Name: Chippewa Valley Book Festival: A History Stretching Across Oceans and Generations
Start: 2026-10-19
End: 2026-10-19

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.

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Few know the full story of how the Hmong became refugees. V.T. Bidania will give a brief overview of the history of the Hmong and their resettlement in the US, and discuss her new middle grade verse novel, *A Year Without Home*. This novel tells the journey of her family’s escape from Laos after the Vietnam War and their year living in refugee camps before arriving in the US. She will share her inspiration for her chapter books *Extraordinary Eliana* and *Astrid & Apollo* and talk about her process of writing a fictionalized memoir.

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: A History Stretching Across Oceans and Generations

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