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• Author Signing: Andrew Ridker

  <p>Please join us as we welcome author Andrew Ridker to M and M Bookstore on Independent Bookstore Day!</p><p>Light Refreshments may be served.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About Andrew Ridker</u></strong></p><p>Andrew Ridker was born in 1991. His first novel, The Altruists, is forthcoming from Viking/Penguin in 2019. It will be published in seventeen other countries. He is the editor of Privacy Policy: The Anthology of Surveillance Poetics and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, Guernica, Boston Review, The Believer, St. Louis Magazine, and elsewhere. He is currently an Iowa Arts Fellow at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.</p> 2019-01-28 15:00:00 -0600

  4/27/19 2019-04-27 13:00:00 -0500

  1:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Reading: Dennis Maulsby

  <p><span data-offset-key="7vee8-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us as we welcome Dennis Maulsby to M and M Bookstore.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="dekoo-0-0"><span data-text="true">About Dennis Maulsby</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="ciijf-0-0"><span data-text="true">Dennis Maulsby is a retired bank president living in Ames, Iowa with his wife Ruth, a retired legal secretary and his dog Charlie, a retired CIA operative. A son and grandson, Matt and Kaden, live in the Pacific Northwest. His poetry and short stories have appeared in Lyrical Iowa, The North American Review, Haiku Journal, Spillway, The Hawai’i Pacific Review, The Briarcliff Review, and numerous other journals.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="5m7c7-0-0"><span data-text="true">A U.S. Army Veteran, Maulsby spent four and a half years on active duty. Enlisting as a private, he served two years as a Russian voice intercept operator rising to the rank of Specialist Fifth Class before attending Ft. Benning, Georgia’s Infantry Officer Candidate School. After graduation as a Second Lieutenant, he was accepted into the Military’s Intelligence branch. In 1968, he served with the 25th Infantry division while in Vietnam. Maulsby led a mobile electronic intelligence gathering platoon with elements established in firebases and Vietnamese villages in southwestern Vietnam. He received an honorable discharge in 1970.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="ak79b-0-0"><span data-text="true">His first book of war poetry, Remembering Willie, and all the others won silver medal book awards from the Military Writers Society of America (2005) and the Branson Stars &amp; Stripes organization (2009). Maulsby’s second book of poetry Frissons, published in 2011, consists of traditional American-style haiku and senryu. Near Death/Near Life, a third book of poetry was released by Prolific Press in May of 1215. The book has since received a gold medal award from the Military Writers Society of America, named a finalist in the De Vinci Eye cover Art award, &nbsp;and was a winner-finalist in the USA Book News contest.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="4pht6-0-0"><span data-text="true">Free Fire Zone, a book of linked poetry and short stories, was released in November of 2016 by Prolific Press, and has since been named an International Book Award finalist and received a silver medal award from the Military Writers Society of America.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="6b5rj-0-0"><span data-text="true">In May 2004 his poem “6 June, Omaha Beach” was featured with a musical background on National Public Radio’s Themes &amp; Variations in memory of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the WW II Normandy landings. That same year he was named the Edgar Award winner of the Oak Hill Poetry Contest. His poem “Isle Royale Hunted” received a Pushcart Prize nomination in 2011. As of spring 2017, seventy of his poems have been individually published, forty percent of which have won awards, &nbsp;ranging from honorable mentions to first places. Out of twelve short stories published five have won awards.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="6ihvm-0-0"><span data-text="true">Maulsby is a past President of the Iowa Poetry Association. He holds memberships in the Iowa Poetry Association, The National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Ames Third Stanza Poets, Burlington’s Society of Great River Poets, The Military Writers Society of America, the Urbandale Omega Poets, The Ankeny Writers Workshop, The Jordan Creek Mall Barnes &amp; Noble Writers, and The International War Veterans Poetry Archives.</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="8dekb-0-0"><span data-text="true">In 1964, just weeks away from graduating from Grinnell College, Dennis Maulsby decided his best option after college would be to voluntarily enter the military. After returning from the Vietnam War, he channeled his war experiences into various creative outlets, ultimately pursuing writing poetry. He self-published his first book, Remembering Willy, and All the Others, and received silver medal awards from veteran’s associations. His latest book, Free Fire Zone is a collection of short military stories.</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="1ns5b-0-0"><span data-text="true">“A lot of men came back from Vietnam, and they dealt with their PTSD in a number of ways, usually women, drugs or creativity,” he says. “I chose creativity.”</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="42hdp-0-0"><span data-text="true">During this hour of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe talks with Maulsby about his writing and his new book of connected short stories.</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="aiqt6-0-0"><span data-text="true">http://iowapublicradio.org/post/wounds-war-and-poetry-using-creativity-heal#stream/0</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-04-17 19:00:00 -0500

