Media Relations
Media Relations
Our Communications Manager, Sarah Best, can answer your questions and put you in touch with Foundation leadership or staff responsible for specific programs including the Wisconsin Book Festival. We can assist you with scheduling interviews (including author interviews), visual assets, reserving seats at events you’d like to cover, and developing stories for your audience.
Contact 608.266.6318 or email sbest@mplfoundation.org with any questions and needs.
Recent Releases and Noteworthy News
Below you will find Foundation press releases (marked as Release in the table below), City of Madison press releases that feature Foundation Supported Projects (marked as Foundation Supported), landing pages for upcoming Foundation events (marked as Event Page), and noteworthy impact stories that could be adapted for broader audience (marked as Article).
| Date of Release | Headline |
| September 11, 2026 | Madison Public Library Foundation Meets $5 Million Capital Campaign Goal (Article) |
| September 9, 2026 | Wisconsin Book Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary Fall Celebration, Featuring 55+ Free Events October 15-18, 2026 (Release) |
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About Us
About Madison Public Library Foundation
Madison Public Library Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that provides critical support to Madison Public Library resulting in free programs and resources to the hundreds of thousands of adults, children, and youth in the Madison area. Through fundraising, advocacy, and capital campaigns, the Library Foundation strengthens the Library’s work and promotes greater awareness of its valuable resources. Learn how to support Madison’s libraries at mplfoundation.org, and on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
About Wisconsin Book Festival
The Wisconsin Book Festival, presented by Madison Public Library in partnership with Madison Public Library Foundation, brings authors and readers together through free, year-round author events sparking conversations that matter. Each year, the festival presents a dynamic lineup of bestselling, award-winning, and emerging writers across fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with programming for readers of all ages. Learn more about festival programming at wisconsinbookfestival.org. Find bonus content on the festival’s Facebook page and Instagram @wibookfest. You can also access archived event recordings on its Crowdcast page.
About Madison Public Library
With more than 1.4 million annual visitors across nine library locations each year, Madison Public Library’s tradition of promoting education, literacy and community involvement has enriched the City of Madison for 150 years. Visit the library online at www.madisonpubliclibrary.org and @madisonpubliclibrary on Facebook and Instagram.
Madison Public Library Foundation
201 W. Mifflin Street
Madison, WI 53703
608.266.6318
Tax ID: 39-1777242


