location: Vintage Elkhart Lake
100 East Rhine Street
Elkhart Lake, WI 53020
Ticket includes:
Different wine-serving venue in the region for each book club meeting
Great camaraderie and bookish conversation
Snacks/light dinner
1 beverage of your choice: glass of wine, cocktail, or mocktail
$25. Please secure your copy of the book via your favorite local independent bookstore, like Lunar & Lake Book Market, the public library, audiobook app, or e-reading app. Limited to 12 participants! Register here:
READ LIKE A WRITER BOOK CLUB
Read Like a Writer Craft Talk Book Club — an experience designed like an MFA-level reading analysis and annotation course. Every other month on second Tuesdays at Lake Lit, 5:30-7:30 PM.
$120 for the whole four-course session; registration required. There will be additional short story, essay, and poem reading assignments in addition to the chosen book for each meeting. These meetings are meant to build on one another, like a master class in writing craft, and required reading will include some of the last couple centuries’ best examples of writing in multiple genres.
Dates and books for 2025:
● August 12: Reading Like a Writer, by Francine Prose
● October 14: A Swim in the Pond in the Rain, by George Saunders
● December 9: Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf AND The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Limited to 6 participants.
Wined Down Book Club
First Thursdays book club celebrating the most exciting new fiction—and wine!
Thursday, November 6, 6-8 PM:
Book: The Antidote by Karen Russell
Location: TBD
Ticket includes:
Different wine-serving venue in the region for each book club meeting
Great camaraderie and bookish conversation
Snacks/light dinner
1 beverage of your choice: glass of wine, cocktail, or mocktail
$25. Please secure your copy of the book via your favorite local independent bookstore, like Lunar & Lake Book Market, the public library, audiobook app, or e-reading app. Limited to 12 participants! Register here:
Wined Down Book Club
First Thursdays book club celebrating the most exciting new fiction—and wine!
Thursday, December 4, 6-8 PM:
Book: Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart
Location: TBD
Ticket includes:
Different wine-serving venue in the region for each book club meeting
Great camaraderie and bookish conversation
Snacks/light dinner
1 beverage of your choice: glass of wine, cocktail, or mocktail
$25. Please secure your copy of the book via your favorite local independent bookstore, like Lunar & Lake Book Market, the public library, audiobook app, or e-reading app. Limited to 12 participants! Register here:
READ LIKE A WRITER BOOK CLUB
Read Like a Writer Craft Talk Book Club — an experience designed like an MFA-level reading analysis and annotation course. Every other month on second Tuesdays at Lake Lit, 5:30-7:30 PM.
$120 for the whole four-course session; registration required. There will be additional short story, essay, and poem reading assignments in addition to the chosen book for each meeting. These meetings are meant to build on one another, like a master class in writing craft, and required reading will include some of the last couple centuries’ best examples of writing in multiple genres.
Dates and books for 2025:
● August 12: Reading Like a Writer, by Francine Prose
● October 14: A Swim in the Pond in the Rain, by George Saunders
● December 9: Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf AND The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Limited to 6 participants.
Wined Down Book Club
First Thursdays book club celebrating the most exciting new fiction—and wine!
Thursday, June 5, 4:30-6:30 PM:
Book: Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins
Location: Cujak’s Wine & Spirits
47 North Main Street
Fond du Lac, WI 54935
Ticket includes:
Different wine-serving venue in the region for each book club meeting
Great camaraderie and bookish conversation
Snacks
1 beverage of your choice: glass of wine, cocktail, or mocktail
$25. Please secure your copy of the book via your favorite local independent bookstore, like Lunar & Lake Book Market, the public library, audiobook app, or e-reading app. Limited to 12 participants! Register here: