2025 Iowa City Book Festival
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2025 Iowa City Book Festival
October 5, 2025 - October 12, 2025
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Curator Guided Tour: Paper Engineering in Art, Science, and Education
October 6 @ 4:00 pm
University of Iowa Main Library Gallery
125 W Washington StIowa City, IA United States + Google Map
The Making of a Book: A Conversation with Johanna Drucker
October 8 @ 1:00 pm
University of Iowa Main Library room 2032 (second floor)
125 W Washington St.Iowa City, IA 52242 United States + Google Map
Iowa Bibliophiles Presents: Artists’ Books: Critical Writing in the Field with Johanna Drucker
October 8 @ 6:00 pm
Shambaugh Auditorium, University of Iowa Main Library
125 W Washington StIowa City, IA 52242 United States + Google Map
Waters of the United States: A Conversation with Royal C. Gardner and Silvia Secchi
October 9 @ 7:00 pm
International Writing Program Panel: Trials and Tribulations of Literary Translation
October 10 @ 12:00 pm
Anna Barker: 13 Notes from Napoleon, Iowa: Musings on the Edge of the French Empire
October 11 @ 4:00 pm
Sidekick Coffee and Books Presents: It’s Getting Plot in Here A Romance Book Festival
October 11 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Poetry in Public Reading Featuring Iowa’s Student Poet Ambassador, Daniel Umemezie
October 12 @ 12:30 pm
