EVENTS
Special Event
Beaverdale Books BANNED BOOKS Festival
@ Franklin Event Center – 4801 Franklin Avenue
Join us on Saturday, October 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. as we celebrate the Freedom to Read! Planning...
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Tom Geraty | Where the Trees Dance
@ Beaverdale Books
Where the Trees Dance is many things: a love story, an ode to adoption, a reflection on growing up Irish-Catholic in Des Moines, a father’s gift to his sons, and a kinder ending to a birth-mother’s story; all disguised as a memoir. From his earliest memories to middle-age, the author relates that which is most intimate, most personal, sad, humorous, glorious, and ignoble in his life as he journeyed from being an adoptee, adrift, wondering where he fit in in the world, to finally finding home.
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Marta McDowell | Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers
@ Clive Public Library – 1900 NW 114th St, Clive
Flora and horticulture have had an outsize influence on the mystery genre: motive, means, opportunity, victims, villains, and detectives. Join Marta McDowell, a writer, gardener, and avid mystery reader, in exploring the many ways in which writers—from Edgar Allen Poe and Wilkie Collins to Agatha Christie and some of today’s top crime fiction authors—have found inspiration in the sinister side of gardening.
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Erin Huiatt | 100 Things to Do in Des Moines Before You Die
@ Beaverdale Books
Nestled smack dab in the center of the Midwest where two of the longest interstates in America meet sits Des...
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T. Patrick Graves | A Menace to the Community
@ Beaverdale Books
In the serene expanse of South Dakota's western region, Deputy Sheriff Paul McKinley's tranquil county is disrupted by the arrival...
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Megan Bannister | Iowa: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
@ Beaverdale Books
Some claim there’s nothing to see in flyover country. But take a closer look and you’ll discover that Iowa is home to more than just cornfields. In fact, across the Hawkeye State you’ll encounter hidden gems and secret spots abound.
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Neil Hamilton | The River Knows: How Water and Land Will Shape Our Future
Northwest Community Center – 5110 Franklin Avenue
A natural sequel to Hamilton’s popular book The Land Remains comes The River Knows which examines our relationship with water by considering its role in our culture, society, and political economy.
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Carmen Maria Machado | Her Body and Other Parties
@ Beaverdale Books
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy...
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Craig S. Maltby | Suppression
@ Beaverdale Books
Suppression delivers a slow-burn of suspense and intrigue that builds and never lets up. When small-town people achieve huge things that can change world, the trouble and sinister schemes only begin.
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Nancy Vallar | Sacred Seasons: Devotions for Life Seasons
@ Beaverdale Books
Get ready to be encouraged and filled with hope. This unique devotional combines heartfelt and authentic storytelling of trials and tribulations followed by poetry, written to remind us of God's everlasting presence through our journeys in life.
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Hazel Beck | Big Little Spells
@ Beaverdale Books
Rebekah Wilde was eighteen when she left St. Cyprian, officially stripped of her magic and banished from her home. Ten years later, she’s forced to return to face the Joywood Coven, who preside over not just her hometown but the whole magical world. Rebekah is happy to reunite with her sister, and with her friends, but the implications of her return are darker and more dangerous than they could have imagined.
Special Event
BOOverdale Halloween Celebration- Trick or Treat
@ Beaverdale Books
Beaverdale Books is proud to be part of the Second Annual BOOverdale Business District Trick or Treat celebration, held in the heart of Beaverdale.
Businesses join hands to offer treats and fun for kids in the Beaverdale neighborhood.