  9/12/19 2019-09-12 17:00:00 -0500

  5:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Reading: Catherine Schaff-Stump

  <p>Join us as we welcome local author Catherine Schaff-Stump to M and M Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Schedule for the Evening</u></strong></p><p>5 to 6: Mix &amp; Mingle | 6 to 6:30: Reading &amp; Q&amp;A | 6:30 to 7: Book Signing</p><p><br></p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About Catherine Schaff-Stump</u></strong></p><p>Cath Schaff-Stump writes speculative fiction for children and adults, everything from humor to horror. She is the author of the Klaereon Scroll series, the most recent of which is The Pawn of Isis, coming in March, 2019. Cath lives and works in Iowa with her husband. During the day, she teaches English to non-native speakers at a local community college. Other recent fiction has been published by Paper Golem Press, Daydreams Dandelion Press, and in The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk. Cath is a co-host on the writing and geek-life fan podcast Unreliable Narrators. You can find her online at Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon, @cathschaffstump,<span>&nbsp;</span><a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcathschaffstump.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1yaUANHOlA6eqbmJyZyaJWzkKByRrCeomD-yZvR5UTrmDLs9n4tNoE6Pw&amp;h=AT3KU73K7KfSdqOAlAgbA2WvgDjV3GpJ31Uq1VAQ2kB6YUjaEhMNSLBCRd30sRfQ0T_boMm54orKG5070ozuf7_7Avw_jEpXm5UrGxgzezvVZXGWHlYevEorexJAJAHs6RGDRB0" href="http://cathschaffstump.com/?fbclid=IwAR1yaUANHOlA6eqbmJyZyaJWzkKByRrCeomD-yZvR5UTrmDLs9n4tNoE6Pw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">cathschaffstump.com</a>, and<span>&nbsp;</span><a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Funreliablenarrators.net%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR38Q2CqkgJtjLa-9T1x7nBPzPedI4gToo51ygZ-VpgcrfwLxTh6DNlpiL0&amp;h=AT3HMXphLvd3RxEdg_rKUDf-nOrAU73zP0fg14Wmhu26gB7Xt6_PmjsrAuN6yMo4EbCy1GRqKjNNs37o5LmU7WkBNfYbm-20OqcTn-4twmOZoRg7oxzyewxTpwmm3PIHNM9Sukk" href="http://unreliablenarrators.net/?fbclid=IwAR38Q2CqkgJtjLa-9T1x7nBPzPedI4gToo51ygZ-VpgcrfwLxTh6DNlpiL0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">unreliablenarrators.net.</a></p> 2019-02-07 19:00:00 -0600

