by Amy Mertz | Dec 14, 2022 | Giving, News, Newsletter
A group of donors is providing a $125,000 matching gift — the largest match ever for Madison Public Library Foundation — to encourage contributions to the organization’s annual fund this winter. The year-end campaign began on Giving Tuesday (November 29) and continues...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 14, 2022 | News, Newsletter
Madison Public Library Foundation said goodbye to longtime Executive Director Jenni Jeffress earlier this month and welcomed Conor Moran, formerly the Wisconsin Book Festival Director, to the organization’s leading position. Jeffress joined the foundation in 2010 at...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 13, 2022 | Giving, News, Newsletter
Support Madison Public Library Foundation and do your holiday shopping at the same time! Kendra Scott in Hilldale Shopping Center will donate a portion of each sale from 3–5 p.m. Sunday, December 18, to the foundation. Foundation staff will be at the store during that...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 13, 2022 | News, Newsletter
The Wisconsin Book Festival closed out the celebration of its 20th anniversary year with more than 60 events, mostly in person plus some virtual. It has been incredible to see the growth of the event in that time, particularly in the 10 years we’ve been hosting it...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 13, 2022 | News, Newsletter
The second Global Association of Literary Festivals (GAOLF) Conference invited and paid for a Wisconsin Book Festival representative to attend its November conference in Lagos, Nigeria, recognizing the festival’s excellence in promoting literature. Book Festival...
by Amy Mertz | Sep 9, 2022 | News, Newsletter
Support Library Card Signup Month by encouraging someone you know to apply for a card! Tell them to visit Madison Public Library staff at the Madison Night Market at State and Gilman streets from 4–8 p.m. September 8, and at the Forward Madison FC soccer game on...
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