Famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop grad kicks off 2010 series for Metro Library Network The 2010 edition of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series kicks off with a reading by Allan Gurganus. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Gurganus is a current visiting faculty member in the program. Gurganus will read from his [...]
The planning committee for the annual community reading program known as Linn Area Reads has selected Population: 485 by author and humorist Michael Perry for the 2010 edition of the program. Perry will read from the book on Saturday, May 15 at 2 p.m. at Theatre Cedar Rapids. The reading is one of several Linn [...]
We are very excited to announce that Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels that are the basis for the HBO television series True Blood, will participate in the 2010 edition of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series! More details on this and other events will be posted here as they become [...]
Popular author will make Out Loud! stops in Marion, Hiawatha, and Cedar Rapids Bestselling author Michael Buckley, author of the Sisters Grimm novels for middle grade and young adult readers, will make three presentations on Saturday, June 20 as part of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series. Each event is free and open [...]
Links to great local interviews with Mr. Block: CorridorBuzz.com: Stepping through Lawrence Block’s career Iowa Public Radio’s The Exchange: streaming audio or mp3
Mystery Writers of America Grand Master to appear in May 21 free event at TCR-Lindale Bestselling author Lawrence Block, creator of several popular mystery and thriller series, will read from his new memoir, Step by Step, on Thursday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at Theatre Cedar Rapids-Lindale. Block will also take audience questions, and sign [...]
Lan Samantha Chang will read from new work when she appears at Theatre Cedar Rapids-Lindale as part of Out Loud! The Metro Library Network Author Series. The event, which is free, is set for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6. Chang is the director of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop as well as an [...]
V.I. Warshawski creator’s visit second event of 2009 Metro Library Network series Bestselling author Sara Paretsky, creator of the popular V.I. Warshawski series of detective novels, will give a talk, take audience questions, and sign books on Saturday, April 18 at 7 p.m. at Theatre Cedar Rapids-Lindale. The event, which a part of Out Loud! [...]
Sandra Dallas, the first Out Loud! author of 2009, drew 150 people to Theatre Cedar Rapids-Lindale! She entertained the crowd with stories from her career and about the writing of Tallgrass, this year’s selection for Linn Area Reads. Following her talk, she graciously signed books for her many eager fans. More photos available here.
“Volvos from Florida,” an Op-Ed in the New York Times by Lan Samantha Chang, was published on March 7, 2009 (link).
