I.O.W.A. AUTHORS EVENT TO TAKE PLACE ONLINE NOV. 7-8

The Writers’ Rooms (I.O.W.A.) Goes Virtual!

The Writers’ Rooms I.O.W.A., (Imagine Other Worlds with Authors), is an online event this year, due to Covid19, that takes place Nov. 7th and 8th from 10am-5pm over Facebook. Hosted by The Writers’ Rooms and the Cedar Rapids Public Library, I.O.W.A. will feature readings, presentations, and giveaways by more than 20 authors as well as panel discussions on topics of interest to writers and readers. In addition, Iowa bookstores will showcase their programs and stores on November 2nd-6th at 12pm each day. You can follow the events at facebook.com/iaotherworlds.  

“We’ll miss the interactions that take place when readers and authors meet face to face,” said Erin Casey, executive director of The Writers’ Rooms. “But at the same time, we’re excited that anyone, anywhere, can now attend. This brings our Iowa-based and Iowa-connected authors to the world, and the world to them.”

All I.O.W.A. events take place over Facebook at facebook.com/iaotherwolds. Learn more at thewritersrooms.org/iowa.

Attending authors include: Kate Bateman, Erin Casey, X.H. Collins, Cassandra DenHartog, Alicia Dill, Teresa Dunn, Solveig Eggerz, Dennis Green, Beth Hudson, E.M. Johnson, Mary Potter Kenyon, Amelia Kibbie, Cindy Koepp, Skye Malone, Dennis Maulsby, Brian K. Morris, Patricia Tiffany Morris, Joleene Naylor, Linda Park, Kristine Plum, Haley Rhoades, Joanne Salemink, Jenn Thompson, and M.L. Williams.

Bookstore presentations will feature: Dragonfly Books, Friends of the Cedar Rapids Public Library, Haunted Bookshop, Kae Apothecary, Pageturners Bookstore, Sidekick Coffee and Books, and Swamp Fox Bookstore.

The Writers’ Rooms is an Iowa non-profit corporation that offers free programs for writers of all genres, skill levels and backgrounds in a safe and respectful environment. Groups exploring science fiction and fantasy, romance, poetry, LGBT literature and horror and mystery meet once or twice each month at no cost to participants. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all activities are currently taking place online. To learn more, visit thewritersrooms.org.