Iowa City Book Festival

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:

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