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Indie Bookstore Day – Saturday, April 30

Popcorn, Passports, and Prizes!

 

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

Celebrate shopping local and support central Iowa indie bookstores! Beaverdale Books has teamed up with Dog-Eared Books, Pageturners Bookstore, Racoon...

Live Readings

Private Passage and Love, for Short 

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

Join us for a live performance of selected readings from Private Passage, a play by Louise Bylicki and Iowa author...

AViD Author

Lauren Groff | Matrix

@4801 Franklin Avenue

On Thursday, May 5, one of America’s most acclaimed literary figures, Lauren Groff, will speak at 7 PM. Groff’s 2021...

Bring the Family to Read Aloud Day!

Children’s Authors Gather in Celebration of Children’s Book Week

 

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

Load up the kids and head to Beaverdale Books for a fun-filled day of stories!  We have a great lineup...

Poetry & Pie in the Park

Diane Glass & Pat Boddy | The Heart Hungers for Wildness

Greenwood Park 4500 Grand Avenue 4500 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Location:  Jay Spence Shelter in Greenwood Park    (4500 Grand Avenue – next door to Bergman Academy)    Gather at 5:00...

Book Club Discussion with the Author

Rachel Mans McKenny | The Butterfly Effect

 

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

Beaverdale Books' two monthly book clubs will cohost a discussion with Rachel Mans McKenny, this year's All Iowa Reads author....

Meet the Author

Hugh R. Stone | Wrestling on Starry Nights

 

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

The book Wrestling on Starry Nights focuses on religious paintings and religious statues that have influenced the life and thought...

Meet the Author

Ellie Brooks | Amanda’s Journey: A DNA Adventure

 

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

Amanda's life will never be the same! Her story begins  when she is given DNA tests kits by an attorney. ...

Poetry Readings

Andrea Carter Brown & Debra Marquart | September 12 & The Night We Landed on the Moon

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

A more haunting memorial to 9/11 than this book will be hard to find.

Meet Children’s Author

Mark Ceilley | Cinderelliot: A Scrumptious Fairytale

 

 

 

 

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

A modern-day gay retelling of Cinderella. A scrumptious love story with ungrateful stepsiblings, a baking competition, and a fairy godfather....

Meet the Author

Maureen McCue | Birds in the Morning, Frogs at Night: Sharing Life Along the Road

@ Artisan Gallery 218

 

 

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

Maureen McCue discusses how humanity is integrated into nature and urges people to become more aware of the connection between...

AViD Author

Jason Mott | Hell of a Book

 @ Central Library

Jason Mott will speak at Central Library at 7 PM on Wednesday, May 25. Mott’s 2021 novel, Hell of a...