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Book Character Parade
When: Saturday, July 16, 10:00 a.m.
Location: Children's Tent, Gibson Square
Join a cast of your favorite children's book characters - Clifford the Big Red Dog, Curious George, Maisy the Mouse, Pippi Longstocking, and Amelia Bedelia - in a parade around...
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A Community Reading of Peter Pan
When: Saturday, July 16, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Gibson Square
Listen to your friends and neighbors read aloud the childhood classic Peter Pan. Or a take a turn yourself and read a few pages. Copies of the book will be available.
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Historical Printing Demonstration
When: Saturday, July 16, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Gibson Square
Watch as words come to life on a printing press, and experience the thrill of typesetting, inking, and printing. “Novel Iowa City” keepsakes will be created before your eyes.
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Journalism and Environmental Disasters
When: Saturday, July 16, 10:15 a.m.
Location: South Patio, Gibson Square
It seems you can't turn on the television or open a newspaper without seeing images from the latest environmental disaster -whether man-made or a force of nature.
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Teaching Writing
When: Saturday, July 16, 10:30 a.m.
Location: Second Floor North Lounge, UI Main Library
One of the greatest lessons a student can learn is how to communicate clearly. It is a skill that each of us uses every day; yet it is also a...
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Midwestern Memoir
When: Saturday, July 16, 10:30 a.m.
Location: Special Collections Reading Room, UI Main Library
Historically, memoirs have dealt with public matters, rather than personal. Modern expectations have changed this. Today we expect revelations that are not only personal but also touch a deeper truth...
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Book Reviews and Reviewers
When: Saturday, July 16, 10:30 a.m.
Location: Third Floor North Discussion, UI Main Library
With thousands of books published each year, it is hard to choose which one to read next.
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Fiction: The Long and Short of It
When: Saturday, July 16, 10:45 a.m.
Location: First Floor West Discussion, UI Main Library
From flash fiction to epic novels, stories come in every shape and size. What are some of the challenges of writing short fiction vs.
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Publishing in the 21st Century
When: Saturday, July 16, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Second Floor West, UI Main Library
The world of book publishing is undergoing radical change right now. E-books are becoming an increasingly large segment of the books purchased.
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Puppet Show
When: Saturday, July 16, 10:45 a.m.
Location: Children's Tent, Gibson Square
Always a crowd-pleaser, join Deanne Wortman and Magic Dave for Popo’s Books Puppet Show.
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Jane Hamilton and Mary Helen Stefaniak
When: Saturday, July 16, 11:00 a.m.
Location: Shambaugh Auditorium, UI Main Library
Fiction writers imagine stories, but most novels aren’t just make-believe. Novelists Jane Hamilton (Laura Rider’s Masterpiece) and Mary Helen Stefaniak (The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia) share the research they did...
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Hot Club of Davenport
When: Saturday, July 16, 11:00 a.m.
Location: Music Stage, Gibson Square
The origins of the Hot Club of Davenport began as a shared idea and topic of discussion between Jamey Cummins (guitar, banjo and vocals) and Kristian Svennevig (violin).
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Joe Haldeman
When: Saturday, July 16, 11:15 a.m.
Location: South Patio, Gibson Square
The Forever War is the inspiration for the University of Iowa Libraries BookMarks statue. Join author Joe Haldeman for book talk about this classic science fiction novel.
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Tess Weaver and Opera Cat
When: Saturday, July 16, 11:30 a.m.
Location: Children's Tent, Gibson Square
Children’s author Tess Weaver and opera singer John Muriello present “Opera Cat”
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Julie Kramer
When: Saturday, July 16, 11:45 a.m.
Location: Third Floor North Discussion, UI Main Library
What makes a good mystery novel? A fast-paced narrative? An interesting heroine? Complicated plot twists? Mystery novelist Julie Kramer will share her take on what makes a good mystery.
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Women Writers Reading
When: Saturday, July 16, 12:00 p.m.
Location: Iowa Women's Archives, UI Main Library
Join poet Julie Hanson and fiction writer Edith Pearlman for a mesmerizing glimpse into amazing new worlds.
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Iowa City Comics Book Creators Club
When: Saturday, July 16, 12:15 p.m.
Location: Second Floor North Lounge, UI Main Library
The Iowa City Comics Creators Club (I4C) gives tips on how to produce and reproduce your comics with local resources, the importance of building a strong comics community, and the...
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Linda Gerdner and Grandfather's Story Cloth
When: Saturday, July 16, 12:20 p.m.
Location: Children's Tent, Gibson Square
Chersheng's grandfather is beginning to forget things: little things like turning off the water faucet and big things like Chersheng's name. Sometimes he even forgets that he is in America now.
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Heather Gudenkauf and Bonnie Jo Campbell
When: Saturday, July 16, 12:30 p.m.
Location: Shambaugh Auditorium, UI Main Library
In These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf and Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell, both authors explore the domestic struggles of Midwestern families.
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High School Jazz Band
When: Saturday, July 16, 12:30 p.m.
Location: Music Stage, Gibson Square
High School Jazz Band
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Gregg Hurwitz
When: Saturday, July 16, 12:45 p.m.
