Best-selling Wyoming author will be in Iowa this month to discuss his latest Joe Pickett book, “The Crossroads.”
Melissa Ballard Auen Books Feb. 21, 2026 6:00 am8h ago
Best-selling Wyoming author will be in Iowa this month to discuss his latest Joe Pickett book, “The Crossroads.”
The Gazette Books Feb. 16, 2026 1:34 pm5d ago
Cultural critic and author Fran Lebowitz will make her first appearance in Iowa this spring as part of an event presented by the student-led University of Iowa Lecture Committee.
The Gazette Books Feb. 11, 2026 10:04 am10d ago
The annual event returns this month to Iowa City to celebrate children’s literature and writing.
Move eliminates sports section, several foreign bureaus and the newspaper’s books coverage
Melissa Ballard Auen Books Jan. 28, 2026 10:33 am24d ago
Marisa Walz’s psychological suspense novel features a memorable narrator who’s almost too charming to hate
Melissa Ballard Auen
Books Jan. 28, 2026 12:22 pm24d ago
Midwest author coming to Swamp Fox Bookstore in Marion to discuss new psychological suspense novel, “Good Intentions.”
The author of one of the award-winners, memoir ‘Things in Nature Merely Grow,’ attended the University of Iowa.
$50,000 literary award honors fiction or nonfiction about New York City.
Melissa Ballard Auen
Books Jan. 16, 2026 11:11 am36d ago
One of the nation’s first romance-focused bookstores is celebrating its reopening this month in an expanded space in Cedar Rapids.
Melissa Ballard Auen
Books Jan. 7, 2026 6:00 am45d ago
Clara McKenna’s ‘Stella and Lyndy’ books incorporate aspects of her varied interests, including England, science, horses and ‘Murder, She Wrote’
Restaurants Dec. 23, 2025 7:36 am60d ago
For years, “I’ll meet you there” was the catchphrase that bonded Mary Kay McGrath and her busy family. Now, it’s a cafe and bookstore that will bring others together.
Prestige Dec. 14, 2025 6:00 am69d ago
Tim Charles, former president/CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, explores topics around aging in his book “Aging Life Design: A Journey Captured in Morning Pages.”
By Hillel Italie - Associated Press
Books Dec. 10, 2025 2:50 pm72d ago
‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ writer who died Wednesday was known for creating characters who persevered through embarrassing mishaps.
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