Author Visit

Upcoming events

Sunday, April 28, 2024 - 2:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jane Smiley returns to Iowa City in support of her latest novel, Lucky, the story of a folk musician who rises to fame across our changing times. She will be in conversation with Charity Nebbe, host of Iowa Public Radio...

Adults Author Visit

Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Former ICPL staffer, current English Language Learner (ELL) teacher, and now author Raquel MacKay joins us this morning to share her debut picture book "I Hear a Buho"! "I Hear a Buho" is a rhyming story with text in both English...

Kids Babies Families Arts & Crafting Author Visit Book Discussion Storytimes

Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 3:00pm

Storytime Room

Edith Renfrow Smith, age 110, was the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1937. Grinnell resident Monique Shore has just published "No One is Better Than You: Edith Renfrow Smith and the Power of a Mother...

Adults Teens Tweens Kids Families Author Visit