Fall 2025 Events

Book Matters: Jamel Brinkley in conversation with Stephen Lovely  
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 7:00pm to 8:30pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Art & Write Night  
Friday, December 5, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇ University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Live from Prairie Lights | Kevin Moffett in conversation with Matthew Vollmer - 'Only Son'  
Thursday, December 4, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop  
Sunday, November 23, 2025 2:30pm to 4:15pm  
∇ Stanley Museum of Art

Live from Prairie Lights | Othuke Umukoro in conv with Reyumeh Ejue - 'Fenestration'  
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Attacca Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop  
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 1:00pm  
∇ Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Jen Percy in conversation with Kerry Howley — 'Girls Play Dead'  
Monday, November 17, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Shane McCrae Reading  
Saturday, November 15, 2025 4:00pm 
∇ Dey House

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford, Writer of Jarhead  
Thursday, November 13, 2025 7:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇ Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Mic Check Poetry Fest | Panel with Tracie Morris, Caleb Rainey, and Warren Longmire  
Thursday, November 13, 2025 5:30pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Thursday, November 13 to Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Wednesday, November 12 to Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Tuesday, November 11 to Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

Live from Prairie Lights | Delaney Nolan in conv with Jamel Brinkley - 'Happy Bad'  
Monday, November 10, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Monday, November 10 to Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Sunday, November 9 to Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Saturday, November 8 to Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

Live from Prairie Lights | Sara Gilmore and Alicia Wright  
Friday, November 7, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Friday, November 7 to Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

Live from Prairie Lights | Emily Wilson - 'Burnt Mountain'  
Thursday, November 6, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Thursday, November 6 to Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Wednesday, November 5 to Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Tuesday, November 4 to Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

Write Now Hawkeye Haiku Contest  
Monday, November 3 to Friday, November 14, 2025 (all day)  
∇ Virtual

Live from Prairie Lights | Stephen Haven & Rosa Lane  
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Julian Talamantez Brolaski & Cristina Henríquez: Reading  
Monday, October 27, 2025 8:00pm  
∇ Dey House

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop  
Sunday, October 26, 2025 2:30pm to 4:15pm  
∇ Stanley Museum of Art

Tom Drury & Bennett Sims: Reading  
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 8:00pm 
∇ Dey House

VIEWS Presents: Sofia Samatar Reading & Q&A  
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 7:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇ English-Philosophy Building

Live from Prairie Lights | Stephen Kuusisto in conv with Christopher Merrill - 'Close Escapes'  
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series  
Sunday, October 19, 2025 4:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Anna North in conv with Sarah Bond - 'Bog Queen'  
Thursday, October 16, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Andrea Brady receives the 2025 Truman Capote Award, followed by a reception  
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 4:00pm 
∇ Old Capitol Museum

Iowa City Book Festival | Greg Galloway and Scott Phillips  
Saturday, October 11, 2025 11:30am 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Iowa City Book Festival | Tree Tour: Literary Grove at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop  
Thursday, October 9, 2025 12:00pm  
∇ Dey House

Harlem Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop  
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 1:00pm  
∇ Glenn Schaeffer Library

IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series  
Sunday, October 5, 2025 4:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Stephen Starring Grant in conv with Daniel Khalastchi - 'Mailman'  
Monday, September 29, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop  
Sunday, September 28, 2025 2:30pm to 4:15pm  
∇ Stanley Museum of Art

Live from Prairie Lights | CA Conrad - 'Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return'  
Thursday, September 25, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Iowa City Public Library | Elin Hilderbrand - 'The Academy,' in conversation with Lan Samantha Chang  
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Iowa City Public Library

Live from Prairie Lights | Adedayo Agarau in conv with Othuke Umukoro - 'The Years of Blood'  
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Text and Textures: Women Creating Books with Bite - A conversation with Pervin Saket & Diane Vadino  
Monday, September 22, 2025 5:30pm  
∇ Shambaugh House

Iowa City Poetry | Free Generative Writing Workshop with Warren C. Longmire  
Sunday, September 21, 2025 5:30pm to 7:00pm  
∇ PorchLight Literary Arts Center

Q&A with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Rae Armantrout  
Friday, September 19, 2025 12:30pm 
∇ Dey House

A Reading with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Rae Armantrout  
Thursday, September 18, 2025 8:00pm  
∇ Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Malleable and True: A Hybrid Craft Anthology Reading  
Thursday, September 18, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

A Reading with visiting faculty: Kevin Brockmeier and Carmen Maria Machado  
Thursday, September 11, 2025 8:15pm  
∇ Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Jess Walter - 'So Far Gone'  
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Q&A with Jess Walter 
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 3:30pm  
∇ Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Peter Orner in conversation with Kevin Brockmeier - 'The Gossip Columnist's Daughter'  
Monday, September 8, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Amie Barrodale in conversation with Diane Vadino - 'Trip'  
Thursday, September 4, 2025 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop  
Sunday, August 31, 2025 2:30pm to 4:15pm  
∇ Stanley Museum of Art

Live from Prairie Lights | C. Mallon in conv with Kevin Brockmeier - 'Dogs'  
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 7:00pm  
∇ Prairie Lights Books