Spring-Summer 2024 Events

Art & Write Night  
Friday, August 2, 2024 6:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇  University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Live from Prairie Lights | Anthony Varallo & Jared Joseph  
Monday, July 22, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Small Press Publishing Roundtable with Daniel Khalastchi, Madeline McDonnell, and Caryl Pagel  
Monday, July 22, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm  
∇  Phillips Hall

Claire Lombardo, "Empathic Fiction: Writing Real People"  
Thursday, July 18, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm  
∇  Phillips Hall

Live from Prairie Lights | Santiago Jose Sanchez in conversation with Claire Lombardo  
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Robert Anthony Siegel, "Voice: The Most Slippery and Hard to Define — But Most Essential — Aspect of Creative Writing"  
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm  
∇  Phillips Hall

Live from Prairie Lights | Melissa Mogollon reading - 'Oye: A Novel'  
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Charles Holdefer, "Your Family and Other Animals: Using Creatures in Your Writing"  
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm  
∇  Phillips Hall

Live from Prairie Lights | Charles Holdefer reading - 'Ivan the Terrible Goes on a Family Picnic'  
Monday, July 15, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Alicia Wright, "The Making of a Literary Magazine"  
Monday, July 15, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm  
∇  Phillips Hall

100-Word Microstory Contest  
Monday, July 15 to Friday, July 26, 2024 (all day) 

Claire Lombardo - 'Same As It Ever Was' reading  
Thursday, June 27, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Joe Fassler reading - 'The Sky Was Ours'  
Thursday, June 20, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Joe Fassler, "Good Beginnings: Crafting the Novel’s First Chapter"  
Thursday, June 20, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm  
∇  Phillips Hall

Mary Allen, "Getting Past Perfectionism"  
Monday, June 17, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm  
∇  Phillips Hall

Kiley Reid in conversation with Mathilde Merouani  
Wednesday, June 12, 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

Live from Prairie Lights | Colin Hamilton  
Thursday, May 23, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

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

Shane Book and Sarah Mathews: Reading  
Thursday, May 2, 2024 8:00pm  
∇  Dey House

Live from Prairie Lights | Jorrell Watkins & Romeo Oriogun  
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop  
Sunday, April 28, 2024 2:30pm to 4:30pm  
∇  Stanley Museum of Art

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

Live from Prairie Lights | Margaret Yapp & Katie Berta- poetry  
Friday, April 26, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Mario Duarte - My Father Called Us Monkeys  
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: Reading  
Thursday, April 18, 2024 8:00pm  
∇  Dey House

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

Live from Prairie Lights | Sarah Braunstein in conversation with Rachel Yoder  
Friday, April 12, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

A Reading with Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer, Karen Russell  
Thursday, April 11, 2024 8:00pm  
∇  Dey House

Q&A with James Patterson  
Thursday, April 11, 2024 11:00am  
∇  Dey House

Ancient Exchanges presents Dan Beachy-Quick's The "All-Bell Cosmos" and the "Fundamental Eros"  
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 5:30pm  
∇  Riverside Theatre

Live from Prairie Lights | Dan Beachy-Quick  
Monday, April 8, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Mission Creek Festival | Cindy Juyoung Ok & Thea Brown  
Saturday, April 6, 2024 2:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

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 Presents | Lit Walk 2024 at Willow & Stock + Revival  
Friday, April 5, 2024 5:00pm  
∇  Various, by event

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

Kaveh Akbar and Paige Lewis: Reading  
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 8:00pm  
∇  Dey House

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs Q&A  
Friday, March 29, 2024 12:00pm  
∇  Dey House

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs: Reading  
Thursday, March 28, 2024 8:00pm  
∇  Dey House

Prompt for the Planet Workshop  
Thursday, March 28, 2024 7:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇  Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Live from Prairie Lights | Jane Huffman  
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Sarah Rose Etter in conversation with Carmen Maria Machado  
Monday, March 25, 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 | Cristina Henríquez in conversation with Lan Samantha Chang  
Friday, March 22, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Shane Book: Film Adaptation Talk and Screening  
Friday, March 22, 2024 4:00pm  
∇  Dey House

Prompt for the Planet Workshop  
Thursday, March 21, 2024 7:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇  Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Live from Prairie Lights | Nam Le & Daniel Khalastchi  
Tuesday, March 19, 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 | Carolina Hotchandani & Kelly Rose Hoffer  
Friday, March 1, 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

Live from Prairie Lights | Christopher Merrill & Christopher Bolin  
Tuesday, February 27, 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 | Christina Cooke in conversation with Sarah Thankam Mathews  
Friday, February 23, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

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

AWP Pre-Conference Social  
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 6:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇  The Davidson

Live from Prairie Lights | Aaron Hwang in conversation with Lei Wang  
Monday, February 5, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Kij Johnson  
Thursday, February 1, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop  
Sunday, January 28, 2024 2:30pm to 4:30pm  
∇  Stanley Museum of Art

An Evening with Bradley Tusk: Lessons from the Front Lines of Disruption  
Thursday, January 25, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Old Capitol Museum

Live from Prairie Lights | Kevin Clouther  
Thursday, January 25, 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 | Ted Anton  
Friday, January 19, 2024 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books