Name: Chippewa Valley Book Festival: What is True in Fiction?
Start: 2026-10-24
End: 2026-10-24

Come visit our BRAND NEW museum now open on 126 N. Barstow St. in Eau Claire, WI. CMEC provides a safe, inclusive environment for children to learn and play with others their age. With interactive exhibits, kids can grow socially and cognitively while having fun.

Children's Museum of Eau Claire

Oh Claire Improv is bringing the magic of improv and comedy to the heart of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Their mission is to create a vibrant hub for comedy enthusiasts of all ages, fostering a welcoming and exciting space where creativity flourishes and smiles are in abundance. Grab a seat at a show or book a spot in one of their classes.

Oh Claire Improv

Serving local, fresh home-style Thai food - the perfect harmony between sweet, savory, hot, and sour. Their dishes consist of traditional, fusion, vegetarian & vegan options. Dine-in and carryout available.

Thai Orchid

Eaum embraces cultivating balance in your mind & body. With two studios-choose a strength lifting class, yoga or sculpt! Explore the different membership options fit for you at Eaum Yoga + Fitness!

Eaum Yoga + Fitness

The Reboot Social is a unique business downtown Eau Claire featuring food, drinks, and games. With 4 Duckpin bowling lanes, 30 vintage arcade games, 15 pinball machines, darts, billiards, and more, there are endless ways to stay entertained!

Reboot Social

Mi Mì Café is an up-and-coming food truck that will operate in Eau Claire and the greater Chippewa Valley! Starting summer of 2021, we will bring you a fantastic combination of Vietnamese iced coffee and Banh Mì sandwiches. Think of the most energizing and delicious strong coffee you've ever tasted combined with a scrumptious sandwich that will fill you up and never let you down. We'll be posting updates on our progress here. See you next summer!

Mi Mì Café

The Eau Claire River is a tributary of the Chippewa River in west-central Wisconsin in the United States. It is one of three rivers by this name in Wisconsin. Via the Chippewa River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Its name is the French translation from the Ojibwe Wayaa-gonaatigweyaa-ziibi.

Eau Claire River

Home to beloved concert series, Sounds like Summer by Volume One and iconic bridge of the Chippewa River State Bike Trail, Phoenix Park is a home to pets and humans alike. Taking a stroll through Phoenix Park could help you stumble upon the unexpected like an outdoor yoga class or a scale sized planet walk. Plan your trip to Phoenix Park every Saturday in the warmer months for the Eau Claire Farmers Market. During the winter months, get in the holiday spirit by checking out the twinkly trees. Every night of the year, take in the scenic views of the area from the rainbow light Phoenix Park bridge, Haymarket Plaza and Pablo Center at the Confluence. Phoenix Park always has a perfect #CaptureEC moment.

Phoenix Park

Dotters Books is a local, independent, women-owned and operated bookstore in Eau Claire. Dotters was founded to support and nurture the community, and encourage literacy, creativity, and collaboration. We promote diverse narratives in order to further a more equitable society.

Dotters Books

Dragonfly Fitness and Training isn’t your typical gym. They are a low-pressure, energetic, and welcoming fitness studio. Their dynamic classes balance a laid-back atmosphere with lively workouts. No matter what your exercise style is, you’ll find a course you love. They have Zumba, hip-hop fitness, and yoga. Looking for a high-intensity workout? Their Circuits and Hard Core might be more your speed. Whichever class you go to, it’ll be led by a great instructor and have a positive vibe.

Dragonfly Dance & Wellness

Located in western Wisconsin, Eau Claire offers sports planners a destination that's easy to reach, easy to navigate, and ready to host. Just 90 minutes from the Minneapolis–St. Paul area and within driving distance of Chicago, Eau Claire is well positioned to welcome teams, athletes, and fans from across the Midwest.

A versatile mix of indoor and outdoor venues supports events across a wide range of sports and competition levels, with tournament-ready fields, courts, ice facilities, pools, trails, and large-scale indoor spaces. Hotels, restaurants, venues, and visitor amenities are conveniently located throughout the community, making it easy for teams to get where they need to be throughout the event.

Visit Eau Claire's sports team works alongside event organizers to help bring the details together, connecting planners with venues, accommodations, local resources, and destination support.

And there's plenty waiting beyond the competition. Eau Claire's walkable downtown, local restaurants and breweries, miles of trails, public art, live music, family attractions, and the Chippewa River give athletes and their families more to experience between games and after the final whistle.

Eau Claire has the facilities to host the event and the destination experience to make the trip worth it.**** Bring the competition, bring the crowd, and come as you are — Eau Claire is ready to host.

Visit Eau Claire

Every story starts with the seed of an idea and, with any luck, grows into something bigger. But regardless of what kind of fiction you write or read: space opera, medieval quest, dystopian future, romance, dystopian future space romance, one fact remains: there has to be a core truth, at the heart of your story.

At this workshop, discuss where story seeds come from and how they change before winding up on a shelf for sale, and explore how much of the writer finds its way onto the page and how writers decide what to keep and what to throw away.

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: What is True in Fiction?

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