Join us for a day of amazing music, delicious food, a market full of local vendors, and fun games for people of all ages!!

Music, Food, Kid's Area, Community Closet, Crafters, Vendors, Pie Eating Contest, Meat Meal Raffle, Beer Garden and Cornhole Competition.

The 2025 Central Wisconsin Book Festival will hold several free literary events to celebrate the written word in Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids, and Stevens Point from September 25-27, 2025.

Schedule

September 26, 2025

10:00 am–11:00 am

CWBF: Creative Short Story Workshop with Author EC Quinn

Marathon County Public Library—Wausau Headquarters 300 First Street, Wausau, WI, United States

Create your own story with the help of a published author to take home and share!

11:00 am–12:00 pm

CWBF: Narrative Illustration Workshop with Illustrator Duachaka Her

Marathon County Public Library—Wausau Headquarters 300 First Street, Wausau, WI, United States

Bring your story idea to life and create illustrations with guidance from a published cartoonist.

2:00 pm–3:00 pm

CWBF: “Gittel” with Author Laurie Schneider

Janke Book Store 505 N 3rd Street, Wausau, United States

Meet the author of the powerful historical fiction novel, "Gittel."

5:30 pm–6:30 pm

CWBF: “Wisconsin Idols” with Author Dean Robbins

Marathon County Historical Society 410 McIndoe Street, Wausau, WI, United States

Learn more about Wisconsin heroes you know & discover new ones that you might not know about!