Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour

10/22/2024

Congratulations to all our prize winners!!!!

You will be contacted via email for more information.

Thank you everyone for coming out and supporting us this summer!! We look forward to seeing you again. 💛

10/21/2024

Hey travelers — we’ll be pulling the Grand Prize winner and Runner Up winner, along with announcing all the rest of the prize winners tomorrow at 2pm live on here on Facebook!

10/05/2024

Last chance to get a first year shirt!!!

It’s band style with all the bookshops on the back!!

Many colors to choose from.

There is also a “I completed” version!!

https://www.bonfire.com/store/iowa-indie-bookshop-tour/

09/30/2024

And with today’s setting sun, our first annual Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour has come to an end. We have loved hearing all the wonderful stories of travelers’ adventures across our state as they visited our bookshops. We looked forward to next year’s tour and seeing familiar and new faces on their travels.

Thank you for joining us during this epic literary summer!

09/29/2024

An extra day to shop at The Book Shoppe, Inc.for the tour!!!

Exciting news! We are open today from 11am-3pm during Central Iowa's Fall Junk Jaunt! Come on it and shop with us! We carry new & used books, activity kits, art supplies, greeting cards, toys & the largest selection of puzzles in this area! If you're looking to get one more sticker for the Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour today is our last day open before it ends on Sept. 30th!

09/28/2024

Hey bookshop travelers — our final two days (Sunday and Monday) are upon us. If you are looking for a few more stamps and a place to turn in your finished passport, here is a list of bookshops open for our final days.

Thank you for going on this epic summer literary journey with us!!

09/27/2024

Hey bookshop travelers — we have 4 days left in our first annual Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour!!!! 4 days to shop and get your final stamps before turning in your passports.

Remember, all passports MUST be turned in to your last bookshop by their closing time on September 30th.

If you want to keep your passport, bring it in to our bookshops and they will take down your information, how many stamps you have, and give it back.

Winners will be drawn in October, once we collect all and pull our winners!!!

Have fun on your final bookshop tours!!! We have loved seeing all of you and hearing about your amazing adventures across our state as you have visited us!!

We can’t wait to see everyone again next year for our second Tour!!!

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09/22/2024

Author Event at The Curiosity Shop - Pella Iowa!!!

🚨 EVENT REMINDER 🚨

Janelle Molony will be at The Curiosity Shop next Saturday! 🎉 Hear a selected reading from "The 1864 Diary of Mrs. Sarah Jane Rousseau" at 4:30 followed by a meet & greet and book signings. See you there! 📖✨

09/20/2024

Author Event with Dragonfly Books!!!

Just a few days left until our event with Austin Frerick! Join us this Tuesday, 9/24 at 7 pm at Pulpit Rock Brewery for an engaging discussion about his book Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry, followed by a book signing 📚

Austin will be in conversation with Benji Nichols from Inspire(d) magazine—this is one you don’t want to miss!

Learn more about this and other upcoming events at www.dragonflybooks.com/events

If you can’t make it, give us a call at 563-382-4275 to reserve a signed copy. See you there!

09/19/2024

Author Event at River Lights Bookstore!!!

Oh La La! Stop by on Saturday to see Scott Carpenter from noon to 1:00 and get a signed copy of his books.

09/17/2024

Hey bookshop travelers — we have 13 days left in our first annual Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour!!!! 13 days to shop and get your final stamps before turning in your passports.

Remember, all passports MUST be turned in to your last bookshop by their closing time on September 30th.

Winners will be drawn in October, once we collect all and pull our winners!!!

Have fun on your final bookshop tours!!! We have loved seeing all of you and hearing about your amazing adventures across our state as you have visited us!!

We can’t wait to see everyone again next year for our second Tour!!!

💛💚💙📚🚙

09/15/2024

Author Event with Swamp Fox Bookstore!!!

https://swampfoxbookstore.com/events/475320240925

09/15/2024

With Libro.fm and Bookshop, you can support your favorite local bookshop!

📣 There are alternatives to Amazon-owned bookish services!

🎯 For book discovery and tracking, check out The StoryGraph
🎯 For audiobooks, check out Libro.fm
🎯 Buy directly from bookstores and check out Bookshop
🎯 More ethical alternatives: https://blog.libro.fm/your-guide-to-independent-alternatives-for-books-audiobooks-and-ebooks

09/15/2024

Art Event at The Little Book

09/15/2024

Author Event at Beaverdale Books!

Don't miss this incredible opportunity to meet best-selling author Kaveh Akbar. Thank you DMACC Celebration of the Literary Arts for bringing him to Des Moines!

09/15/2024

Exciting event at Beaverdale Books!!

SAVE THE DATE!
Starting on Banned Books Week, The Banned Wagon–powered by Penguin Random House, Unite Against Book Bans (UABB), First Book and Little Free Library– is road tripping through the Midwest and the South to get books to the people who need and want them most.​
Visit Beaverdale Books on Sunday, September 22 from Noon to 4:00 pm to get a free banned book while supplies last, learn more about the issue, and join the movement.​





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08/30/2024

So excited to see more complete passports!!! Way to go!!! ✨💛✨

🎉Congrats to Brooke on turning in your completed passport after visiting ALL 36 bookshops on the Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour! Way to go!!!