EVENTS
Meet the Author
Angel Bour | Just A Kid
@Beaverdale Books
Poems are presented in their original form, many of them written in the author's teenage and early adult years, giving readers a candid look into her early voice and artistic development. The tone is predominantly unfiltered, emphasizing authenticity over polish, which enhances the relatability and raw appeal of the work. This approach provides a unique, immersive experience of youth seen through the lens of poetic expression.
Meet the Author
Allen Eskens | The Quiet Librarian
@West Des Moines Library
After the murder of her best friend, a librarian’s search for answers leads back to her own dark secrets in this sweeping novel, The Quiet Librarian, about a woman transformed by war, family, vengeance, and love, from award-winning writer Allen Eskens.
Meet the Poet
B J Soloy | Birth Center in Corporate Woods
@Beaverdale Books
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
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
Special Ticketed Event
Jennifer Weiner | The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits
@Franklin Event Center – 4801 Franklin Avenue
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.
Meet the Author
Kurt Burmeister | Twilight of the Gods
@Beaverdale Books
Twilight of the Gods is satire and alternate history on an operatic, cinematic, and cosmic scale, with a cast that transcends time and space.
Book Launch
Kaira Rouda | Jill is Not Happy
@Beaverdale Books
From the outside, Jill Tingley has it all. She’s married to her college sweetheart Jack and they’re living the dream in Southern California. Wealthy, popular and genetically blessed, theirs seems to be an enviable life, though they’ve grown distant in recent years. Newly empty nesting with their daughter Maggie away at college, Jill suggests a road trip to reconnect. But the ugly truth is that Jack would rather do anything else than drive to Utah with his wife.