  6/13/19 2019-06-13 17:00:00 -0500

  5:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Reading: Kristine Plum

  <p>Join us as we welcome author Kristine Plum to M and Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Schedule for the Evening</u></strong></p><p>5 to 6: Mix &amp; Mingle | 6 to 6:30: Reading &amp; Q&amp;A | 6:30 to 7: Book Signing</p><p><br></p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About Kristine Plum</u></strong></p><p>Kristine Plum lives in Iowa, where she was born and raised, with her husband, son and canine children. Her childhood was spent on the family farm with the animals, especially puppies! A series of events and choices gave her unexpected life experience while still a teenager, that she’s still learning from today.</p><p><br></p><p>Kristine has been interested in history and the supernatural as far back as she can remember, and her imagination has always been wild. Her interests led her to degrees in History, Spanish, Music and Education from a small liberal arts college whose atmosphere helped to open her mind beyond the bubble of her small town upbringing, and helped further shape her into the person she is today. She passed on her aspirations to own a “living-history” castle museum in Europe to be a high school Spanish teacher.</p><p><br></p><p>She has been blessed to have the opportunity to travel within the United States and to Europe multiple times. Spain and Italy hold special places in her heart.</p><p><br></p><p>Working for over a decade in education gave her the determination, and courage to finally share one of the elaborate stories in her head with others. She greatly appreciates all of the support and encouragement from her friends and family!</p><p><br></p><p>The supernatural has always been part of Kristine’s entertainment. The very first chapter book she read was “Sweet Valley Twins- The Haunted House”, followed soon after by “Wait Til Helen Comes” by Mary Downing Hahn. In the sixth grade Kristine read L.J. Smith’s “The Secret Circle” which she still claims as her favorite book(s), and reads the three book series at least once a year. Her favorite TV show is, was and ever will be “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. Although she has discovered enjoyment from other genres, usually recommendations from friends, she tends to stick to supernatural as her reading genre of choice.</p> 2019-02-08 19:00:00 -0600

  7/11/19 2019-07-11 17:00:00 -0500

  5:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Reading: Cassie Leigh

  <p><span data-offset-key="crq5c-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us as we welcome author Cassie Leigh to M and Bookstore.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="2umuj-0-0"><span data-text="true"><strong><u>Schedule for the Evening</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="7agmi-0-0"><span data-text="true">5 to 6: Mix &amp; Mingle | 6 to 6:30: Reading &amp; Q&amp;A | 6:30 to 7: Book Signing</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="bsarg-0-0"><span data-text="true">Light refreshments may be served.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="cskut-0-0"><span data-text="true"><strong><u>About Cassie Leigh</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="fai19-0-0"><span data-text="true">CASSIE LEIGH writes contemporary and paranormal romance that’s more than skin deep. Before she could write, she began dreaming up stories. Starting with recorded conversations for her dolls on a Fisher-Price cassette player, she moved on to an antique typewriter found at a garage sale, then an electric typewriter, and finally computers. It wasn’t until she picked up romance novels in her late twenties that she found where she belonged. With the help of her husband, she carves out time to write while raising five children, working full time and obsessing over her laundry list of eccentric passions. Every new obsession seems to find its way into her romance world!</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-02-08 19:00:00 -0600

  10/10/19 2019-10-10 17:00:00 -0500

  5:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Thomas Dean Book Reading

  <p>Thomas Dean will read from his latest book, Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit, at 7pm Tuesday, April 23 in the Cherry Building’s first floor Open Space. The book, co-written by Cindy Crosby and published by Ice Cube Press, serves to inspire new understandings of the Midwestern tallgrass prairie, advancing both conservation and creative efforts on behalf of the land. This event is free and open to the public. Dean’s book will be available for purchase at event. Books purchased elsewhere will not be allowed in the venue.</p> 2019-04-16 20:00:00 -0500

  4/23/19 2019-04-23 19:00:00 -0500

  7:00 p.m.

