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 [...]
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 [...]
Kevin Brockmeier will be featured during the second event of the 2012 edition of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series. Brockmeier will appear at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center on Friday, April 27 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, and no tickets are required. The Out Loud! [...]
This year’s edition of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series gets underway on Saturday, April 21 at 1 p.m. with Robin Hemley, a writer of both fiction and non-fiction and the director of the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program. The event—which is free and open to the public with no tickets required—will [...]
Fiction, nonfiction, comics, and books for young people will all be featured during the 2012 edition of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series. The collaborative program of the Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, and Marion Public Libraries will grow to eight events this year, all free and open to the public. Seven of the eight [...]
Show your support for our great annual author series by participating in the Barnes & Noble Author Fair! Visit Barnes & Noble in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, December 3. Just mention Out Loud! when you check out, and our series will get a percentage of your purchase price. Doesn’t matter what you buy: a book, [...]
Show your support for our great annual author series in three different ways. Visit Barnes & Noble in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, July 13. Just mention Out Loud! when you check out, and our series will get a percentage of your purchase price. Doesn’t matter what you buy: a book, a magazine, a cup of [...]
Meg Cabot will read from Overbite, her newest novel for adults, and discuss her career as a writer for adults and young adults on Tuesday, July 12 at 7 p.m. in the final event of the 2011 edition of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series. The event—which is free and open to the [...]
The political season is heating up in Iowa, but nothing on the campaign trail is likely to rival the intrigue on display in Steve Martini’s political thrillers. Martini will read from his latest novel, Trader of Secrets, for Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series on Friday, June 24 at 7 p.m. The event—which [...]
Laurell K. Hamilton, author of the bestselling Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter and Meredith Gentry series, will answer questions from readers as part of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series. Hamilton’s event, which will include adult content and is therefore not appropriate for children, is set for Friday, June 10 at 7 p.m. The [...]
