The analysis includes proposed rules. Senate File 496, the Republican's sweeping education law, requires Iowa schools to remove most books that depict sex acts from shelves, provide age ...

Author Heather Ostern will be signing and selling her new book, Of Wing and Worship: The Extraordinary Advent of Jesus Christ ...

The damage done by summer flooding is still visible in Rock Valley, Iowa. The library plans to continue serving the community ...

With the holiday season quickly approaching, the Outlets of Des Moines in Altoona is adding a Gap Factory Store to its lineup of discount stores and restaurants. The 7,694-square-foot store opened ...

When Bob Manson is asked which bookstore is his favorite, he pauses: "That would be like asking a parent who their favorite child is." But parents don't have more than 600 kids − and ...

Ursula Le Guin has written 22 books, including several classic novels ... 2014, in New York City. One of six Le Guin Nebula Award winners, Powers is part of the Annals of the Western Shore series ...

Heavy on dialogue and big on ideas, Heretic is a horror film with something on its mind. Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods discuss the genesis of the project at the film’s Iowa premiere.

If the rainy weather has you in the mood to download a new read, Kansas City’s Mid-Continent Public Library has some suggestions. The following list is based on the most checked out e-books from ...

November is National Native American Heritage Month, and Iowa City is celebrating by displaying new banners with artwork from ...

His own new book is “What I Ate in One Year (and Related Thoughts).” Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of the trio ...

Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of the trio, a cellist takes us bedside with the sick and the dying. “The Price of Power ...

Whether or not you're an avid reader, Powell's City of Books is worth checking out. Four floors high, it occupies a square city block; in fact, this bookstore is so large that exploring it ...