Join us to discuss the All Iowa Kids Read book for 2021: Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai! Pie in the Sky is an chapter book/graphic novel hybrid about two brothers, Jingwen and Yanghao. At the beginning of the book, Jingwen's family, who is Chinese,...
Book Discussion
Upcoming events
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Suggested by the regular attendees of LTB, this month we're going to share our favorite books. Books we enjoyed so much that we give them as gifts, lend our copies again and again, or have read them multiple times. Not quite a book group, Let...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Comedy fiction is usually a work of fiction in which the writer seeks to amuse the reader, sometimes with subtlety and as part of a carefully woven narrative, sometimes above all other considerations. Comedy can assume many forms - from farce,...
Thursday, August 12, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Despite fueling a century of American progress, the people at the heart of coal country are being left behind: suffering from unemployment, the opioid epidemic, and environmental crises often at greater rates than anywhere else in the country. Are...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Fiction for Foodies are books where food in plays a central part. Books with a character who is a professional chef or restaurant owner, or an amature baker or just a foodie. Or books set in bakeries, restaurants, or someone’s kitchen books with...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 - 7:00pm
Meeting Room D, Online
Join us for ICPL's Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club! We will meet via Zoom to discuss "Ring Shout" by P. Djèlí Clark. Feel free to join us, whether or not you've finished the book! Borrow a book or place a hold at catalog.icpl.org, or...
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Topic: TBD Not quite a book group, Let's Talk Books is a series of casual conversations about books where we meet to share descriptions of our favorite reads. Join us for your favorite genres to chat with like-minded readers. Bring a couple of...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Topic: TBD Not quite a book group, Let's Talk Books is a series of casual conversations about books where we meet to share descriptions of our favorite reads. Join us for your favorite genres to chat with like-minded readers. Bring a couple of...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
For Francisco Cantú, the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican immigrant, raised him in the scrublands of the Southwest. Haunted by the landscape of his youth, Cantú joins the Border Patrol. He and his partners...
Thursday, October 7, 2021 - 4:00pm
Digital Media Lab
Do you like stories? What about adventure, danger, and excitement? Then come enjoy the “Choose Your Own Adventure!” activities we have planned for this writing workshop! Based on and using the phenomenal book series created by R. A. Montgomery,...
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