Books and Writing

Iowa City Book Festival 2015: Brian Duffy

Longtime Des Moines Register editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy shares work from Brian Duffy's Iowa Caucus Cartoons: Watch 'Em Run.

Recorded October 3, 2015.

Books and Writing

Iowa City Book Festival 2015: Linzee McCray and Linda Gerdner

Linzee McCray reads from Art Quilts of the Midwest and Linda Gerdner reads from Hmong Story Cloths: Preserving Historical & Cultural Treasures.

Recorded October 3, 2015.

Books and Writing

Iowa City Book Festival 2015: Margret Aldrich and Todd Bol

Margret Aldrich, author of the new book, The Little Free Library Book, is joined by Little Free Library founder Todd Bol to discuss the book and the movement that is sweeping the world.

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Books and Writing

Author Visit: Steven Pinker

Bestselling author, linguist, cognitive scientist and chair of the Usage Panel of The American Heritage Dictionary Steven Pinker will begin the tour for his seventh book here at ICPL. In "The...

Books and Writing

An Evening with author Michael Perry

Michael Perry reads from his new novel "The Jesus Cow".

Books and Writing

Equal Before The Law: An afternoon with Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen

On April 3, 2009, a decision by the Iowa Supreme Court made Iowa the third state in the nation to permit same-sex couples to marry. "Equal Before The Law" tells the stories behind this...

Books and Writing, Current Issues and Politics

Images of America: Coralville

Author and Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Director Emeritus Timothy Walch shares historic pictures of Coralville from his new book, “Images of America: Coralville”.

Recorded May 27,...

Books and Writing, Local History Weber Days

The History of Downtown Iowa City

Author Marybeth Slonneger presents on the history of downtown Iowa City.

Cosponsored by ICPL & Friends of Historic Preservation. WOW: Weber on Wednesday is a month long celebration...

Books and Writing, Local History Weber Days

Author Event with Jon Katz: Reading from "Saving Simon"

Author Jon Katz reads from his book "Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me The Meaning of Compassion".

Cosponsored by ICPL and Prairie Lights Books.

Recorded May 5,...

Books and Writing

Art Quilts of the Midwest

According to Wikipedia, Art Quilts are an art form that uses both modern and traditional quilting techniques to create art objects. Author and quilter Linzee Kull McCray's new book "Art...

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