EVENTS
WRITING WORKSHOP
Marj Charlier | The Rebel Nun
How Can I Make This Happen: Fulfilling Your Publishing Dreams Marj Charlier has published more than 40 literary works, including...
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Kyle McCord | Reunion of the Good Weather Suicide Cult
Listen to an interview with Kyle! See how well-meaning people seeking spiritual community can become ensnared in webs of intrigue...
Meet the Author @ Franklin Junior High
Reid Forgrave | Love, Zac: Small Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy
Zac Easter could be your neighbor, your classmate, your son. In December 2015, Zac Easter, a twenty-four-year-old from small-town Iowa,...
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Beth Hoffman | Bet the Farm
The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America Beth Hoffman was living the good life: she had a successful...
Tailgate Party for Kids at Witmer Park
Special Event — Special Location!
Bring lawn chairs and blankets to join John Walters, author of Cy’s Perfect Day, at Witmer Park (NE Shelter at 34th & Washington). Free hot dogs, chips, and drinks will be served.
Iowa State fans are incredible! Cy is the joyful mascot of the Iowa State Cyclones. Cy’s Perfect Day tells the...
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Mary R. Christopher | Our Friend Sitting Bull
The True Story of A Pioneer Couple's Friendship with the Famous Lakota Chief Guess who's coming to dinner? It was...
Reading and Signing
Debra Marquart & Romeo Oriogun | The Night We Landed on the Moon & Sacrament of bodies
Iowa's Poet Laureate to Appear with Iowa Writer's Workshop Poet Debra Marquart is a Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and...
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Kim Harms | Life Reconstructed
Navigating the World of Mastectomies and Breast Reconstruction Breast cancer survivor Kim Harms combines her own experience with extensive research and walks...
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Katie Purcell | Molly’s Big Score
A friendship story that opens a discussion on inclusion and children with disabilities. Molly wants nothing more than to score...
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Amy Lee Lillard | Dig Me Out
Meet the Co-Creator of Broads and Books Podcast In this multilayered, provocative, and outrageously imaginative literary debut, Amy Lee Lillard...
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Anna Lind Thomas | We’ll Laugh About This Someday
Everything's funny...eventually. A hilarious argument in favor of taking life a smidge less seriously. Popular humor writer Anna Lind Thomas...
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Stacey Spangler | The Grace Shawl
A story of grace, sin, lost love, new love, acceptance, change, mercy, forgiveness, family, friendship, coffee, and truth. Grace Shawl...