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EVENTS

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Adib Khorram | Kiss & Tell

 

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Khorram's new book, Kiss & Tell, is the story of a boy band star who is the only gay member of the band. 

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Lan Samantha Chang | The Family Chao   

Charles Baxter | Wonderlands

Courtesy of DMACC Celebration of Literary Arts Festival

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

An acclaimed storyteller returns with a captivating, witty novel of three brothers, a festering family drama, and the disquieting reality of the American dream.

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Christer Sturmark | To Light the Flame of Reason

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

To Light the Flame of Reason is all about the art of clear thinking, an art that is needed now more than ever in the world we now live in. 

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Kay Fenton Smith & Carol McGarvey | Baking Blue Ribbons: Stories and Recipes from the Iowa State Fair Food Competitions

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Artisan Gallery 218 218 Fifth Street, West Des Moines, IA, United States

“If a picture can paint a thousand words, recipes can tell a thousand stories,” says Kay Fenton Smith. It’s a...

Trick or Treat in Beaverdale Business District

Charlotte Gunnufson | Halloween Hustle

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Stop by Beaverdale Books for treats and fun activities, including stories by author Charlotte Gunnufson.  

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Anne Winkler-Morey |  Allegiance to Winds & Waters: Bicycling the Political Divides of the United States

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

In this personal/political memoir, historian Anne Winkler-Morey chronicles her 12,000-mile bike trip around the contiguous United States.

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Phil Adamo |  The Medievalist

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

White supremacists have ‘weaponized’ the Middle Ages. One medievalist aims to stop them. 

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Karen Ziebarth | Two Trails: A Hiker’s Story of Survival and His Mother’s Story of Hope

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

 No mother wants to get a message that her son is lost in the San Bernandino Mountains.

Special Event

Giving Sunday

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Inspired by the generosity of a global movement, Beaverdale Books is proud to offer Giving Sundays during the month of November.  Beaverdale Books will donate 20% of the day's sales.

Storytelling Mondays in November

Homecoming Stories

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Professional storytellers Maureen Korte and Denise Franck will lead three storytelling sessions at Beaverdale Books.

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Madison Traviss | Indi Meets Washington

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

A children's book following a dog's journey along the Pacific Crest Trail -- written by her human and her childhood friend.  

Recurring

Special Event

Poetry on the Prairie 

Studio on Second Perry Iowa 1218 Second Avenue, Perry, IA, United States

This weekend event is part of the annual Art on the Prairie event in Perry, IA sponsored by the Iowa Poetry Association and Poetry&--a new group of poetry loving community members, dedicated to advancing the awareness and appreciation of all types of poetry in central Iowa.