Spring 2024 Events

Live from Prairie Lights | Ted Anton 

Friday, January 19, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Bradley Tusk: Lunch & Q&A with Venture Capitalist and Bookstore Owner 

Thursday, January 25, 2024 12:00pm 
∇ Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Kevin Clouther 

Thursday, January 25, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

An Evening with Bradley Tusk: Lessons from the Front Lines of Disruption 

Thursday, January 25, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Old Capitol Museum

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop 

Sunday, January 28, 2024 2:30pm to 4:30pm 
∇ Stanley Museum of Art

Live from Prairie Lights | Kij Johnson 

Thursday, February 1, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Art & Write Night 

Friday, February 2, 2024 6:00pm to 8:00pm 
∇ University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Live from Prairie Lights | Aaron Hwang in conversation with Lei Wang 

Monday, February 5, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

AWP Pre-Conference Social 

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 6:00pm to 8:00pm 
∇ The Davidson

Book Matters: Margot Livesey in conversation with Lan Samantha Chang at Prairie Lights 

Monday, February 19, 2024 7:00pm to 8:30pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Christina Cooke in conversation with Sarah Thankam Mathews 

Friday, February 23, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop 

Sunday, February 25, 2024 2:30pm to 4:30pm 
∇ Stanley Museum of Art

Live from Prairie Lights | Christopher Merrill & Christopher Bolin 

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Leslie Jamison in conversation with Kaveh Akbar 

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Art & Write Night 

Friday, March 1, 2024 6:00pm to 8:00pm 
∇ University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Live from Prairie Lights | Carolina Hotchandani & Kelly Rose Hoffer 

Friday, March 1, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Xochitl Gonzalez in conversation with Kevin Brockmeier 

Monday, March 18, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Nam Le & Daniel Khalastchi 

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Prompt for the Planet Workshop 

Thursday, March 21, 2024 7:00pm to 8:00pm 
∇ Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Shane Book: Film Adaptation Talk and Screening 

Friday, March 22, 2024 4:00pm 
∇ Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Cristina Henríquez in conversation with Lan Samantha Chang 

Friday, March 22, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop 

Sunday, March 24, 2024 2:30pm to 4:30pm 
∇ Stanley Museum of Art

Live from Prairie Lights | Sarah Rose Etter in conversation with Carmen Maria Machado 

Monday, March 25, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Jane Huffman 

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Prompt for the Planet Workshop 

Thursday, March 28, 2024 7:00pm to 8:00pm 
∇ Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs: Reading 

Thursday, March 28, 2024 8:00pm 
∇ Dey House

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs Q&A 

Friday, March 29, 2024 12:00pm 
∇ Dey House

Kaveh Akbar and Paige Lewis: Reading 

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 8:00pm 
∇ Dey House

Aizuri Quartet 

Friday, April 5, 2024 12:00pm 
∇ Dey House

Mission Creek Festival Presents | Lit Walk 2024 at Willow & Stock + Revival 

Friday, April 5, 2024 5:00pm

Art & Write Night 

Friday, April 5, 2024 6:00pm to 8:00pm 
∇ University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Mission Creek Festival | Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games with Carmen Maria Machado, Larissa Pham, and J Robert Lennon 

Friday, April 5, 2024 7:30pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Mission Creek Festival | Cindy Juyoung Ok & Thea Brown 

Saturday, April 6, 2024 2:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Dan Beachy-Quick 

Monday, April 8, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Ancient Exchanges presents Dan Beachy-Quick's The "All-Bell Cosmos" and the "Fundamental Eros" 

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 5:30pm 
∇ Riverside Theatre

Q&A with James Patterson 

Thursday, April 11, 2024 11:00am 
∇ Dey House

A Reading with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Karen Russell 

Thursday, April 11, 2024 8:00pm 
∇ Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Sarah Braunstein in conversation with Rachel Yoder 

Friday, April 12, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

PorchLight Literary | Today You Are Perfect, ft. Wendy Xu, Darius Stewart, Margaret Yapp, Eli Arteaga-Feregrino, Adrienne Rose, Jennifer MacBain-Stephens 

Sunday, April 14, 2024 3:30pm 
∇ PorchLight Literary

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: Reading 

Thursday, April 18, 2024 8:00pm 
∇ Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Mario Duarte - My Father Called Us Monkeys 

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Margaret Yapp & Katie Berta- poetry 

Friday, April 26, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Jane Smiley at the Iowa City Public Library in conversation with IPR's Charity Nebbe 

Sunday, April 28, 2024 2:00pm 
∇ Iowa City Public Library

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop 

Sunday, April 28, 2024 2:30pm to 4:30pm 
∇ Stanley Museum of Art

Live from Prairie Lights | Jorrell Watkins & Romeo Oriogun 

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Shane Book and Sarah Mathews: Reading 

Thursday, May 2, 2024 8:00pm 
∇ Dey House

Art & Write Night 

Friday, May 3, 2024 6:00pm to 8:00pm 
∇ University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Alexander Chee: Reading 

Friday, May 3, 2024 8:00pm 
∇ Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Colin Hamilton 

Thursday, May 23, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop 

Sunday, May 26, 2024 2:30pm to 4:30pm 
∇ Stanley Museum of Art

Art & Write Night 

Friday, June 7, 2024 6:00pm to 8:00pm 
∇ University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Kiley Reid in conversation with Mathilde Merouani 

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Mary Allen, "Getting Past Perfectionism" 

Monday, June 17, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm 
∇ Phillips Hall

Joe Fassler, "Good Beginnings: Crafting the Novel’s First Chapter" 

Thursday, June 20, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm 
∇ Phillips Hall

Joe Fassler reading - 'The Sky Was Ours' 

Thursday, June 20, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books

Claire Lombardo - 'Same As It Ever Was' reading 

Thursday, June 27, 2024 7:00pm 
∇ Prairie Lights Books