  Cherry Building

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Signing: Kristine Plum

  <p>Please join us as we welcome author Kristine Plum to M and M Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About Kristine Plum</u></strong></p><p>Kristine Plum lives in Iowa, where she was born and raised, with her husband, son and canine children. Her childhood was spent on the family farm with the animals, especially puppies! A series of events and choices gave her unexpected life experience while still a teenager, that she’s still learning from today.</p><p><br></p><p>Kristine has been interested in history and the supernatural as far back as she can remember, and her imagination has always been wild. Her interests led her to degrees in History, Spanish, Music and Education from a small liberal arts college whose atmosphere helped to open her mind beyond the bubble of her small town upbringing, and helped further shape her into the person she is today. She passed on her aspirations to own a “living-history” castle museum in Europe to be a high school Spanish teacher.</p><p><br></p><p>She has been blessed to have the opportunity to travel within the United States and to Europe multiple times. Spain and Italy hold special places in her heart.</p><p><br></p><p>Working for over a decade in education gave her the determination, and courage to finally share one of the elaborate stories in her head with others. She greatly appreciates all of the support and encouragement from her friends and family!</p><p><br></p><p>The supernatural has always been part of Kristine’s entertainment. The very first chapter book she read was “Sweet Valley Twins- The Haunted House”, followed soon after by “Wait Til Helen Comes” by Mary Downing Hahn. In the sixth grade Kristine read L.J. Smith’s “The Secret Circle” which she still claims as her favorite book(s), and reads the three book series at least once a year. Her favorite TV show is, was and ever will be “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. Although she has discovered enjoyment from other genres, usually recommendations from friends, she tends to stick to supernatural as her reading genre of choice.</p> 2019-02-08 12:30:00 -0600

  5/04/19 2019-05-04 10:30:00 -0500

  10:30 a.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Reading: Evan Grace

  <p>Join us as we welcome author Evan Grace to M and Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Schedule for the Evening</u></strong></p><p>5 to 6: Mix &amp; Mingle | 6 to 6:30: Reading &amp; Q&amp;A | 6:30 to 7: Book Signing</p><p><br></p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About Evan Grace</u></strong></p><p>A Midwesterner and self-proclaimed book nerd, Evan has been an avid reader most of her life, but one day an idea came into her head and a writing career was born. She’s a sucker for happily ever afters and loves creating fictional worlds that others can get lost in. Evan loves putting her characters through the ringer, but loves when they get to that satisfying, swoony ending.</p><p><br></p><p>When the voices in her head give it a rest, she can always be found with her e-reader in her hand. Some of her favorites include, Aurora Rose Reynolds, (the queen) Kristen Ashley, Joanna Wylde, Madeline Sheehan and Harper Sloan. Evan finds a lot of her inspiration in music, movies, TV shows and life.</p><p><br></p><p>She’s a wife to Jim and a mom to Ethan and Evan, a cook, a tutor, a friend and a writer. How does she do it? She’ll never tell.</p> 2019-02-08 19:00:00 -0600

  8/08/19 2019-08-08 17:00:00 -0500

  5:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Signing: Adam J. Whitlatch

  <p><span data-offset-key="bailh-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us as we welcome author Adam J. Whitlatch to M and M Bookstore.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="8hd4b-0-0"><span data-text="true">About Adam J. Whitlatch</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="fjll1-0-0"><span data-text="true">Adam J. Whitlatch is the author of the novels The Weller, War of the Worlds: Goliath, Birthright, and Vengeance For My Valentine, as well as dozens of short stories and poems spanning the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="6i6uj-0-0"><span data-text="true">A fantasy enthusiast from a young age, his interest in science fiction was first sparked at the age of ten when his father played the infamous 1938 Orson Welles War of the Worlds radio broadcast for him on Halloween. It's a tradition Adam carries on to this day.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="3nbkh-0-0"><span data-text="true">From 2012 to 2015, Adam worked as an associate editor for Minnesota-based small press publisher KHP Publishers, managing their science fiction imprint, Retro Rocket Press.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="f3ce2-0-0"><span data-text="true">An aspiring musician, Adam is currently learning to play guitar. A martial artist since he was twelve years old, Adam currently holds the rank of 3rd Gup Brown Belt in Tang Soo Do and yellow belt in Haedong Kumdo.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="aaj9h-0-0"><span data-text="true">As an ordained Dudeist priest with the Church of the Latter-Day Dude, Adam is available to perform wedding ceremonies.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="8353l-0-0"><span data-text="true">Adam resides in southeast Iowa with his wife and their three sons.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-03-04 15:00:00 -0600

  7/06/19 2019-07-06 13:00:00 -0500

  1:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Signing: D. Fischer

  <p>Please join us as we welcome D. Fischer to M and M Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p>About D. Fischer</p><p>D. Fischer is a mother of two very busy boys, a wife to a wonderful and supportive husband, and an owner of two dogs. Together, they live in Orange City, Iowa.<span>&nbsp;</span></p><p><br></p><p>When D. Fischer isn’t chasing after her children or creating worlds while sipping coffee, she spends her down time reading until way past her bedtime.<span>&nbsp;</span></p><p><br></p><p>Known for the darker side of imagination, she enjoys freeing her creativity through worlds that don’t exist, no matter how much we wish they did.</p> 2019-03-04 12:30:00 -0600

  7/06/19 2019-07-06 10:30:00 -0500

  10:30 a.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Signing: Daphne Self

  <p>Join us as we welcome Daphne Self to M and M Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p>About Daphne Self</p><p>Daphne Self, formerly published under the name D.M. Webb, resides in Iowa. A transplant from Mississippi who fell in love with the Midwest state, she spends her days writing, editing, antiquing, and planning adventures with her husband and sons. Having always dreamed of being a writer she pursues this dream with only one goal in mind: To Glorify His Name. Daphne is also an avid reader who devours books in many genres. As a long time member of ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers), she volunteers her time judging contests for unpublished and published authors. She also helps upcoming authors polish their manuscripts through critique programs.</p> 2019-03-04 15:00:00 -0600

  5/18/19 2019-05-18 13:30:00 -0500

  1:30 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Signing: Michael Brodkorb & Allison Mann

  <p><span data-offset-key="elues-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us as we welcome Michael Brodkorb &amp; Allison Mann to M and M Bookstore.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="e9omg-0-0"><span data-text="true">About Michael Brodkorb &amp; Allison Mann</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="8kgt0-0-0"><span data-text="true">Missing in Minnesota is authored by Michael Brodkorb and Allison Mann. Michael's reporting on this story began with the Star Tribune in 2015. Michael is currently a columnist with MinnPost. In October 2018, Michael and Allison released their book about this case, The Girls Are Gone, which is available for sale in both paperback and ebook.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="c4gva-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="8bho7-0-0"><span data-text="true">"The Girls are Gone" is Allison's first book written with partner, Michael Brodkorb. Allison Mann and Michael Brodkorb came together during the 2016 criminal trial of a mother who abducted and hid two of her five children. Their passion for finding truth and justice through different mediums led them to partner in writing "The Girls Are Gone." Michael and Allison spent two years working together investigating, researching and writing to find the answers to many questions that had been left unanswered for years.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-03-04 15:30:00 -0600

  9/07/19 2019-09-07 13:30:00 -0500

  1:30 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Signing: Beth Hudson

  <p><span data-offset-key="ea5qj-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us as we welcome local author Beth Hudson to M and M Bookstore.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="b1oa1-0-0"><span data-text="true"><strong><u>Schedule for the Evening</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="fs4c2-0-0"><span data-text="true">5 to 6: Mix &amp; Mingle | 6 to 6:30: Reading &amp; Q&amp;A | 6:30 to 7: Book Signing</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="b8baf-0-0"><span data-text="true">Light refreshments may be served.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><strong><u><span data-offset-key="8cab1-0-0"><span data-text="true">About Beth Hudson</span></span></u></strong></p><p><span data-offset-key="dut07-0-0"><span data-text="true">As a reader, Beth started early, going quickly from Doctor Seuss to Tolkien, with some stops along the way for Bambi, The Little Prince, Lloyd Alexander's Prydain series, and some Celtic and Norse mythology. &nbsp;She embarked on her writing journey in third grade, when she wrote a short book about sentient planets. &nbsp;Her enormous fantasy world of plastic animals sparked her own mythology and love of story, and the make-believe games played with her sisters cemented a &nbsp;facility for wild creativity, and a sense that there were no limits to the imagination.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="2cp-0-0"><span data-text="true">From junior high through her first years of college, Beth continued to write, producing three drafts of one novel, a handwritten manuscript of another, and a third novel which may someday get dusted off and revised as the bones of something better. &nbsp;In college she took courses in Middle Welsh, Old Irish, Old English, Shakespeare, General Mytholgy, and Medieval and Renaissance Literature, and drifted out of a major in Astronomy and into a major in Linguistics with a minor in English. &nbsp;These classes cross-pollinated with her own stories, and taught her a great deal about culture and language that she is very grateful to have learned. &nbsp;It was also in college that she was introduced to science fiction fandom. &nbsp;She has been an active participant in ICON, Iowa's oldest sf convention, for over thirty years, running panels, working with the drama group, and for many years designing the program book.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="bm3gr-0-0"><span data-text="true">Post-college she fell into Real Life, and writing was temporarily sidelined. &nbsp;During this time she managed to acquire a family, and has three amazing sons of whom she is very proud. &nbsp;Deciding not to let her writing fall by the wayside, she began working hard on both old and new projects, and has been publishing short stories for the last decade, in anthologies and small press magazines. &nbsp;In 2008, she released an illustrated chapbook, "Following Seas" (originally released by Sam's Dot Publishing and reprinted in 2013 by Alban Lake Publishing's "Outposts of Beyond"), and in 2011 published a novella, The Herd Lord, about a war among centaurs.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="e3nr4-0-0"><span data-text="true">&nbsp;In addition to fiction, she composes poetry and music, sings, and plays guitar, harp, and piano. Other hobbies include Arthurian literature and mythology, Celtic mythology, jewelry making, and of course, reading. &nbsp;She draws inspiration from many varied sources such as artwork, music, mythology, thunderstorms, and designer coffee.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="7bcnl-0-0"><span data-text="true">Etched in Fire is her first published novel, and takes place in the same world (though not the same time) as The Herd Lord.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-01-18 19:00:00 -0600

  5/09/19 2019-05-09 17:00:00 -0500

  5:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Author Signing: Maria Kuznetsova

  <p>Join us as we welcome new author Maria Kuznetsova to M and M Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p>About Maria Kuznetsova</p><p>Maria Kuznetsova was born in Kiev, Ukraine and moved to the United States as a child. She recently received an MFA in Fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and her work appears in The Threepenny Review, The Normal School, The Bennington Review, The Iowa Review, Indiana Review, and elsewhere.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Her debut novel, OKSANA, BEHAVE! is forthcoming from Spiegel &amp; Grau/Random House in March of 2019. Excerpts from the novel appear in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Kenyon Review Online, Mississippi Review, and The Southern Review. She lives in Iowa City with her husband and daughter.&nbsp;</p> 2019-04-17 14:30:00 -0500

  6/15/19 2019-06-15 13:00:00 -0500

  1:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Our Pick Book Club: Paris By the Book by Liam Callanan

  <p>Join us for a lively discussion about <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35450129-paris-by-the-book"><em>Paris by the Book</em></a> by Liam Callanan. Copies of the book are available for purchase at M and M Bookstore.</p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p><p>About the book:</p><p><strong>A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris. Heading off in search of its author, a mother and her daughters find themselves in France, rescuing a failing bookstore and drawing closer to unexpected truths.</strong><br><br><em>Once a week, I chase men who are not my husband….</em><br><br>When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris.<br><br>Hoping to uncover clues—and her husband—Leah sets off for France with her girls. Upon their arrival, she discovers an unfinished manuscript, one Robert had been writing without her knowledge…and that he had set in Paris. The Eady women follow the path of the manuscript to a small, floundering English-language bookstore whose weary proprietor is eager to sell. The whole store? Today? Yes, but Leah’s biggest surprise comes when she hears herself accepting the offer on the spot.<br><br>As the family settles into their new Parisian life, they can’t help but trace the literary paths of some beloved Parisian classics, including<span>&nbsp;</span><em>Madeline</em><span>&nbsp;</span>and<span>&nbsp;</span><em>The Red Balloon</em>, hoping more clues arise. But a series of startling discoveries forces Leah to consider that she may not be ready for what solving this mystery might do to her family—and the Paris she thought she knew.<br><br>At once haunting and charming,<span>&nbsp;</span><em>Paris by the Book</em><span>&nbsp;</span>follows one woman’s journey as her story is being rewritten, exploring the power of family and the magic that hides within the pages of a book.</p> 2018-12-15 19:00:00 -0600

  4/25/19 2019-04-25 18:00:00 -0500

  6:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Easat Iowa Heirloom Quilters Meeting

  <p>The April meeting will feature "Five of Our Own". &nbsp;Five quilters from our own guild will share some of their own work as well as their quilting journey. &nbsp;Guests are welcome at both the 9:00 a.m meeting and the 6:30 meeting.</p>

  4/22/19 2019-04-22 09:00:00 -0500

  9:00 a.m.

  American Legion

  Marion

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• Our Pick Book Club: The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson

  <p>Join us for a lively discussion about <em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36477572-the-bookshop-of-yesterdays">The Bookshop of Yesterdays</a></em> by Amy Meyerson. Copies of the book are available for purchase from M and M Bookstore.</p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p><p><strong><u>About the book:</u></strong></p><p>A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading.<br><br>Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric Uncle Billy's bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda's twelfth birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Miranda's life. She doesn't hear from him again until sixteen years later when she receives unexpected news: Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, which is teetering on bankruptcy--and one final scavenger hunt.<br><br>When Miranda returns home to Los Angeles and to Prospero Books--now as its owner--she finds clues that Billy has hidden for her inside novels on the store's shelves, in locked drawers of his apartment upstairs, in the name of the store itself. Miranda becomes determined to save Prospero Books and to solve Billy's last scavenger hunt. She soon finds herself drawn into a journey where she meets people from Billy's past, people whose stories reveal a history that Miranda's mother has kept hidden--and the terrible secret that tore her family apart.<br><br>Bighearted and trenchantly observant, <em style="">The Bookshop of Yesterdays&nbsp;</em>is a lyrical story of family, love and the healing power of community. It's a love letter to reading and bookstores, and a testament to how our histories shape who we become.</p> 2018-12-15 19:00:00 -0600

  5/23/19 2019-05-23 18:00:00 -0500

  6:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• What'cha Reading Book Club

  <p>Read whatever you want, and join us on the third Thursday of every month to chat about what you read and tell us if we should check it out the next time we are looking for a book to read.</p><p><br></p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p> 2019-05-16 19:00:00 -0500

  5/16/19 2019-05-16 18:00:00 -0500

  6:00 p.m.

  M & M Books

  Cedar Rapids

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• Widow & Widowers

  <p>a social organization for widowed survivors that meet the fourth Wednesday evening for dinner and fellowship.</p><p>Reservation required. Call Audrey</p> 2019-03-14 19:00:00 -0500

  4/24/19 2019-04-24 17:00:00 -0500

  5:00 p.m.

  Ponderosa Hall & Ballroom

  Walford

  0.0

• Cedar Rapids Antique Automobile Club of America

  <p>Monthly meeting held 1st Thursday of the month at Hiawatha Community Center at 7 pm. You don't have to own an antique car to join. You just need to have a love of antique cars!</p>

  7/11/19 2019-07-11 19:00:00 -0500

  7:00 p.m.

  Hiawatha Community Center

  Hiawatha

  55.0

• Cedar Rapids Antique Automobile Club of America

  <p>Monthly meeting held 1st Thursday of the month at Hiawatha Community Center at 7 pm. You don't have to own an antique car to join. You just need to have a love of antique cars!</p>

  12/05/19 2019-12-05 19:00:00 -0600

  7:00 p.m.

  Hiawatha Community Center

  Hiawatha

  55.0

• Linn County Board of Supervisors

  <p>Elected Officials and Department Head Meeting immediately followed by the Department Head Updates</p> 2019-04-10 11:30:00 -0500

  4/23/19 2019-04-23 08:00:00 -0500

  8:00 a.m.

  Jean Oxley Public Service Center

  Cedar Rapids

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• Meet Vesta the Fox! with Amber Oldfield

  <p>Linn County Wildlife Rehabilitator Amber Oldfield is passionate about the care of injured or sick animals that live in our backyards and wooded areas. Vesta the Fox is an example of this. You will enjoy learning how Amber and Vesta became housemates.</p> 2019-03-14 13:45:00 -0500

  7/12/19 2019-07-12 13:00:00 -0500

  1:00 p.m.

  Hiawatha Public Library

  Hiawatha

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• English Conversation Club

  <p>Want to practice your English skills in a fun and informal group? Join us Friday mornings to practice conversations skills, learn new expressions, improve your pronunciation, and meet new friends from around the world.</p> 2019-04-19 11:30:00 -0500

  4/19/19 2019-04-19 10:00:00 -0500

  10:00 a.m.

  Iowa City Public Library

  Iowa City

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• Widow & Widowers

  <p>A social organization for widowed survivors that meet the fourth Wednesday evening for dinner and fellowship.</p><p><br></p><p>Reservation required. Call Audrey</p> 2019-03-14 19:00:00 -0500

  5/22/19 2019-05-22 17:00:00 -0500

  5:00 p.m.

  American Legion

  Marion

  0.0

• Widow & Widowers

  <p>A social organization for widowed survivors that meet the fourth Wednesday evening for dinner and fellowship.</p><p>Reservation required. Call Audrey</p> 2019-03-14 19:00:00 -0500

  6/26/19 2019-06-26 17:00:00 -0500

  5:00 p.m.

  Buffalo United Methodist Church

  Cedar Rapids

  0.0

• English Conversation Club

  <p>Want to practice your English skills in a fun and informal group? Join us Friday mornings to practice conversations skills, learn new expressions, improve your pronunciation, and meet new friends from around the world.</p> 2019-04-26 11:30:00 -0500

  4/26/19 2019-04-26 10:00:00 -0500

  10:00 a.m.

  Iowa City Public Library

  Iowa City

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• Cedar Rapids Antique Automobile Club of America

  <p>Monthly meeting held 1st Thursday of the month at Hiawatha Community Center at 7 pm. You don't have to own an antique car to join. You just need to have a love of antique cars!</p>

  5/02/19 2019-05-02 19:00:00 -0500

  7:00 p.m.

  Hiawatha Community Center

  Hiawatha

  55.0

• Camp Creamery: Little Red Meets the Wolves

  <p>Camp Creamery<em>&nbsp;</em>is a week-long workshop for children interested in exploring the exciting world of theatre! It's designed to give them unique opportunity to work and perform with three professional actors from the Old Creamery Theatre while they rehearse and present a play. &nbsp;Registration is first come, first served and everyone that signs up will be cast. This camp runs from July 15 - 19, 10:00 - 2:00 daily. Final performance will be on July 19 at 7:00 p.m. Registration forms available at oldcreamery.com.</p><p><em>Little Red Meets the Wolves&nbsp;</em>is a rollicking musical that reminds us what can happen when you jump to conclusions. It will have students’ parents saying “My! What big talent you have!”</p><p>Sponsored by Collins Aerospace</p> 2019-03-29 14:00:00 -0500

  7/15/19 2019-07-15 10:00:00 -0500

  10:00 a.m.

  Roosevelt Middle School

  Cedar Rapids

  85.0

• Camp Creamery: Little Red Meets the Wolves

  <p>Camp Creamery<em>&nbsp;</em>is a week-long workshop for children interested in exploring the exciting world of theatre! It's designed to give them unique opportunity to work and perform with three professional actors from the Old Creamery Theatre while they rehearse and present a play. &nbsp;Registration is first come, first served and everyone that signs up will be cast. This camp runs from July 15 - 19, 10:00 - 2:00 daily. Final performance will be on July 19 at 7:00 p.m. Registration forms available at oldcreamery.com.</p><p><em>Little Red Meets the Wolves&nbsp;</em>is a rollicking musical that reminds us what can happen when you jump to conclusions. It will have students’ parents saying “My! What big talent you have!”</p><p>Sponsored by Collins Aerospace</p> 2019-07-16 14:00:00 -0500

  7/16/19 2019-07-16 10:00:00 -0500

  10:00 a.m.

  Roosevelt Middle School

  Cedar Rapids

  85.0