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All Iowa Reads Author Ted Genoways to Visit Four Iowa Libraries this Fall
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Ted Genoways, author of the 2019 All Iowa Reads title "This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm" will visit four libraries across Iowa in October and November.
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2020 Letters About Literature Program Has Launched
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Letters About Literature is a statewide reading and writing competition for students in grades 4 through 12, who write a letter to an author explaining how that author’s work changed their way of thinking about the world or themselves.
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Wonders of Words Festival - Downtown Des Moines
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The Wonder of Words Festival is a celebration of the written word. The outdoor festival will feature presentations and book signings by authors of both national and local acclaim, as well as workshops, conversation panels, literary exhibitors, books sales, children’s entertainment & activities, and food trucks.
JUNE 18-19, 2016
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Free Admission
Downtown Des Moines
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Western Gateway Park, Des Moines - The Wonder of Words Festival
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The Wonder of Words Festival is a celebration of the written word.
The outdoor festival will feature presentations and book signings by authors of both national and local acclaim, as well as workshops, conversation panels, literary exhibitors, books sales, children’s entertainment and activities, and food trucks.
The festival will take place on June 18th and 19th from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and will be held in Western Gateway Park.
As part of our programming, we will be conducting a book discussion for the 2016 All Iowa Reads book, Lila by Marilynne Robinson.
We would love to invite your book club to participate in our on-site book talk on Sunday, June 19 at 1:45 p.m. The event is free and open to anyone who would like to participate.
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Perry Public Library : Jerry Nelson, "Dear County Agent Guy" Author Visit
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Jerry Nelson, Monday, June 20, 7:00 PM at Perry Public Library
Knee-slapping funny one moment, poignant the next, Jerry Nelson’s new book, Dear County Agent Guy, provides a very special glimpse into a distinctly American way of life. In the tradition of Mark Twain and Jean Shepherd, Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor, Jerry Nelson is a humorist of the American heartland. A fourth-generation dairy farmer, Nelson discovered his voice and had a new calling to go along with his day job—writing a humorous column called “Dear County Agent Guy.” Nelson’s depictions of daily life, from the point of view of a taciturn husband with a twinkle in his eye, are read by 250,000 people a week—and woven into A Prairie Home Companion scripts.
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Announcing the 2020 All Iowa Reads Selections!
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The 2020 All Iowa Reads selections were announced live on Iowa Public Radio’s Talk of Iowa program with host Charity Nebbe.
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November
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Announcement: A Change to Iowa's Letters About Literature Program
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The Iowa Center for the Book has some important news about the Letters About Literature competition.
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August
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Ely Public Library to Receive the 2019 Iowa Literacy Award
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The library will be awarded a commemorative plaque and $2,000 to further their literacy efforts at a reception on Oct. 25.
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2020 All Iowa Reads Selections to be announced Nov. 6 on Iowa Public Radio’s Talk of Iowa Program
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The 2020 titles for All Iowa Reads, Teen All Iowa Reads, and Kids All Iowa Reads program from the Iowa Center for the Book will be announced LIVE on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
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