David Levithan & Jens Lekman

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David Levithan, left, and Jens Lekman.

David Levithan, left, and Jens Lekman.

David Levithan is well known as a writer of positive LGBTQ+ romances and YA novels. In his latest, Songs for Other People’s Weddings, he teams with Swedish singer/songwriter Jens Lekman. The bittersweet rom com centers on J, a man who writes bespoke love songs for other people’s weddings while his own relationship flounders. The songs are real and are performed on the audiobook. Seating for this Wisconsin Book Festival event is first come, first served, and doors open at 6 p.m.; Music Hall is on Bascom Hill at North Park Street.

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Please note this event will be held at Bascom Music Hall. It's free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Seating is by general admission and limited to theater capacity. Doors open at 6 p.m. 

From award-winning, bestselling author David Levithan and beloved, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jens Lekman comes a charming, tender novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer trying to find the right words to save his relationship.

Songs for Other People's Weddings follows J, a heartbroken musician who writes custom love songs for couples on their wedding day. He’s great at capturing other people’s stories—but can’t seem to fix his own failing relationship. As love gets messy, J wonders if there’s any way to sing through the noise. Bittersweet, funny, and deeply romantic, this is a novel about connection, heartbreak, and the music that gets us through it.

In conversation with Steven Spoerl.