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.

Schedule:

Sunday October 13,2024

Little Village Presents: Roast Of Iowa City
6:00 Pm 
Location: Reunion Brewery

Monday October 14,2024

Resilient Voices: A Multimedia Exhibition Celebrating Youth Empowerment, Global Perspectives, And The Legacy Of Anne Frank
Location: Iowa City Public Library
Tree Tour: Literary Grove At The Iowa Writers’ Workshop
12:00 Pm
Location: Dey House
It Can’t Happen Here – A Staged Reading
6:30 Pm
Location: Iowa City Public Library
Stuart Dybek
7:00 Pm
Location:Prairie Lights Books

Tuesday October 15,2024

Curator Guided Tour: Hawkeye Histories  Sporting Stories
4:00 Pm
Location:University Of Iowa Main Library Gallery
Anna Barker: From Peter The Great To Napoleon The Lesser: Dostoevsky And The Great Men Of History
4:30 Pm
Location:Iowa City Public Library
Bruna Dantas Lobato – Blue Light Hours
6:00 Pm
Location:Prairie Lights Books
Film Screening: Taxi Driver With Notes From Underground
6:00 Pm
Location:Iowa City Public Library
Literary Legends: Tracy Kidder In Conversation With Stuart Dybek
7:30 Pm
Location:Iowa Memorial Union

Wednesday October 16,2024

Iowa Bibliophiles – Guest Author Megan Rosenbloom
6:00 Pm
Location:Shambaugh Auditorium, University Of Iowa Main Library
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz – The Indian Card
7:00 Pm
Location:Prairie Lights Books
Nancy Miller Gomez – Inconsolable Objects – Reading And Workshop
7:00 Pm
Location:Porchlight Literary Arts Center

Friday October 18,2024

International Writing Program Panel: Balancing Life As An Artist
12:00 Pm
Location:Iowa City Public Library
Typedancing
2:00 Pm
Location:Pedmall Weatherdance Fountain Stage
Film Screening: Racialism And The Media
5:30 Pm
Location:Iowa City Public Library

Saturday October 19,2024

Book Fair
10:00 Am - 4:00 Pm
Location:Merge
Amanda Jones – That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning In America
10:00 Am
Location:Iowa City Public Library
Christopher Merrill – After The Fact
10:00 Am
Location:Iowa City Masonic Building
Jennifer Croft – The Extinction Of Irena Rey
10:30 Am
Location:Prairie Lights Books
Josh Cowen – The Privateers: How Billionaires Created A Culture War And Sold School Vouchers
11:30 Am
Location:Iowa City Public Library
Marguerite Sheffer – The Man In The Banana Trees And Sharon Wahl – Everything Flirts
11:30 Am
Location:Iowa City Masonic Building
Elizabeth Willis – Liontaming In America
12:00 Pm
Location:Prairie Lights Books
Jarod K. Anderson – Something In The Woods Loves You
1:00 Pm
Location:Iowa City Public Library
Willy Vlautin – The Horse
1:00 Pm
Location:Iowa City Masonic Building
Forrest Gander – Mojave Ghost
1:30 Pm
Location:Prairie Lights Books
James Fitzmaurice – Hobgoblin Gennel
2:30 Pm
Location:Shambaugh Auditorium, University Of Iowa Main Library
Ari Berman – Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack On The Will Of The People—And The Fight To Resist It
2:30 Pm
Location:Iowa City Public Library
Chris Offutt – Code Of The Hills
2:30 Pm
Location:Iowa City Masonic Building
Poetry Reading: Perry Janes, Anna Morrison And Hannah Bonner
2:30 Pm
Location:Filmscene At The Chauncey
Natalie Goldberg – Writing On Empty
3:00 Pm
Location:Prairie Lights Books
Marc Ribot – Unstrung: Rants & Stories Of A Noise Guitarist
4:00 Pm
Location:Iowa City Public Library
Nina Lohman – The Body Alone
4:00 Pm
Location:Iowa City Masonic Building
Nicolás Medina Mora – América Del Norte
4:30 Pm
Location:Prairie Lights Books

Sunday October 20,2024

Writers Row – Local Author Book Fair
Location:Merge
Poetry In Public Reading
12:30 Pm
Location:Iowa City Public Library
A Lunch And Conversation With Natalie Goldberg
1:00 Pm - 3:00 Pm
Location:Porchlight Literary Arts Center
Panel Discussion: Publishing For Beginners
1:00 Pm
Location:Merge
Anne Frank’s Diary – A Multilingual Multimedia Reading
2:00 Pm
Location:Iowa City Public Library
Corban Addison – Wastelands: The True Story Of Farm Country On Trial
3:00 Pm - 4:30 Pm
Location:Boyd Law Building
Resilient Voices: A Multimedia Exhibition Celebrating Youth Empowerment, Global Perspectives, And The Legacy Of Anne Frank
Location:Iowa City Public Library

Date:October 13-20,2024

Location:Various Venue In Iowa City

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