Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour

10/15/2026

To kick off the new Tour starting date of June 1st in 2027, the Iowa Book Con will be the first Saturday in June!!

And yes, if you support an Iowa bookshop’s booth at the event, you do get a stamp in your passport from them!! 🙌✨

✨Save the Date✨

Announcing the inaugural Iowa Book Con on June 5th, 2027 at the Iowa Events Center in Downtown Des Moines!!

In celebration of the fourth year of the Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour and its new starting month, The Green Dragon Bookshop, HEA Book Boutique, and Swamp Fox Bookstore are collaborating to bring readers a bookish festival!

Mark your calendars, readers!

Author and Vendor applications are open.
Links in bio.

On sale tickets dates to be announced soon.

10/10/2026

Our winners for the 2026 Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour!!! ✨

Congratulations!!!

Thank you to all the readers and bookshops for making this an amazing summer!!!! 💛📚

All the winners will be contacted after this announcement.

10/09/2026

Our Iowa Bookshops at Heartland Fall Forum!! It is a wonderful opportunity for us to get together, learn, and grow as booksellers.

We will announce the winners tomorrow at 4pm. 💛✨

10/01/2026

Hey detectives — it is time for the big reveal!!
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Octavia Bradbury, the mail carrier, is the murderer!!!

Clues # 6 - 10 were key elements.

She was stealing from Booker and was caught! Thus, she pushed him down the stairs.

Thank you so much for playing our Murder Mystery game. This was my first time writing one. We hope to work with an Iowa mystery author for next year’s!
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10/01/2026

Thank you for an amazing summer!

All of us bookshops loved seeing you visit our shelves and to be a part of your journey across Iowa. We hope you made wonderful memories and filled up your TBRs. 💛

Winners will be announced next week when some of our own Iowa bookshops get together for a conference!! ✨📚

09/30/2026

Today is our last day of the 2026 Iowa Indie Bookshop Tour.

📚 Visit a bookshop!
⭐️Get your last stamps!
🗳️Turn in your passport!
🔖Turn in your bingo card!
🔪Turn in your murder suspect!

You can turn these all in online via the QR code on each item until ✨midnight✨ tonight.

Thank you for an amazing summer!!!💛

09/29/2026

Travelers — one sleep until the end of our 2026 Tour!

Make sure to submit your passport, bingo card, and murder mystery before the end of tomorrow.

09/28/2026

✨You can do it!!✨

Also, you can turn in your passports via the QR code on the back. 😉

09/26/2026

Hey travelers — there are 5 days left on our 2026 tour!

This is a perfect weekend to get more stamps.

Make sure to turn in your passport, bingo card, & murder mystery before the end of this Wednesday.

09/19/2026

Hey travelers — there are two weekends left on our tour!! The summer has gone by so fast.

Which bookshops are you heading to this weekend?