Fridays, -12:00pmย toย 1:30pm In-person event + Livestream Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C Images of America The Fall IWP Residents share impressions of their time in the United States. The IWP Friday Panel Discussion series provides an opportunity for the residents of Iowa City to meet and converse with writers from around...
Honor Moore will read from her moving and timely new memoir,ย A Termination.ย She will be joined in conversation by author Mary Allen.ย โThis book is a meditation, back and forth in time, on art, life, and what truly constitutes freedom of choice. How does a solo female make a destiny for herself instead of submitting to...
Saturdays 10:30amย toย 11:00am Storytime Room Family Storytime is recommended for all ages and includes both shorter and longer stories combined with action games and activities. ๅฎถๅบญๆ ไบไผๅ ๆฌ่พ้ฟๆ่พ็ญ็ๆ ไบ๏ผๅนถ็ปๅๅจไฝๆธธๆๅ็ธๅ ณๆดปๅจ๏ผ้ไบๅๅนด้พๆฎตๅ ฑๅๅไธใ ๅฆๆจๅ ไธบ่บซไฝๅๅ ้่ฆ็นๅซๅฎๆ๏ผ่ฏท่็ณปๅพไนฆ้ฆใ --------- Family Storytime es para todas las edades e incluye historias mรกs cortas y mรกs largas combinadas con juegos y actividades de acciรณn. If you need disability-related accommodations in...
Join us for a special event at 2pm!ย Local author/illustrator Claudia McGehee will read from, talk about, and share images from the new childrenโs book she illustrated by Nancy White Carlstrom,ย Counting Winter! "Itโs a counting book. Itโs a winter animal book. Itโs a just plain beautiful book! . . . Though weather and color palettes...
Pairing Art with Literatureย will be led by Stanley Docent David Duer. Participants will consider and discuss selected artists, such as Pueblo potter Lucy M. Lewis, and their artworks in light of kindred writers and their literary works. David Duer is a poet and memoirist who recently retired from teaching English language arts at Cedar Rapids...
Please join us for the IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series!ย This weekโs event features IWP Residents Karoline Kamel, Pรฉter Zรกvada, and an MFA Candidate from the Iowa Writers' Workshop (TBA) Karoline Kamel (nonfiction and fiction writer, journalist, filmmaker; Egypt) is a Cairo-based journalist and the author of the novelย Victoriaย (2022). She has published stories with a focus...
WELCOME TO IOWA CITY!ย The Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization is proud to offer you a week of excellent, one-of-a-kind, free, literary programming as part of the 2024 Iowa City Book Festival. Iowa City is a City of Literature for many reasons: The wonderful writing programs at the University of Iowa, our small presses...
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...
Join University of Iowa Arboristย Andy Dahl for a tour of theย Literary Grove, featuring trees with connections to famous authors at the world-famous Iowa Writersโ Workshop.
Tuesdays, 10:30amย toย 11:00am Storytime Room Join us 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. ยกVen para Book Babies! Divirtรกmonos juntos cantando, leyendo...
Tuesdays, 4:00pmย toย 5:00pm Storytime Room Join us for the exciting World Club on the third Tuesday of every month! Each month we will explore a unique world culture through fun stories, games, crafts, activities, or even delicious food. All ages and backgrounds welcome!
BRUNA DANTAS LOBATOย is a writer and translator. Her fiction has appeared inย The New Yorker,ย Guernica,ย A Public Space, andย The Common. She was awarded the 2023 National Book Award in Translation forย The Words That Remainย by Stรชnio Gardel. Dantas Lobato was born and raised in Natal, Brazil, and lives in St. Louis, Missouri.ย Blue Light Hoursย is her debut novel.
