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Pop In for Indie Bookstore Day and Pick Up a “Bookstore Passport”
Have your passport stamped by six local indies to unlock discounts and be entered for prizes.
Celebrate shopping local and support central Iowa indie bookstores! Pick up a passport at any bookstore location on Saturday, Apr...
Indie Bookstore Day – Saturday, April 30
Popcorn, Passports, and Prizes!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Maureen McCue discusses how humanity is integrated into nature and urges people to become more aware of the connection between...