The Des Moines Area Community College's Celebration of Literary Arts will host a program featuring several Creative Writing students beginning at 6:30 p.m., followed by writer and poet Traci Brimhall at 7:00 p.m.  

Lily knows the life of a refugee. Of a transplant who has lost family members, best friends, and her home. An American citizen since 2014, Lily watches the way organizations send support overseas to help others.

Interested students and community members from all backgrounds will gather for learning, story sharing and constructive action around environmental justice in Iowa. Appetizers & finger food & beverages will be offered to keep you nourished as you share, learn and play.

Poetry Palooza! kicks off with the Iowa Poetry Association Poetry Slam Finals featuring Akwi Nji.

Poetry Palooza! fills Mainframe Studios with poets, music, and more during its monthly First Friday celebration.

Poetry Palooza! offers free poetry workshops. Registration recommended.

Legacy is a common topic these days, but usually later in life. Jann Freed advocates instead that we think of legacy as the impact we have as a result of daily small actions—breadcrumbs.

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British Empire.

Do you love to write poetry?  Or read poetry?  If so, grab a friend and head to Beaverdale Books for a free, fun, and informal evening of open mic poetry, emceed by Iowa poet Kelsey Bigelow.  

Leveraging the collective experience of hundreds of professionals, this book is the ultimate early career desk reference!

La tercera luz: A Poetic Journey Through Spain tells the story of the birth of the poetry collection, Silence from the Forest (Silencios del bosque) by Maria Esther Bendala Pavón. But it is also the story of a poet translator's awakening at the intersection of loneliness and desire.

A satirical novel with a severe critique of the destruction caused by modern corporate agriculture and large-scale meat production.

Kathe isn’t interested in learning her birth parents’ identities, just the details of their health. But what begins as a simple investigation takes a startling swerve when the social worker who sends the records fails to redact a crucial bit of information.

Celina Karp Biniaz was just eight years old when the Germans invaded her homeland of Poland in 1939. Over the next six years, the child from Krakow endured the Holocaust as the Nazis took away her schooling and civil rights, then herded her and her family into a ghetto and then the family was sent to Plaszów, a slave labor/concentration camp where they lived in constant fear, witnessing unspeakable horrors.

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

M. Chris Fabricant will discuss his book, Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System and his work with the Innocence Project.

Celebrate shopping local and support central Iowa indie bookstores! Beaverdale Books continues its celebration with Dog-Eared Books, Pageturners Bookstore, Racoon...

A presentation and panel discussion with Iowa agriculture and water resources experts will be offered at Plymouth Church, sponsored by Plymouth Creation Care & Justice Committee, partnering with the Iowa Interfaith Power & Light, the Interfaith Green Coalition, and the Sierra Club of Iowa.

Join the Des Moines Public Library and Beaverdale Books as they present J. Ryan Stradal and his newest book, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club--a story of a couple from two very different restaurant families in rustic Minnesota, and the legacy of love and tragedy, of hardship and hope, that unites and divides them.

Bring the kids to Beaverdale Books in celebration of Children's Book Week. Enjoy stories, refreshments, and plenty of fun with these amazing authors.