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

Dec 8, 2024

Sun­day, 2:00 to 2:30 pm
Pre­sen­ta­tion of my newest book:
Tim­ber! — A North­woods Sto­ry of Lum­ber­jacks, Log­ging, and the Land
Book sign­ing to follow.

Pat­ter­son Memo­r­i­al Library
500 Divi­sion Street
Wild Rose, WI 54984

Con­tact: Kent Barnard, Wild Rose librar­i­an
920–622-3835

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

Nov 14, 2024

Thurs­day, 6:00 pm CT
Dis­cussing One Room Schools
Neville Pub­lic Muse­um
210 Muse­um Place, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Neville Museum Green Bay Wisconsin
Neville Pub­lic Muse­um, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Nov 19, 2024

Tues­day, 12:00 noon CT
Dis­cussing Tim­ber, A North­woods Sto­ry of Lum­ber­jacks, Log­ging, and the Land
His­to­ry Sand­wiched In 
1 South Pinck­ney Street, Madi­son, Wisconsin

Timber A Northwoods Story of Lumberjacks, Logging, and the Land
Tim­ber! A North­woods Sto­ry of Lum­ber­jacks, Log­ging, and the Land

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!