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Ed Yong

An Evening with Ed Yong: Council Bluffs Public Library Speaker Series

Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Author Talk
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Proudly supported by the Council Bluffs Public Library Foundation. Program at 7:00 p.m., Book Signing at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase through the Arts Cente...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk
Event Details:

Proudly supported by the Council Bluffs Public Library Foundation. Program at 7:00 p.m., Book Signing at 8:00 p.m.

Nita Prose

An Evening with Nita Prose: Council Bluffs Public Library Speaker Series

Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Author Talk
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Proudly supported by the Council Bluffs Public Library Foundation. Program at 7:00 p.m., Book Signing at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase through the Arts Cente...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk
Event Details:

Proudly supported by the Council Bluffs Public Library Foundation. Program at 7:00 p.m., Book Signing at 8:00 p.m.

Kings of Broken Things

Kings of Broken Things: Bystanders, Historical Wounds, and the Omaha Race Riot of 1919

Monday, February 24, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B at Council Bluffs Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Discusses the societal and personal factors that helped form his novel — Kings of Broken Things — an immigrant coming-of-age story set amid the political, economic and racial tensi...

Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk
Event Details:

Discusses the societal and personal factors that helped form his novel — Kings of Broken Things — an immigrant coming-of-age story set amid the political, economic and racial tensions surrounding the 1919 lynching of Will Brown.

Michelle Cowan

Michelle Cowan: Better Not Bitter

Monday, March 3, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B at Council Bluffs Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Please join us for an author talk from Iowa author and podcaster Michelle Cowan. Cowan will share how she decided to writer her memoir, Better Not Bitter: A Journey from Heartache ...

Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk
Event Details:

Please join us for an author talk from Iowa author and podcaster Michelle Cowan. Cowan will share how she decided to writer her memoir, Better Not Bitter: A Journey from Heartache to Healing.

Susan La Flesche

A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor

Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Meeting Room B at Council Bluffs Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk, Presentation
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche received her medical degree―becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history. She earned her degree thirty-one years before women could...

Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Presentation
Event Details:

On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche received her medical degree―becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history.

Debra

Poetry Reading with Debra Marquart

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B at Council Bluffs Public Library
Program Type:
Author Talk
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Help us celebrate National Poetry Month as we host Debra Marquart as she performs her poetry and storytelling. Marquart is a Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at...

Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk
Event Details:

Help us celebrate National Poetry Month as we host Debra Marquart as she performs her poetry and storytelling.