Midwest Writers Room
Podcast from the Wisconsin Writers Association. We discuss all things writerly, with an emphasis on the unique flavor of works that originate in the Midwest.
Midwest Writers Room
Season 3, Ep. 6 - Sam Jacquest (Blue House Books), March 2025
BIO:
Today we are interviewing Samantha Jacquest (jay-quest), owner of Blue House Books in Kenosha WI. Sam grew up in Kenosha, graduating from the Communications Academy from Indian Trail, and went to college at UW-Whitewater majoring in journalism. After a year working in the newspaper industry, she went on to earn her Master of the Arts degree in Publishing from Oxford Brookes University in the UK. After she returned home, she began Blue House Books as a popup bookstore in 2017, then opened as a full brick-and-mortar store in 2020. These days, Sam is living book lovers dream at the busy bookstore, planning author events, community activities, and anything else that needs doing at the store.
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