About Books Calendar 1034
The Midwest Writing Center is offering a regional poetry residency during October 2010. To be eligible, the poet must live Henry, Mercer, or Rock Island counties in Illinois or Clinton, Muscatine, or Scott counties in Iowa. For more information, call 563-324-1410.
On Monday, August 30, the Midwest Writing Center will hold Beat Poets' Night from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mojo's Cafe, River Music Experience in Davenport. For information, call 563-324-1410.
On Monday, August 30, Russell Valentino, editor of the Iowa Review, will host readings from the current issue at 7 p.m. at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City. Featured readers include Benjamin Percy reading fiction, Sara Gilmore reading her poetry translations, and Steve McNutt reading nonfiction. For information, call 319-337-2681.
On Wednesday, September 1, author Kira Henehan reads from her book Orion You Came and You Took All My Marbles at 7 p.m. at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City. For information, call 319-337-2681.
On Thursday, September 2, the Friends of the Rock Island Public Library will hold a Big Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the 30/31 branch of the Rock Island Library. Proceeds will benefit library programs. For information, call 309-732-7323.
On Thursday, September 2, best-selling author Charles Todd will present and sign his new mystery An Impartial Witness at 7 p.m. at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City. For information, call 319-337-2681.
On Friday, September 3 and Saturday, September 4, the eighth annual Sterling Storytelling and Art Festival will be held at Woodlawn Arts Academy in Sterling. Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. For information, call 815-625-1370.
On Tuesday, September 7, a discussion of Michael Gruber's novel The Book of Air and Shadows will be held by the Pageturners Book Discussion group at the Moline Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 309-524-2470.
On Wednesday, September 8, a discussion of Garth Stein's novel The Art of Racing in the Sun will be held by the Between the Lines Book Discussion Group at the Davenport Eastern Ave. Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 563-326-7832.
On Saturday, September 11, a Mystery Book Discussion of Naomi Hirahara's book Summer of the Big Bachi will be held at the Bettendorf Library at 9:30 a.m. For information, call 563-344-4175.
On Monday, September 13, the Short & Sweets Short Story Discussion Group at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library will have dessert and discuss the short story Big Me at 10 a.m. For information or to register, call 563-328-6833.
On Monday, September 13, an Alpha Book Club discussion of Allen Bradley's work The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie will be held at the Rock Island Library at 3 p.m. For information, call 309-732-7323.
On Monday, September 13, DAGOBAH, a science fiction and fantasy book discussion group, will meet at 6 p.m. at the Davenport Library. Call 563-326-7832 for details.
On Wednesday, September 15, a discussion of Rufus Burrows' work Martin Luther King, Jr., for Armchair Theologian with the Contemporary Books Discussion Group will be held at the Bettendorf Library at 1 p.m. For information, call 563-344-4179.
On Wednesday, September 15, a discussion of Simon Winchester's book The Professor and the Madman with the Contemporary Books Discussion Group will be held at the Bettendorf Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 563-344-4179.
On Thursday, September 16, a discussion of Stephen W. Sears' book Chancellorsville with the Civil War Book Discussion Group will be held at the Moline Library at 6:30 p.m. For information, call 309-524-2470.