Thursday! 4/9 at 8pm in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at Dey House/Glenn Schaeffer Library, Visiting faculty members Kai Ihns and Tony Tulathimutte will read from their work events.uiowa.edu/event/36581 #writers #books

Tonight! 4/8 at 7 p.m. in Prairie Lights bookstore, Daniel Poppick will read from his new novel, 'The Copywriter' events.uiowa.edu/event/37043 #writers #books

Congratulations to Francis Hamit on winning the Literary Titan Gold Book award for 'Out Of Step - Part One, A Memoir of the Vietnam War' https://literarytitan.com/2026/02/11/we-are-not-monsters/ #writers #books

Varsity Cinema in Des Moines, IA will host the April 29, 7pm premiere of 'Giving Back Breath', a 20-minute documentary film and Q&A featuring Dr. Mike Welsh, Grace Lidgett, Workshop poet William O’Neal II, and filmmakers Courtney Crowder and Chad Cohen https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/columnists/courtney-crowder/2026/04/06/documentary-premiere-giving-back-breath-varsity-cinema/88983516007/ #writers #books

Congratulations to Adedayo Agarau, Winner of the 2026 Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize! https://thebritishblacklist.co.uk/out-of-africa-nigerian-poet-adedayo-agarau-wins-2026-nossrat-yassini-poetry-prize/ #writers #books

Tuesday! April 7th at 7pm in the English-Philosophy Building,
Room 304, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Postgraduate Visiting Writers Josh Balicki (fiction), Eli Campbell (playwriting), Spencer Jones (nonfiction), & Brian Orozco (poetry) will present their writing events.uiowa.edu/event/36390 #writers #books

Much-belated congratulations to Stephen Narain on winning the Restless Books 2025 Kellman Prize for Immigrant Literature for 'The Church of Mastery', forthcoming in 2027! https://lithub.com/announcing-the-winner-of-the-restless-books-2025-kellman-prize-for-new-immigrant-writing/ #writers #books

Wednesday! April 1st at 7 p.m. in Prairie Lights bookstore, Lauren Haldeman will read from her new graphic novel, 'Wild That We're Alive', joined in conversation by Carmen Maria Machado events.uiowa.edu/event/37042 #writers #books

Tonight! 3/30 at 7 p.m. in Prairie Lights bookstore, Jeff Boyd will read from his new novel 'Hard Times', joined in conversation by Workshop visiting faculty member, James F. Thomas https://events.uiowa.edu/event/36570/63749 #writers #books

Thursday! Mar. 26, 8 pm in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at Glenn Schaeffer Library/Dey House, Kevin Brockmeier will read. His latest, 'The Ghost Variations,' features 100 funny, poignant, scary, & thought-provoking ghost stories that explore all aspects of the afterlife events.uiowa.edu/event/36073 #writers #books