Diane Wilson Author Event Dubuque County Reads

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Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Steeple Square | Dubuque, IA

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Join ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐›๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ to meet acclaimed author Diane Wilson for an inspiring keynote on her novel ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ. Wilson will share stories of Indigenous resilience, ecological stewardship, and the sacredness of seeds. A Q&A and book signing will follow.
"๐ด โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ , ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘˜โ„Ž๐‘œฬ๐‘ก๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ'๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘”๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก."
In its fourth year, Dubuque County Reads promotes literacy, fosters civic engagement, and encourages respectful dialogue through book discussions, storytimes, and special events. The 2026 theme explores ecological sustainability, Indigenous identity, food systems, and cultural heritage. Free copies of ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ will be available at participating libraries while supplies last.
For more information on this event, and to learn more about Dubuque County Reads visit: www.DBQREADS.org.
๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ:
๐ท๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ 
๐ท๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐‘๐ถ
๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘’-๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ
๐ท๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก
๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐พ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ
๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ
๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘’
๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ท๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ
๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ
๐ถ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ
๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘” ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ
๐‘…๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘  ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’
๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™ ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›
๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’
๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘’-๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ
๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐น๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐บ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ท๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’
๐ท๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก
๐‘†๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ
๐‘†๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘†๐‘ก ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘ 
๐‘†๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ
This event is free and open to the public.
Dubuque County Reads is organized by the Dubuque Area Library Information Consortium (DALINC).
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