The Greater Des Moines Partnership is the economic and community development organization that serves Greater Des Moines (DSM), Iowa. The Festival is sponsored by Prairie Meadows, the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Dotdash Meredith, Bankers Trust, Kum & Go, the Kerry and Linda Killinger Foundation, John Ruan Foundation, Bravo Greater Des Moines, the Des Moines Public Library's Authors Visiting in Des Moines (AViD) series, BH Companies and BookPress Publishing. Keep up with the latest updates on The Partnership's website. Drink options will be announced at a later date. Learn more here.įood will be available for purchase during The Festival from Cajun Belle, Fredrich's Coffee, Iowa Cookie Company and Jessen Concessions. VIP packages include signed copies of books from headlining authors, premier seats for author presentations, a commemorative DSM Book Festival item, 20% off at Beaverdale books and access to a VIP Suite. Iowa Fiction Author Panel with Beaverdale Booksīook Marketing 101 with BookPress Publishing Iowa Non-Fiction Author Panel with Beaverdale BooksĬhildren's Book Authors Panel with BookPress Publishing Thrill(er) Ride – Lessons Learned on the Journey to Becoming a Novelist the day of The Festival.Īdditionally, The Festival has announced workshops, author panels and more. The novel is also being developed into a television series by Fox.

Sarah Penner, who is joining The Festival through the Des Moines Public Library's Authors Visiting in Des Moines (AViD) series, is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of 'The Lost Apothecary' which has been translated into 40 languages worldwide. Sequoia Nagamatsu is the author of the National Bestselling novel, 'How High We Go in the Dark,' a New York TimesEditors' Choice, and the story collection, 'Where We Go When All We Were is Gone.' His work has also appeared in publications such the Iowa Review, Lightspeed Magazine and ' One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories.' Nagamatsu will speak at 10 a.m. Bulawayo will speak at noon the day of The Festival. It was a selection for the All Iowa Reads list for 2023. NoViolet Bulawayo is the author of the novels 'Glory' and 'We Need New Names,' which was recognized with the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, the Pen/Hemingway Award, the LA Times Book Prize Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, the Etisalat Prize for Literature and the National Book Foundation '5 Under 35' Fiction Selection. It is now an HBO Max TV series, starring Kaley Cuoco. Chris Bohjalian is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 24 books including 'The Flight Attendant,' which debuted as a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and National Indiebound Bestseller.

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