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Gillian Flynn is Second Out Loud! Author Series Presenter of 2013
Monday, June 10th, 2013

Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series will present Gillian Flynn, author of the runaway bestseller Gone Girl, on Friday, June 14, at 7 p.m.  The event—which is free and open to the public with no tickets required—will take place in the Hotel at Kirkwood Center. The Out Loud! Author Series is a program [...]

Ann Patchett to open 2013 edition Out Loud! Author Series
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013

This year’s edition of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series gets underway on Friday, June 7 at 7 p.m. with Ann Patchett, an alumna of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a bestselling author of both fiction and nonfiction. The event—which is free and open to the public with no tickets required—will take place [...]

Out Loud! Author Series to feature Patchett, Flynn, and Lehane in June events
Monday, April 1st, 2013

Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series will present three of the most famous names in fiction this June. The collaborative program of the Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, and Marion Public Libraries will present Ann Patchett, Gillian Flynn, and Dennis Lehane in free events at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center. Patchett, an alumna of the [...]

2013 Out Loud Authors to be announced Monday, April 1st!
Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Out Loud! Author Series wraps up 2012 edition with science scribe Sam Kean
Friday, July 6th, 2012

The final event of the 2012 edition of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series will feature bestselling science writer Sam Kean.  The presentation, which is free and open to the public with no tickets required, will take place on Friday, July 13, at 7 p.m. at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center. The Out [...]

Out Loud! Author Series presents bestselling thriller writer James Rollins
Monday, June 25th, 2012

Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author series will present bestselling thriller writer James Rollins on Sunday, July 1, at 1 p.m. at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center. The event is free and open to the public with no tickets required. The Out Loud! Author Series is a program of the Cedar Rapids, Marion, and [...]

Out Loud! Author Series presents YA paranormal writer Wendy Delsol
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author series will present Wendy Delsol, author of the “Stork” trilogy for young adults, on Thursday, June 21 at 7 p.m. at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center. The event is free and open to the public with no tickets required. The Out Loud! Author Series is a program of [...]

Out Loud! Author Series presents comics creator, scholar A. David Lewis on June 8
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

A. David Lewis will discuss the role of religion and the religious in comics and graphic novels on Friday, June 8 at 7 p.m. at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center. The presentation is part of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series. The event is free and open to the public with no tickets [...]

Out Loud! and Linn Area Reads present ‘Righteous Porkchop’ author Hahn Niman
Monday, May 7th, 2012

Nicolette Hahn Niman, author of the 2012 Linn Area Reads selection “Righteous Porkchop,” will give a presentation on Friday, May 11, at 7 p.m. at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center. The presentation is part of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series. The event is free and open to the public with no tickets [...]

Arthur creator Marc Brown coming up for Out Loud! Author Series on May 3
Friday, April 27th, 2012

Marc Brown, creator of the popular Arthur series for young readers, will be the third author in 2012 edition of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series. Brown will appear in the Linn-Mar High School auditorium on Thursday, May 3, at 7:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, and no [...]