The 14th annual Iowa City Book Festival, Sept. 28-Oct. 13, will blend original programming and partnerships with co-presenters to celebrate the written word and share ideas. Several events focus on […]
Iowa City Book Festival Sept. 28 – Oct. 13
2022 Poems Selected and Displayed throughout the Community
Poetry in Public celebrates our community’s rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages. Poems selected for 2022 are on display at the Iowa City, […]
CALL FOR STUDENT WRITING One Book Two Book 2023
Students in grades 1-8 in Iowa City-Cedar Rapids Corridor area school districts, or home school students in those equivalent grades, are encouraged to submit one page of writing for the […]
TELLING OUR STORIES: Writer, Teacher and Publisher Jennifer Colville
Interview by Zoë Miller When did your interests in literature and writing begin, and how have they grown over the years? I come from an artistic family. My mom taught […]
Winners named in Glory of the Senses student essay contest
The Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization has completed judging for this year’s Glory of the Senses: Paul Engle Essay Contest, and will award scholarships to six high school […]
Gov. Reynolds and Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announce $2.3 million in grant awards, including $10,000 to Support the Iowa City Book Festival
Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announced more than $2.3 million in grants have been awarded to 191 Iowa organizations and individuals working in arts, culture, […]
MusicIC Presents: Discussing Whitman’s “Lilacs” with Ed Folsom
As part of the 2022 MusicIC festival, professor Ed Folsom led a lecture and discussion focusing on Walt Whitman’s poem Lilacs and why musicians continue to set his poetry to music. […]
Libraries partner with City of Literature for ‘Stories from Ukraine’ project
The “Stories from Ukraine” project is a series of videos that offers a chance to better understand Ukraine, its culture, and its people. The project is a collaboration among the […]
Iowa PBS presents Telling Our Own Story
Iowa’s civil rights history boasts many early freedoms for Black citizens, many long before such laws were passed nationally. In 1868, Iowa was the first state outside of New England […]
Our next Community Read: 100 Days of The Count of Monte Cristo
Our next Community Reads project with Anna Barker will be The Count of Monte Cristo. The project follows on past readings of The Red and the Black, Colonel Chabert, War and Peace, The Brothers […]
