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Iowa City Book Festival

October 14 @ 8:00 am - October 20 @ 5:00 pm

WELCOME TO IOWA CITY! 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 and magazines, our wonderful libraries, our bookstores, and amenities like the Iowa Avenue Literary Walk.

The Iowa City Book Festival is organized by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature, a nonprofit 501(c)3 that manages the Iowa City area’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature. The City of Literature works to advance its mission of celebrating and supporting literature on a local, regional, national, and international level, connecting readers and writers through the power of story.

The Graduate Iowa City is the preferred hotel for visitors to the Iowa City Book Festival. Click here to make your reservation or call 319-337-4058 and reference the “Iowa City Book Festival Room Block” to receive a discounted rate.

Resilient Voices: A Multimedia Exhibition Celebrating Youth Empowerment, Global Perspectives, and the Legacy of Anne Frank

October 14  October 20

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Tree Tour: Literary Grove at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

October 14 @ 12:00 pm

Dey House

102 Dey House
Iowa City, IA 52242 United States 
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It Can’t Happen Here – A Staged Reading

October 14 @ 6:30 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Stuart Dybek

October 14 @ 7:00 pm

Prairie Lights Books

15 S. Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Curator Guided Tour: Hawkeye Histories | Sporting Stories

October 15 @ 4:00 pm

University of Iowa Main Library Gallery

125 W Washington St
Iowa City, IA United States 
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Anna Barker: From Peter the Great to Napoleon the Lesser: Dostoevsky and the Great Men of History

October 15 @ 4:30 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Bruna Dantas Lobato – Blue Light Hours

October 15 @ 6:00 pm

Prairie Lights Books

15 S. Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Film Screening: Taxi Driver with Notes from Underground

October 15 @ 6:00 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Literary Legends: Tracy Kidder in conversation with Stuart Dybek

October 15 @ 7:30 pm

Iowa Memorial Union

125 N Madison St
Iowa City, IA 52245 United States 
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Austin Allen Hamblin and John Ira Thomas – Big Guns Stupid Rednecks

October 16 @ 1:00 pm  3:00 pm

Daydreams Comics

229 E Washington St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Iowa Bibliophiles – Guest Author Megan Rosenbloom

October 16 @ 6:00 pm

Shambaugh Auditorium, University of Iowa Main Library

125 W Washington St
Iowa City, IA 52242 United States 
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Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz – The Indian Card

October 16 @ 7:00 pm

Prairie Lights Books

15 S. Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Nancy Miller Gomez – Inconsolable Objects – Reading and Workshop

October 16 @ 7:00 pm

PorchLight Literary Arts Center

1019 E Washington St
Iowa City, 52240 United States 
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International Writing Program Panel: Balancing Life as an Artist

October 18 @ 12:00 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Typedancing

October 18 @ 2:00 pm

Pedmall Weatherdance Fountain Stage

College St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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John Ira Thomas – TIRE Magazine

October 18 @ 3:00 pm

Daydreams Comics

229 E Washington St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Ezra Claytan Daniels – Upgrade Soul and “We Are Not Alone”

October 18 @ 4:30 pm

Daydreams Comics

229 E Washington St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Film Screening: Racialism and the Media

October 18 @ 5:30 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Book Fair

October 19 @ 10:00 am  4:00 pm

MERGE

136 S Dubuque St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Friends Foundation Pop-up Used Book Sale

October 19 @ 10:00 am  3:00 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Amanda Jones – That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

October 19 @ 10:00 am

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Christopher Merrill – After the Fact

October 19 @ 10:00 am

Iowa City Masonic Building

312 E College St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Panel Discussion: Sense of Place

October 19 @ 10:00 am

Iowa City Senior Center

28 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Jennifer Croft – The Extinction of Irena Rey

October 19 @ 10:30 am

Prairie Lights Books

15 S. Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Josh Cowen – The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers

October 19 @ 11:30 am

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Marguerite Sheffer – The Man in the Banana Trees and Sharon Wahl – Everything Flirts

October 19 @ 11:30 am

Iowa City Masonic Building

312 E College St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Panel Discussion: Writing on Film

October 19 @ 11:30 am

Iowa City Senior Center

28 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Elizabeth Willis – Liontaming in America

October 19 @ 12:00 pm

Prairie Lights Books

15 S. Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Jarod K. Anderson – Something in the Woods Loves You

October 19 @ 1:00 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Willy Vlautin – The Horse

October 19 @ 1:00 pm

Iowa City Masonic Building

312 E College St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Panel Discussion: Politics

October 19 @ 1:00 pm

Iowa City Senior Center

28 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Forrest Gander – Mojave Ghost

October 19 @ 1:30 pm

Prairie Lights Books

15 S. Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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James Fitzmaurice – Hobgoblin Gennel

October 19 @ 2:30 pm

Shambaugh Auditorium, University of Iowa Main Library

125 W Washington St
Iowa City, IA 52242 United States 
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Ari Berman – Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It

October 19 @ 2:30 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Chris Offutt – Code of the Hills

October 19 @ 2:30 pm

Iowa City Masonic Building

312 E College St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Poetry Reading: Perry Janes, Anna Morrison and Hannah Bonner

October 19 @ 2:30 pm

FilmScene at The Chauncey

404 E College St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Panel Discussion: Who Do You Read?

October 19 @ 2:30 pm

Iowa City Senior Center

28 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Natalie Goldberg – Writing on Empty

October 19 @ 3:00 pm

Prairie Lights Books

15 S. Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Marc Ribot – Unstrung: Rants & Stories of a Noise Guitarist

October 19 @ 4:00 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Nina Lohman – The Body Alone

October 19 @ 4:00 pm

Iowa City Masonic Building

312 E College St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Panel Discussion: A Sense of Place II

October 19 @ 4:00 pm

Iowa City Senior Center

28 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Nicolás Medina Mora – América del Norte

October 19 @ 4:30 pm

Prairie Lights Books

15 S. Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Writers Row – Local Author Book Fair

October 20 @ 11:00 am  3:00 pm

MERGE

136 S Dubuque St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Poetry in Public Reading

October 20 @ 12:30 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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A Lunch and Conversation with Natalie Goldberg

$50.00

October 20 @ 1:00 pm  3:00 pm

PorchLight Literary Arts Center

1019 E Washington St
Iowa City, 52240 United States 
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Panel Discussion: Publishing for Beginners

October 20 @ 1:00 pm

MERGE

136 S Dubuque St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Anne Frank’s Diary – A Multilingual Multimedia Reading

October 20 @ 2:00 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Corban Addison – Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

October 20 @ 3:00 pm  4:30 pm

Old Brick

26 E. Market St.
Iowa City, IA 52245 United States 
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Tisa Bryant – Unexplained Presence

October 20 @ 4:00 pm

Iowa City Public Library

123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States 
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Details

Start:
October 14 @ 8:00 am
End:
October 20 @ 5:00 pm
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Website:
https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/icbf

Venue

Downtown Iowa City
210 S Dubuque St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States
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