Rain Taxi presents the 26th annual Twin Cities Book Festival!

Through captivating storytelling and interactive activities, watch as their imagination soars and their confidence grows. We are excited to have featured guest Dr. Tonya Allen at this program. She will share her latest children's book, Dr. Josie Johnson: Minnesota's First Lady of Civil Rights. Bring the whole family for literary fun, food, and book giveaways. For more information, click here.

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Maurice Draine will present Race of Deception.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Carol Rucks (Disappearing Angels) and Mary Junge (Lost Lake Folk Opera: United We Write, Winter of Ice) will present their poetry. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Patricia Smith presents her poetry in conversation with Arleta M. Little. Ticketed event—for more information, click here.

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Frank F. Weber will present A Superior Affair.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Greta Kelly will present The Throwaways. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Jess Lourey, Kristi Belcamino, and Erica Ruth Neubauer will be in to entertain you and sign your books! All of these authors have more than one series, so there's sure to be something for everyone!For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

The Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota Libraries will host Cynthia Leitich Smith for the ALSC/ALA Children’s Literature Lecture, “Indigenous Voices: On the Page & Behind the Bylines,” at the Elmer L. Andersen Library. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The program begins at 6 p.m. followed by a reception and book signing with Birchbark Books and Native Arts from 7 to 8 p.m. For more information, click here.

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Mark Brallier will present The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade: The Graphic Novel.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Steven E. Jones presents Everything is Everything: Tom Wilson and Pop Music in 1966. For more information, click here.

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Kris Bigalk, Arielle Datz, Jennifer Thompson, and Morissa Young will present a panel on publication. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Jason Prokowiew will present War Boys: A Father and Son Memoir, in conversation with Naomi Cohn.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Sonja Swift will present Red Sky in the Morning: of Water, Whales, and Warnings, in conversation with Shanai Matteson.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Colson Whitehead discusses his book Cool Machine, in conversation with Kerri Miller and Catharine Richert. For more information, click here.

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Tommy Orange will present Wandering Stars and There There. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

David Mura presents Exit, Miss Saigon. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Thomas R. Smith and Freya Manfred will present their poetry. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Grant Snider will present The Year I Stopped Drawing.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Matt Goldman will present The Prohibition.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Leila Renee will present Soft Spots. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Sloane Murphy presents her new book Shut Up, I Love You, I'll Call You Tomorrow,  joined in conversation by Alice Stoehr. For more information, click here.

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Kathleen Kilcup will present Between the Light and Me, in conversation with Kelly Foster Lundquist.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Carson Faust will present If The Dead Belong Here, in conversation with Sequoia Nagamatsu.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Autumn Brown presents her book Temper. For more information, click here.

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Christy Leppanen presents Agents of Current Thinking. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Rachel Maddow presents Department of Fate, in conversation with Jana Shortal. For more information, click here.

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Brenda J. Child (Bíne) and Jonathan Thunder will present Blue Bearies.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Meg Fleming will present The Everything Trail and other stories. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Molly Beth Griffin and Chris Park will present Your Fantastical Fort.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Matt Goldman will will present Cold Blade (A Nils Shapiro Novel).For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Steven Kuehn will present Trapped by Time.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Sadee Bee will present The Reaper. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

MN Valley UU Fellowship Presents a UU Author Book Fair featuring Diana McLean, Peg Guilfoyle, Jeannie Piekos, Suzanne Vadnais Monson and more.  For more information, click here.

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Sarah Deschamps will present I Couldn't Tell You, in conversation with Mindy Greiling. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Mark your calendars for our 2026 MYRA Awards Celebration! Join us at the Roseville Branch of the Ramsey County Library on Saturday, November 14th at 2 p.m. We are excited to welcome the author of our Lovelace Division 2 winner, John Schu. Mr. Schu will give an author talk you won't want to miss followed by a personal book signing line with one-on-one conversations. There will be refreshments, activities, prizes, and more!For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Aurore Sibley will present Some Things Don’t Burn: Art, Activism, and Arson at the Bugle American.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Stephan Pastis will present Pearls Jubilee.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Discussing Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel. For more information, click here.

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Books & Bars Book Club will read Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Anika Fajardo will present The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore.  For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Nikki Ervice presents her book Roadshow. For more information, click here.

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Tamara Skidmore (Summer & Other Stories) and Mary Hannah Terzino (Secrets and Other Hobbies) will present their books, in conversation with Lisa Durose.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Christopher Jones, Ted Bowman, Leslie Adrienne Miller, and Timothy Young will present their poetry. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Gloria Muñoz will present They Called Us Wicked. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Books & Bars Book Club will read Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel. For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Mary Lou Logsdon will present Passage: Reflections on Life's Pace and Patterns.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Beth Piatote will present distant water, with a a reading by Heid E. Erdrich. For more information, click here.

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Alysandra Dutton presents The Stolen Women. For more information, click here.

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Jennifer Chang will present An Authentic Life, among other works.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Carter Wilson will present When They Find Me, in conversation with Joshua Moehling.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Cornelius Eady presents his book, Hardheaded Weather, in conversation with Arleta Little. For more information, click here.

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Mike Wohnoutka reads from his new book Bear's Magic Show. For more information, click here.

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Local cozy authors Shaw Collins and Mary Seifert will be in for a meet & greet. Swing by anytime from 12-2 to chat with them and get your books signed. There will also be a cake and cookies to celebrate the new releases in both of their seriesFor more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

AudioVisceral is a local audiobook producer. They do audiobooks for local authors like Larry Millett, Brian Lutterman, Rob Jung, SL Smith, and more! The owner of AudioVisceral will be in with Rob Jung, SL Smith and their respective audiobook narrators.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Joey Clift will present We've Been Here The Whole Time, in conversation with Sean Sherman.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

John Hanson will present Fight & Win: Minneapolis Teamsters Strike 1934.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Gregory Ripley will present An Introduction to Daoism, in conversation with Heidi Barr.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Ballet Minnesota will present Jan Brett's The Nutcracker.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.

Paul Leger will present The Last Dakota Cowboy.For more information, click here. For a comprehensive list of area literary events, visit Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Literary Calendar.