Events

Events have been submitted by libraries and other agencies that provide book related programming.

Libraries, bookstores, colleges, and others are encouraged to add literary events.

Book Launch for Debra Landwehr Engle Jan 31, 2020 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM — Beaverdale Books-2629 Beaver Ave., Suite 1, Des Moines, IA 50310,: Twenty "Along with naming me Marguerite after her favorite daisy, Mama gave me three things: Red hair that hasn't faded. A love of nature. And a belief that somewhere between heaven and earth there is magic." At age fifty-five, Meg's life is too filled with loss for her to remember what magic feels like. All she has left is a yard brimming with plants that are wilting in the scorching Iowa summer - and a bone-deep feeling that she's through with living. Meg has something else too: a bottle of mysterious pills, given to her years ago by an empathetic doctor. He promised that they would offer her dying mother a quick, painless end in exactly twenty days. Though her mother never needed them, Meg does. But a strange thing happens after Meg swallows the little green pearls... Now that she's decided to leave this world, Meg is rediscovering the joy in it. She sheds everything she no longer needs - possessions, regrets, guilt - and reconnects with those she cares for. Finally confronting the depth of her grief, she's learning that love runs deeper still. But is it too late to choose to stay? About the author... Debra Landwehr Engle is the bestselling author of The Only Little Prayer You Need and Let Your Spirit Guides Speak. She is the co-founder of a women's program of personal and spiritual growth, teaching classes in A Course in Miracles, and offering courses and workshops worldwide. Debra lives with her husband, Bob, in Madison County, Iowa, home of the famed covered bridges. Twenty is her first novel.
Novel Year Book Club Mar 02, 2020 from 01:30 PM to 02:30 PM — Community Room, Norwalk Easter Public Library, Norwalk, Iowa,: A book club for adults 18 and up. This book club meets every other month and is paired with either a film or speaker presentation. Interested attendees can sign up for alerts via the City of Norwalk's website and receive The Norwalk Bookmark newsletter with information on book club discussion meeting dates, reading suggestions, book club sets for check out, and so much more news.
Novel Year Book Club Mar 16, 2020 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM — Community Room, Norwalk Easter Public Library, Norwalk, Iowa,: A book club for adults 18 and up. This book club meets every other month and is paired with either a film or speaker presentation. Interested attendees can sign up for alerts via the City of Norwalk's website and receive The Norwalk Bookmark newsletter with information on book club discussion meeting dates, reading suggestions, book club sets for check out, and so much more news.
Novel Year Book Club May 04, 2020 from 01:30 PM to 02:30 PM — Community Room, Norwalk Easter Public Library, Norwalk, Iowa,: A book club for adults 18 and up. This book club meets every other month and is paired with either a film or speaker presentation. Interested attendees can sign up for alerts via the City of Norwalk's website and receive The Norwalk Bookmark newsletter with information on book club discussion meeting dates, reading suggestions, book club sets for check out, and so much more news.
Novel Year Book Club May 18, 2020 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM — Community Room, Norwalk Easter Public Library, Norwalk, Iowa,: A book club for adults 18 and up. This book club meets every other month and is paired with either a film or speaker presentation. Interested attendees can sign up for alerts via the City of Norwalk's website and receive The Norwalk Bookmark newsletter with information on book club discussion meeting dates, reading suggestions, book club sets for check out, and so much more news.
Novel Conversations: All Iowa Reads Jun 18, 2020 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM — Coralville Public Library, Coralville, IA, Board Room,: Novel Conversations is a new book group at the Coralville Public Library. The group meets at 7 pm on the third Thursday of each month and will focus on both classic novels and more recent works of fiction and nonfiction. Read what you like, or try something new—you may be surprised at what you discover! All are welcome, and refreshments are served! In June, we'll be reading The Mothers by Brit Bennett, this year's All Iowa Reads selection. Nadia, a teen in southern California mourning her mother’s suicide, has a summer romance with Luke, the pastor’s son, that ends with a pregnancy and abortion. They move on to college and beyond, but their lives remain haunted by that summer, and by the chorus of older church women’s voices--the mothers--who meet to discuss their fates.
Novel Year Book Club Jul 06, 2020 from 01:30 PM to 02:30 PM — Community Room, Norwalk Easter Public Library, Norwalk, Iowa,: A book club for adults 18 and up. This book club meets every other month and is paired with either a film or speaker presentation. Interested attendees can sign up for alerts via the City of Norwalk's website and receive The Norwalk Bookmark newsletter with information on book club discussion meeting dates, reading suggestions, book club sets for check out, and so much more news.
Novel Year Book Club Jul 20, 2020 06:00 PM — Community Room, Norwalk Easter Public Library, Norwalk, Iowa,: A book club for adults 18 and up. This book club meets every other month and is paired with either a film or speaker presentation. Interested attendees can sign up for alerts via the City of Norwalk's website and receive The Norwalk Bookmark newsletter with information on book club discussion meeting dates, reading suggestions, book club sets for check out, and so much more news.