Merchants/NonProfits/Publishers

Join us in supporting local merchants, literary programs and community nonprofit organizations. The following partners were selected to collaborate with the 2023 DSM Book Festival through an application process.

Nonprofits

• AViD
• CultureALL  
• Des Moines Public Library  
• Everybody Wins! Iowa  
• Iowa Jewish Historical Society  
• Iowa Library for the Blind and Print Disabled  
• Poetry &  
• Raising Readers in the Heartland  
• Sisters in Crime - Iowa 
• Word Weavers Des Moines 

Publishers

• Bookpress Publishing
• Ice Cube Press 
• Meadowlark Press  

Merchants

• A Novel Type  
• Erika Baty  
• Glo Rose Books  
• Ladie Lex Scented Candles  
• McCabe Artistry  
• Paper Pie 
• Papercake Creations  
• Shay Design Studio 

P & M Apparel will be on site printing 2023 Festival merchandise. 

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