Location: Third Floor North Discussion, UI Main Library
What happens when a Shakespearean scholar turns his talents to mystery? Join Gregg Hurwitz for a reading of his latest novel.
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My Name on the Cover: Three Writers' Stories
When: Saturday, July 16, 12:45 p.m.
Location: Second Floor West, UI Main Library
For every book published there is a story about how it got to the bookshelves. Authors Eve Adamson, John Langhorne and Don Beussink will share the three different roads they...
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Laurel Snyder and Dori Hillestad Butler
When: Saturday, July 16, 1:00 p.m.
Location: Children's Tent, Gibson Square
Children’s authors Laurel Snyder and Dori Hillestad Butler each read and talk about their books Bigger Than a Bread Box and The Buddy Files.
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To Your Health
When: Saturday, July 16, 1:15 p.m.
Location: First Floor West Discussion, UI Main Library
With a proliferation of health information on television, in the newspaper and on the Internet, why are we still looking for answers when it comes to questions of health and wellness.
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High School Stories
When: Saturday, July 16, 1:30 p.m.
Location: Second Floor North Lounge, UI Main Library
Some literary classics have been around for centuries. Miranda Tate's just hoping to survive junior year. . . .
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Civil War Diaries
When: Saturday, July 16, 1:30 p.m.
Location: Special Collections Reading Room, UI Main Library
Website: http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cwdThe Civil War Diaries Digital Collection contains 3,000-plus diaries and letters. These are digitized images — effectively photographs — that require viewers who want to read them to interpret the...
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Place as Character in Short Fiction
When: Saturday, July 16, 1:45 p.m.
Location: Third Floor North Discussion, UI Main Library
Short fiction authors Josh Rolnick and Don Waters will discuss how they create settings that come alive.
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I Can Read
When: Saturday, July 16, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Children's Tent, Gibson Square
The joyous songs featured on this DVD were written by LaDonna Wicklund, a Title 1 and Reading Recovery Teacher with 40 years of experience teaching children to read! Leslie Nolte...
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Clowning and Balloon Animal Show
When: Saturday, July 16, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Children's Tent, Gibson Square
Clowning and Balloon Animal Show with Mrs. Hinky Dink.
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Ice Cube Press Authors
When: Saturday, July 16, 2:00 p.m.
Location: First Floor South, UI Main Library
Join Ice Cube Press authors as they speak about being authors in Iowa, their experiences working with a small press and they will take your questions on writing.
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Elizabeth Berg
When: Saturday, July 16, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Shambaugh Auditorium, UI Main Library
From New York Times bestselling author, Elizabeth Berg, comes a beautiful and moving novel about a man and woman, long divorced, who rediscover the power of love and family in...
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New Broom
When: Saturday, July 16, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Music Stage, Gibson Square
New Broom is an Iowa City-based string band playing fiddle tunes, early bluegrass, songs about train wrecks, ship wrecks and home wreckers; murder ballads and prison songs; duets; and real...
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Three Ladies Laughing: Humor Writing
When: Saturday, July 16, 2:30 p.m.
Location: First Floor West Discussion, UI Main Library
What makes something funny? It's a mystery, but we know it when we hear it. Humor can be a release and an escape.
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Science in Science Fiction
When: Saturday, July 16, 3:00 p.m.
Location: Third Floor North Discussion, UI Main Library
How much of the science in science fiction could we see in the future? If humans travelled through space, what would they find when they returned to earth? Could a...
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Blank Slate Press Authors
When: Saturday, July 16, 3:15 p.m.
Location: Second Floor West, UI Main Library
Authors published by Blank Slate Press will read.
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Stephanie Kallos
When: Saturday, July 16, 3:30 p.m.
Location: Shambaugh Auditorium, UI Main Library
With breathtaking lyricism, wisdom, and humor, Stephanie Kallos explores the consequences of protecting the ones we love.
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Michelle Lynn
When: Saturday, July 16, 3:30 p.m.
Location: Music Stage, Gibson Square
With literate, transformative lyrics and a luminous, soulful voice; singer-songwriter Michelle Lynn connects the personal with the universal and the spiritual with the profane by confronting broader themes such as...
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Young Writers Speak About Writing
When: Saturday, July 16, 4:00 p.m.
Location: Second Floor North Lounge, UI Main Library
Four teens, participants in youth writing programs in Iowa City and elsewhere, discuss their hopes, fears, and dreams about writing and the writing life in a conversation with author Ibtisam Barakat.
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Becoming Another: The Art of Biography, Collaboration, and Ghost Writing
When: Saturday, July 16, 4:00 p.m.
Location: First Floor West Discussion, UI Main Library
Becoming Another: The Art of Biography, Collaboration, and Ghost Writing with Eve Adamson, Jerry Harp.
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Music and Literature
When: Saturday, July 16, 4:15 p.m.
Location: Third Floor North Discussion, UI Main Library
Music and Literature with Laurel Snyder, Will Boast, Andre Perry.
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Camille T. Dungy and Shane McCrae
When: Saturday, July 16, 5:00 p.m.
Location: Shambaugh Auditorium, UI Main Library
See inside a poet’s mind, when poets Camille T. Dungy and Shane McCrae read from their collections of poetry.
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