October

Book Discussion of The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich. (Waterloo Library - Conference Room, from Oct 20, 2009 06:00 PM to Oct 20, 2009 07:00 PM)

Join us at the Waterloo Public Library for monthly book discussions, 3rd Tuesday of every month, even if you haven't read the book. We will discuss The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich on October 20. No registration necessary.

AVID Author Visit: Carrie Brown, at Sheslow Auditorium (Sheslow Auditorium, 2507 University Ave., Des Moines, from Oct 23, 2009 07:00 PM to Oct 23, 2009 09:00 PM)

 

Author Visit: Mildred Kalish (Des Moines Central Library, 1000 Grand Ave., Des Moines, from Oct 01, 2009 12:00 PM to Oct 01, 2009 01:00 PM)

Best-selling author Mildred Kalish returns to Des Moines as one of the recipients of this year's Iowa Author Award and will give a noon talk about her popular book, "Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm during the Great Depression." Her best-selling memoir describes life's simple pleasures and how her grandparents instilled a spirit of hope and joy in her for years to come.

Tales with Tails (Clive Public Library, from Oct 17, 2009 09:30 AM to Oct 17, 2009 11:30 AM)

 

Magic Tree House Book Club (Clive Public Library, from Oct 13, 2009 04:15 PM to Oct 13, 2009 05:15 PM)

 

Bookin' with Judy (from Oct 06, 2009 04:15 PM to Oct 06, 2009 05:15 PM)

 

Bookin' with Judy (Clive Public Library, from Oct 20, 2009 04:15 PM to Oct 20, 2009 05:15 PM)

 

Cookies and Costumes (Clive Public Library, from Oct 31, 2009 02:00 PM to Oct 31, 2009 03:00 PM)

 

Teen Read Week (Clive Public Library, from Oct 18, 2009 08:00 AM to Oct 24, 2009 08:00 PM)

 

Pumpkin Decorating (Clive Public Library, from Oct 16, 2009 06:00 PM to Oct 16, 2009 06:45 PM)

 

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom (Clive Public Library, from Oct 29, 2009 06:00 PM to Oct 29, 2009 06:30 PM)

 

Meet Steven Paul Pritchard, author of "Disabled Thoughts" (Des Moines Central Library, 1000 Grand Ave., Des Moines, from Oct 05, 2009 06:00 PM to Oct 05, 2009 07:30 PM)

 

Debra Franklin & Judith Kay (Marshalltown Public Library, Marshalltown IA , from Oct 01, 2009 06:00 PM to Oct 01, 2009 08:00 PM)

Meet local authors Debra Franklin & Judith Kay.

Nevada Reading Group (Nevada Public Library, from Oct 29, 2009 01:30 PM to Oct 29, 2009 03:00 PM)

Learn more about "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink

Meet Novelist Jamie Ford (Des Moines Public Library-Central, from Oct 13, 2009 06:30 PM to Oct 13, 2009 08:00 PM)

Learn more about this award-winning short story writer when he reads from "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet"