Iowa Youth Writing Project

Book Fair Venue: The Mill Saturday, April 7, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. BUY FESTIVAL PASS The Iowa Youth Writing Project (IYWP) is a non-profit outreach collective founded by University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduates in 2010 that aims to join Iowa City’s unique literary heritage with Iowa’s larger community by empowering, inspiring, and educating [...]

9th Annual Literary Magazine + Small Press Book Fair

Literary magazines and independent publishers from around the block and across the country will set up shop at The Mill in Iowa City for the 9th year in a row. Representing some of the most exciting work in publishing today, this free, day-long event features The Sun, Two Dollar Radio, Sarabande, Canarium Books, Rose Metal Press, Nomadic Press, Prompt Press, The Iowa Review, and many more literary up-and-comers as well as indie lit mainstays.

Small Press & Literary Magazine Book Fair

Literary magazines and independent publishers from around the block and across the country will set up shop at FilmScene at The Chauncey. Representing some of the most exciting work in publishing today, this free, day-long event features the following presses: Chapter House, Cleveland State University Poetry Center, Europa Editions, Ice Cube Press, Jaded Ibis Press, […]

I.C.E. C.R.E.A.M. Comix & Zine Fair

Join us for I.C.E. C.R.E.A.M., the 5th annual Iowa City Expo for Comics and Real Eclectic Alternative Media. The event features local and regional artists and their comics, zines, artbooks, weatables, and ephemera! I.C.E. C.R.E.A.M. is collaboratively presented by Public Space One and Mission Creek Festival. Featured artists: Iowa City Press Co-Op Katie Armentrout | […]

Small Press & Literary Magazine Bookfair

The annual Mission Creek Festival Small Press & Literary bookfair returns! Stop by The Chauncey for books, conversation, and community. Grab a Mission Creek fest tote bag to carry your haul of books and discover these featured presses: 503 Press Black Lawrence Press Book*hug Press Brink Canarium Books Dorothy, a publishing project draft: the journal […]

Industry Talk

Meekling Press is a small “boundary-defying” publisher, printer, and arts collective based in Chicago, Illinois. Black Lawrence Press is an independent publisher of contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Join Meekling Press Publisher Rebecca Elliot and Black Lawrence Press Anthologies Editor and Immigrant Writing Series Editor Abayomi Animashaun as they discuss the merits, challenges, and opportunities presented […]