EVENTS
Special Event
Second Annual Banned Books Fair
@ Franklin Event Center — 4801 Franklin Avenue
Join us at Franklin Event Center for the Second Annual Banned Books Fair as we celebrate the Freedom to Read.
Meet the Poets
Poetry & Film
@Varsity Cinema
Local nonprofit Poetry Palooza presents “Poetry & Film,” an interactive evening of spoken word poetry.
Special Event
CCI presents Jennifer Berkshire | The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual
@Central Library
Join CCI Action and author Jennifer Berkshire for a conversation on what we can do together to win honest, equitable, and fully-funded public education here in Iowa.
Special Ticketed Event
Des Moines Public Library | Iowa Author Dinner
@Embassy Suites
Support the Des Moines Public Library and enjoy an evening celebrating literacy and Iowa authors. The memorable event includes dinner, the recitation of the Library Bill of Rights, and remarks by award-winning authors.
Special Ticketed Event
Ta-Nehisi Coates | The Message
@ Franklin Event Center — 4801 Franklin Avenue
Written at a dramatic moment in American and global life, this work from one of the country's most important writers is about the urgent need to untangle ourselves from the destructive myths that shape our world--and our own souls--and embrace the liberating power of even the most difficult truths.
Meet the Author
Christopher Brown | A Natural History of Empty Lots
@Beaverdale Books
Lushly written and philosophically hard-hitting, A Natural History of Empty Lots by
Christopher Brown is a genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto for rewilding the
city, the self, and society.
Meet the Author
Laura Farmer | Catch and Release
@Beaverdale Books
Set in the late 1950s through the 1970s, Catch and Release is a story about holding on, letting go, and the leaps we must take to become the people we are meant to be.
Meet the Author
Mary Swander | The Maverick M.D. – Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez and His Fight for a New Cancer Treatment
@Beaverdale Books
Mary Swander is an award-winning writer of drama, poetry and nonfiction with a national and international reputation.
Knoxville READS – Chris Jones
Chris Jones | Swine Republic
@Knoxville Public Library
midst the vast changes that have occurred over the years, Love Is My Favorite Flavor underscores the timelessness of what it is we seek when we entrust restaurateurs with our hard-earned money and our hard-won leisure time.
Meet the Author
Joyce Rupp | Vessels of Love
@Beaverdale Books
Through the prayers and poems in Vessels of Love, Joyce Rupp addresses a variety of topics related to the last decades of life.
Meet the Author
R. E. Bellesmith | The Wilderlands
@Beaverdale Books
The Wilderlands is a dark fantasy story inspired by oral tales like Beowulf and The Epic of Gilgamesh and is the author's first adult fantasy novel.
Meet the Author
Forrest Lonefight | Life Belongs to the Loud
@Beaverdale Books
A unique new band is poised to take over the world-at-war. Azul writes about it all in The Bastard Chronicle, in her hilarious voice, as her past, present, & future collide in a coming-of-age story never told before in an era of the music scene when anything was possible.