Speaking

Please con­tact the Wis­con­sin His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety Speak­ers Bureau or con­tact me direct­ly to dis­cuss a pro­gram suit­able for your class­room, orga­ni­za­tion, or festival.

Where I’m Going

Feb 8, 2025

Tues­day, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm CT
Book Sign­ing at the
Wis­con­sin His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety Booth
PBS Wis­con­sin Gar­den & Green Liv­ing Expo
1919 Alliant Ener­gy Cen­ter Way
Madi­son, WI 53713

PBS Wisconsin Garden and Green Living Expo
PBS Wis­con­sin 2025 Gar­den and Green Liv­ing Expo

Mar 10, 2025

Tues­day, 10:00 am to 11:15 am CT
One-Room Schools
for Osh­er Life­long Learn­ing Insti­tute at UWM
UWM Hefter Cen­ter
3271 N. Lake Dri­ve
Mil­wau­kee WI 53211

In per­son, with Livestream

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Osh­er Life­long Learn­ing Institute

Mar 19, 2025

Tues­day, 11:00 to 11:45 am CT, lunch to fol­low pre­sen­ta­tion, doors open at 10:30 am CT
Seeds in Soil — Plant­i­ng A Gar­den and Find­ing Your Roots
part of the “Hun­gry for His­to­ry” series
for Osh­er Life­long Learn­ing Insti­tute at UWM
Man­i­towoc His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety
meet­ing at Branch Sta­tion Restau­rant
8112 Vil­lage Dri­ve
Whitelaw, WI 54247

Meet­ing in-person

Manitowoc County Historical Society
Man­i­towoc Coun­ty His­tor­i­cal Society

Apr 2, 2025

Wednes­day, 6:00 to 7:00 pm CT
Old Farm Coun­try Cook­book, Recipes, Menus, and Mem­o­ries
Monona Pub­lic Library
1000 Nichols Road
Madi­son, WI 54716 

In-per­son 

Monona Public Library
Monona Pub­lic Library, Madi­son, Wisconsin

Apr 2, 2025

Sat­ur­day, 1:00 to 2:00 pm CT
One-Room Schools
part of the His­to­ry Mak­ers Tour
for Wis­con­sin His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety
Lafayette Coun­ty His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety
Dri­ver Opera House
250 Main Street
Dar­ling­ton, Wis­con­sin 53530

In-per­son 

Driver Opera House Darlington Wisconsin
Dri­ver Opera House, Dar­ling­ton, Wisconsin

Apr 10, 2025

Thurs­day, 7:00 to 8:00 pm CT
Tim­ber! A North­woods Sto­ry of Lum­ber­jacks, Log­ging, and the Land
Ripon His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety
in the large library room of the main muse­um
508 Wat­son Street
Ripon, Wis­con­sin 54971

In-per­son 

Ripon Historical Society Ripon Wisconsin
Ripon His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety, Ripon, Wisconsin

Apr 22, 2025

Tues­day, not open to the pub­lic
Tim­ber! A North­woods Sto­ry of Lum­ber­jacks, Log­ging, and the Land
Tomor­row Riv­er Char­ter School
Earth Day Cel­e­bra­tion
Amherst School District

In-per­son

Apr 26, 2025

Sat­ur­day, 1:30 to 2:30 pm
Tim­ber! A North­woods Sto­ry of Lum­ber­jacks, Log­ging, and the Land
with Jer­ry Apps and Susan Apps-Bod­il­ly
Pat­ter­son Memo­r­i­al Library
500 Divi­sion Street
Wild Rose, Wis­con­sin 54984

In-per­son

Wild Rose Patterson Memorial Library
Pat­ter­son Memo­r­i­al Library, Wild Rose, Wisconsin

May 5, 2025

Mon­day, 10:30 to 11:30 pm
One-Room Schools
Attic Angels Com­mu­ni­ty
Com­mu­ni­ty Room
8301 Old Sauk Road
Madi­son, Wis­con­sin 53562

In-per­son

Attic Angels Community Madison Wisconsin
Attic Angels Com­mu­ni­ty, Madi­son, Wisconsin

May 12, 2025

Mon­day, 2:00 to 3:00 pm
One-Room Schools
Lifes­park
Ket­tle Park Senior Liv­ing Com­mu­ni­ty
2600 Jack­son Street
Stoughton, Wis­con­sin 53589

In-per­son

Kettle Park Stoughton Wisconsin
Ket­tle Park Senior Liv­ing Com­mu­ni­ty, Stoughton, Wisconsin

May 14, 2025

Wednes­day, 7:00 to 8:00 pm
One-Room Schools
Marke­san His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety
City Hall
150 South Bridge Street
Marke­san, Wis­con­sin 53946

In-per­son

Markesan City Hall Markesan Wisconsin
Marke­san City Hall, Marke­san, Wisconsin

Jun 7, 2025

Sat­ur­day, 1:00 to 3:00 pm
(Rain Date: Sun­day, June 8, 2025)
Free, hands-on, chil­dren’s pro­gram:
“Hearth & Home Work­shop” for kids ages 5–10
fea­tur­ing the book Seeds in Soil
His­toric Indi­an Agency House
1490 Agency House Road
Portage, Wis­con­sin

In-per­son

More infor­ma­tion

Portage Historic Indian Agency House
His­toric Indi­an Agency House, Portage, Wisconsin

