Iowa City Book Festival
Downtown Iowa CityThe Iowa City Book Festival is happening October 18–25, 2026! Join us for a week of literary events, author talks, readings, and more at various locations throughout downtown Iowa City.
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Writers Row – Local Author Book Fair
MERGE 136 S Dubuque St, Iowa CityLocal Author Book Fair! Join us as local authors present their latest works, answer questions, and sign books. Browse each author's table where various books will be available for purchase.
Poetry in Public Reading featuring Iowa Student Poet Ambassador Josie Nabhan-Warren
Iowa City Public Library 123 S. Linn St., Iowa CityPoetry in Public celebrates our community’s rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages. Hear from some of the 2026 Selected Poets. This
National Youth Poet Laureate Daniel Somtochukwu Umemezie
Iowa City Public Library 123 S. Linn St., Iowa CityDaniel Umemezie is a Nigerian-American poet whose work explores cultural inheritance and displacement, using bodily transformation as both metaphor and form. His poetry develops a realm between interior experience and
Michael McCarty: Eerie Iowa
Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa CityWitness the Darker Side of the Hawkeye State The farmlands and rural areas of Iowa are no stranger to the weird, dark and mysterious. Learn about a terrestrial sighting from
PorchLight: The Prose Exchange
PorchLight Literary Arts Center 1019 E Washington St, Iowa CityReady to get some eyes on your work? This group provides careful readings and positive, descriptive feedback on works-in-progress. They meet twice a month and workshop two submissions of up
