Event date: Friday, May 3, 2024 - 7:00pm Please join us for a special event with beloved Iowa folk musician Greg Brown, who will read from and talk about Ring Around The Moon - A Songbook. Due to limited space, this will be a ticketed event for the first 150 takers. Tickets are free, must be picked...
Event date: Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 4:00pm Join us a at 4pm with the Frank N. Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing for a reading and reception to celebrate the launch of Ink Lit Mag No. 26! The mission of Ink Lit Mag is to provide experience and support to undergraduate students who are interested in learning about publishing...
In-person event + Online other Join us every Tuesday for a special Spanish Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Raquel! Together we will enjoy songs, rhymes and stories in Spanish and English. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us. Masks are required for all individuals over the age of two. Social...
Event date: Monday, May 6, 2024 - 7:00pm Edgar Award nominated, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf will read from her latest thriller, Everyone is Watching. Described by Mary Cobb as a "Big Brother meets Clue" locked-room mystery, this latest thriller explores what happens when a high-stakes game/reality show proves life-threatening. "Riveting, relentless, and absolutely captivating! Heather Gudenkauf...
Event date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 7:00pm Poet Séamus Fey about their new poetry collection decompose, published by Not a Cult Media. He will be joined in conversation by Carmen Maria Machado. decompose explores pruning our past to make room for future growth; the expanse we are offered through the crush of heartbreak, discovering family beyond our...
10:30am to 11:00am In-person event + Online other Join us in person for Book Babies! Let's have fun together singing, reading, and rhyming. Book Babies is a program designed to stimulate your infant's language development and is geared towards ages 0-2 years. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate as much as possible. Book Babies will meet...
Saturday, May 11, 2024 -3:00pm to 4:00pm Storytime Room Edith Renfrow Smith, age 110, was the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1937. Grinnell resident Monique Shore has just published "No One is Better Than You: Edith Renfrow Smith and the Power of a Mother's Words," a picture book biography of...
In-person event + Online other Join us every Tuesday for a special Spanish Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Raquel! Together we will enjoy songs, rhymes and stories in Spanish and English. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us. Masks are required for all individuals over the age of two. Social...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 -6:00pm to 8:00pm Meeting Room D All writers are welcome to join us at The Violet Realm where we talk about all things fantasy and science fiction. Are you a new writer starting on your first book? Are you an experienced author who's looking to spruce up your work? Then join us for...
Event date: Thursday, May 16, 2024 - 7:00pm Uche Okonkwo will read from her debut short story collection from Tin House, A Kind of Madness. An Oprah Daily Most Anticipated Book of 2024, A Kind of Madness explores themes of community expectations, familial strife, and the struggle for survival. She will be joined in conversation by Iowa Writers' Workshop 2024...
10:30am to 11:00am In-person event + Online other Join us in person for Book Babies! Let's have fun together singing, reading, and rhyming. Book Babies is a program designed to stimulate your infant's language development and is geared towards ages 0-2 years. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate as much as possible. Book Babies will meet...
Event date: Friday, May 17, 2024 - 7:00pm Goodbye, Vitamin author Rachel Khong will read from her new book, Real Americans. She will be joined in conversation by Kaveh Akbar. "Rachel Khong's gripping second novel explores how biology, our parents' abstract hopes for us, sheer luck, and the forces of history itself make us who...