Jun 19, 2025

Thurs­day, 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Tim­ber! A North­woods Sto­ry of Lum­ber­jacks, Log­ging, and the Land
Marinette Coun­ty His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety
Marinette Coun­ty His­tor­i­cal Log­ging Muse­um
Hwy 41 Inter­state Bridge on Stephen­son Island
Marinette, Wis­con­sin 54143

In-per­son

Marinette County Historical Logging Museum Marinette Wisconsin
Marinette Coun­ty His­tor­i­cal Log­ging Muse­um, Marinette, Wisconsin

Sep 9, 2025

Tues­day, 6:00 to 7:00 pm
One Room Schools, Sto­ries from the Days of 1 Room, 1 Teacher, 8 Grades
910 W. Broad­way Ave.
The Broad­way The­ater
Med­ford, WI 54451

In-per­son

One Room Schools by Susan Apps-Bodilly
One Room Schools

Nov 6, 2025

Thurs­day, 1:30 to 2:30 pm
Tim­ber! A North­woods Sto­ry of Lum­ber­jacks, Log­ging, and the Land
Ever­green Retire­ment Cen­ter
1130 North West­field Street
Oshkosh, Wis­con­sin 54902

In-per­son and Livestream: part of the Learn­ing In Retire­ment Pro­gram in part­ner­ship with Uni­ver­si­ty of Wis­con­sin – Oshkosh

Evergreen Retirement Community
Ever­green Retire­ment Com­mu­ni­ty, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Nov 11, 2025

Tues­day, 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Tim­ber! A North­woods Sto­ry of Lum­ber­jacks, Log­ging, and the Land
Wis­con­sin His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety
His­to­ry Sand­wiched In
His­to­ry Mak­er Space
U.S. Bank Plaza
1 S. Pinck­ney Street
Madi­son, Wis­con­sin 53703 

Plat­form: In-person

Wisconsin Historical Society History Maker Space Madison Wisconsin
Wis­con­sin His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety His­to­ry Mak­er Space, Madison

Where I’ve Been

Nov 7, 2024

Thurs­day, 1:30 pm CT 
Dis­cussing One Room Schools
for the Learn­ing in Retire­ment Pro­gram
in part­ner­ship
with Uni­ver­si­ty of Wis­con­sin Oshkosh
Ever­green Retire­ment Com­mu­ni­ty
1130 North West­field Street
Oshkosh, Wis­con­sin 54902

offered in per­son and online

Evergreen Retirement Community
Ever­green Retire­ment Com­mu­ni­ty, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Oct 22, 2024

Tues­day, 1:30 pm CT
Dis­cussing One-Room Schools
PLATO — Par­tic­i­pa­to­ry Learn­ing and Teach­ing Oppor­tu­ni­ties
Sup­port­ed by Oak­wood Vil­lage and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wis­con­sin – Madi­son Con­tin­u­ing Stud­ies
Oak­wood Vil­lage Uni­ver­si­ty Woods Audi­to­ri­um
6205 Min­er­al Point Road, Madi­son, WI 53705 

Oakwood Village
Oak­wood Woods Uni­ver­si­ty Vil­lage Auditorium

Oct 21, 2024

Mon­day, 5:45 pm CT
Pre­sent­ing Old Farm Coun­try Cook­book
Endeav­or Pub­lic Library
400 Church Street, Endeav­or, Wis­con­sin 53930

Potluck begins at 5:00 pm.
Pre­sen­ta­tion starts at 5:45 pm. 
I will bring books and will sell and sign them after the talk. 
Open to the public. 

I’m look­ing for­ward to some good hot dish­es at the potluck!

Oct 12, 2024

Fair­wa­ter His­tor­i­cal Society
Dis­cussing One-Room Schools
106 Main Street, Fair­wa­ter, Wisconsin

Oct 5, 2024

Dreg­ne’s Scan­di­na­vian Gift Anniver­sary Cel­e­bra­tion
Book Sign­ing
100 South Main Street, West­by, Wisconsin

Sep 28, 2024

Cen­tral Wis­con­sin Book Festival
Dis­cussing Seeds in Soil
Pre­sent­ed by the Portage Coun­ty Pub­lic Library, Stevens Point Branch
1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Aug 3, 2024

Whit­man School­house
449 Beloit Street, Burling­ton, Wis­con­sin
Wis­con­sin His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety His­to­ry Tour
Pre­sent­ed by the Burling­ton Pub­lic Library and the Burling­ton His­tor­i­cal Society

Feb 25, 2024

Colum­bus Area His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety
Pre­sen­ta­tion on One-Room Schools, Sto­ries from the Day of 1 Room, 1 Teacher, 8 Grades
Mem­bers of the His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety Pre­sent­ed pho­tos of one-room schools from their area.

Feb 10, 2024

WSRA – Wis­con­sin Read­ing Asso­ci­a­tion Conference

Feb 20, 2023

Green­tree Neigh­bor­hood Gar­den Club at the Gam­mon Road Police Sta­tion Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter Room

Feb 12, 2023

Gar­den Expo – Alliant Ener­gy Cen­ter, Madi­son, WI

Susan will be at the Nature Cat Activ­i­ty Table – from 10:00 – 12:00. Kids can dec­o­rate a flower pot and take home seeds!

In-Booth Sign­ing: 12:30 – 1:15 at the Wis­con­sin His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety Press Booth

Demon­stra­tion at 1:30 – relat­ed to Old Farm Coun­ty Cook­book, One Room School, and Seeds in Soil with pota­to chip cookies!