Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp will moderate a conversation about Identity: In Fiction and in Life, with New York Times bestselling authors John Irving and Jason Reynolds. The event will include an open chat, but no live Q&A. We are accepting a limited number of pre-submitted questions from the registrants. This is a free,
ICON is an annual science fiction convention held in the Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City area of Iowa since 1975, usually in late October or early November, under the auspices of the Mindbridge Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation also responsible for AnimeIowa and Gamicon. The organization was a branching off of the Science Fiction League of Iowa
Established in 2003, the purpose of All Iowa Reads is to foster a sense of unity through reading. Iowans are encouraged to come together in their communities to read and talk about a single book title in the same calendar year. The 2022 All Reads selection is Rachel Mans McKenny's The Butterfly Effect.
Hear some of this years’ International Writing Program residents read from their work. Readers TBA.
A reading and conversation with Rebecca Rukeyser in celebration of the release of her book The Seaplane on Final Approach. She will be joined in conversation by Rachel Yoder.
Country singer Margo Price will read from and talk about her new memoir, Maybe We'll Make It.
Hear some of this years’ International Writing Program residents read from their work. Readers TBA.
Celebrate NaNoWriMo Community Writing Center at Iowa City Public Library
National Children’s Book Week is BACK! North Liberty Library kicking off the month of November by spotlighting the best holiday picture books!
Please join with Lauren Haldeman who will talk about and show images from her book Team Photograph. She will be joined in conversation by Kaveh Akbar. In her extraordinary graphic novel--which masterfully incorporates poetry and elements of memoir--Lauren Haldeman layers the warfare of soccer over the battlefields now called Bull Run Regional Park, where, growing up, her soccer team
Co-Presented by: True Endeavors & Prairie Lights Books Anne Lamott writes and speaks about subjects that begin with capital letters: Alcoholism, Motherhood, Jesus. But armed with self-effacing humor – she is laugh-out-loud funny – and ruthless honesty, Lamott converts her subjects into enchantment. Actually, she writes about what most of us don’t like to think about. She wrote
Two powerful poets and performers lead workshops on Saturday afternoon, then perform live at The Englert Theatre Saturday night. All events available in-person and online at this hybrid festival.
