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Iowa City Book Festival 2015: How Books Travel - Literary Translation and International Writing

Each year, literary works from some 60 languages across the globe appear in English, mostly published by independent publishers with commitment to international writing and cross-cultural...

Books and Writing

Iowa City Book Festival 2015: Brian Duffy

Longtime Des Moines Register editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy shares work from Brian Duffy's Iowa Caucus Cartoons: Watch 'Em Run.

Recorded October 3, 2015.

Books and Writing

Iowa City Book Festival 2015: Linzee McCray and Linda Gerdner

Linzee McCray reads from Art Quilts of the Midwest and Linda Gerdner reads from Hmong Story Cloths: Preserving Historical & Cultural Treasures.

Recorded October 3, 2015.

Books and Writing

Iowa City Book Festival 2015: Margret Aldrich and Todd Bol

Margret Aldrich, author of the new book, The Little Free Library Book, is joined by Little Free Library founder Todd Bol to discuss the book and the movement that is sweeping the world.

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Books and Writing

Author Visit: Steven Pinker

Bestselling author, linguist, cognitive scientist and chair of the Usage Panel of The American Heritage Dictionary Steven Pinker will begin the tour for his seventh book here at ICPL. In "The...

Books and Writing

Iowa's Own Monuments Man: George Stout

During WWII, Winterset, Iowa native George Stout was a member of the U.S. Army's "Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program" devoted to recovering art and other items of cultural...

Arts, Music, and Hobbies, Local History

Masked Marvels: Super Heroes of Folk Tales

Invisible Knights, Magic Carpets, and Three-Headed Monsters, oh my! Talespinner and troubadour, Darrin Crow, is bringing his storytelling prowess back to ICPL! Prepare to be amazed, inspired and...

Children's

Family Special: MusicIC

Join violin-fiddle duo Tricia Park and Taylor Morris in this special family concert as they explore a genre-bending program of music from traditional classical fair to contemporary world music as...

Children's

An Evening with author Michael Perry

Michael Perry reads from his new novel "The Jesus Cow".

Books and Writing

Backyard Animals!

Meet some animals you may recognize from your backyard and learn how to keep them safe in this conservation program with Johnson County Naturalist Sydney Algreen.

Children's