The 2024 Iowa City Book Festival will be held Oct. 14-20, with author readings, a book fair, panel discussions, and other presentations filling the schedule. The festival is proud to […]
Iowa City Book Festival to be held Oct. 14-20
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Bettendorf student named Student Poet Ambassador
Literary representatives from across the state selected award-winning young writer and poet Tanya Rastogi from a pool of highly-talented high school students competing for the honor of being the 2024-25 […]
Spring 2024 Simon & Schuster AuthorFest
Join TJ Alexander, Kaliane Bradley, & Jackie Lau in conversation with Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the duo behind the romance power-house Christina Lauren. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24th At 7PM ET/ […]
Where are They Now? Checking in with Glory of the Senses High School Essay Contest Winners
To continue Paul Engle’s tradition of inspiring writers and celebrating the rich culture of Iowa, the City of Literature organization annually solicits essays from Iowa high school sophomore about an “Iowa […]
Thank You for a Fantastic One Book Two Book
One Book Two Book, our annual celebration of Children’s Literature in the City of Literature, was a tremendous success! Hundreds of young readers and writers enjoyed two days of books, […]
Top student writers honored at One Book Two Book festival, Feb. 24-25
The Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization’s annual One Book Two Book Children’s Literature Festival will recognize the creative excellence of 26 area students as part of this year’s […]
Poetry in Public 2024
Submissions are now open for Poetry in Public 2024! Poetry in Public celebrates our community’s rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages. […]
MANCHESTER WINS SLAMOVISION 2023
Manchester’s Esther Koch winner of Slamovision 2023, against the finest spoken word artists across the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. Iowa City’s Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainy finished in 7th […]
Cities of Literature to shine a light on SDGs with 17-day campaign
As the do annually, several UNESCO Cities of Literature will raise awareness about the United Nations’ 2030 Strategic Development Goals with the social media campaign, “17 Books for the 17 […]
UNESCO names 11 new Cities of Literature to network
UNESCO has announced the designation of 55 new members across seven artforms to join its Creative Cities Network, for a total of 350 Creative Cities from more than 100 countries […]
