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EVENTS

EVENTS

Special Ticketed Event

Kaleb Wyse | There’s Always Room at the Table

 

@Franklin Event Center – 4801 Franklin Avenue

Franklin Event Center 4801 Franklin Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Join us for a special evening with one of Instagram's favorite farmers, Kaleb Wyse, as he shares delicious collection of classic, Midwestern family recipes updated with modern spins and ingredients. 
Tickets at: https://www.eventcombo.com/e/meet-the-author---kaleb-wyse-74451

$40.00

Meet the Poet

B J Soloy | Birth Center in Corporate Woods

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

The poems in BJ Soloy’s Birth Center in Corporate Woods use long, contorting lines and elliptical connections to wade through the collisions of love, eros, loss, irony, pop culture, and late capitalism.

Special Ticketed Event

Curtis Sittenfeld | Show Don’t Tell

 

@Franklin Event Center — 4801 Franklin Avenue

Franklin Event Center 4801 Franklin Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

A funny, fiercely intelligent, and moving collection exploring marriage, friendship, fame, and artistic ambition—including a story that revisits the main character from Curtis Sittenfeld’s iconic novel Prep—from the New York Times bestselling author of Eligible and Romantic Comedy.
Tickets at: https://www.eventcombo.com/e/meet-the-author----curtis-sittenfeld-73894

$35.00

Meet the Author/Songwriter

Zaq Baker | Unspectacular

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Join us for a cross-dimensional presentation by songwriter and novelist, Zaq Baker, as he shares his music and his writing. It's all part of his debut book tour for Unspectacular: A Novel.  

Free

DSM BOOK FESTIVAL

Saturday, March 22, 2025

@Franklin Event Center

Franklin Event Center 4801 Franklin Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Don’t miss this free, fun-filled festival, dedicated to books and booklovers.  We are hard at work planning and want to ensure that we produce the exciting, high-quality event’s you have come to expect.

Free

Meet the Author

Chris Offutt | The Reluctant Sheriff

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

The Reluctant Sheriff is Chris Offutt's fourth book featuring Mick Hardin.  Back in the familiar setting of the Kentucky hills, Mick Hardin returns standing in as the sheriff while the previous sheriff, his sister Linda, recuperates from a gunshot wound sustained in the line of duty.

Free

Meet the Author

Helen Miller | I Don’t Swim

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Retired state representative Helen Miller shares the events of her life in the context of the Civil Rights Movement and beyond, during the times when Blacks were finding and projecting their voices onto the tapestry that was and is America.

AViD presents – Amina Luqman-Dawson

Amina Luqman-Dawson | Freewater & Images of America: African Americans of Petersburg

@Central Library

Central Library 1000 Grand, Des Moines, IA, United States

Amina Luqman-Dawson is the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning and bestselling author of Freewater and the pictorial history book Images of America: African Americans of Petersburg.

Special Ticketed Event

Jennifer Weiner | The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits

 

@Franklin Event Center – 4801 Franklin Avenue

Franklin Event Center 4801 Franklin Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

One of the most anticipated books of the year, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner, a glimmering novel set in the world of pop music about sisters, motherhood, young love, and the dreams we chase.
Tickets at: https://www.eventcombo.com/e/meet-the-author----jennifer-weiner-74032

$35.00

Meet the Authors

Donald Quist, Kali White VanBaale, & Bailey Gaylin Moore | The Past Ten & Thank You for Staying With Me

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Join us for an evening of anthologies featuring three fascinating authors, Dr. Donald Quist, Kali VanBaale, and Bailey Gaylin Moore, as they share their new writings featured in The Past Ten. 

Free

Meet Iowa’s Poet Laureate

Vince Gotera | Dragons & Rayguns

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Dragons & Rayguns is Vince Gotera's first poetry collection since being named Iowa Poet Laureate in 2024. It's an inventive and wide-ranging collection of speculative poetry.

Meet the Author

Kurt Burmeister | Twilight of the Gods

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Twilight of the Gods is satire and alternate history on an operatic, cinematic, and cosmic scale, with a cast that transcends time and space.