Literary footnotes

SIAN ANN BESSEY, author of "Kids on a Mission: Escape from Germany," will sign copies of her book, Tuesday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., BYU Bookstore, Provo.

MICHELE ASHMAN BELL, author of "Finding Paradise," will sign copies of her book, Tuesday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-7 p.m., BYU Bookstore, Provo.

TOM ROULSTONE, author of "Elisabeth: Passage of Promise," will sign copies of his book, Wednesday, 2-3:30 p.m., Seagull Book, 331 E. University Parkway, Orem; and Friday, 4:30-6 p.m., Deseret Book, 10673 S. State, Sandy.

DENNIS HASTERT, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and author of "Speaker: Lessons from 40 Years of Coaching and Politics," will sign copies of his book, Thursday, noon, ZCMI Deseret Book.

HEIDI SWINTON, author, and LEE GROBERG, producer, will sign copies of "America's Choir," a CD, DVD and book about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Friday, 2-4 p.m., BYU Bookstore, Provo.

JEANETTE GOATES SMITH, author of "Side by Side," will sign copies of her book, Friday, 2-4 p.m., BYU Bookstore, Provo.

ANDREA MOORE-EMMETT, author of "God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy and the Stories of 18 Women Who Escaped," will sign copies of her book, Friday 6-9 p.m., Sam Weller's Bookstore, 254 S. Main.

J. MICHAEL HUNTER, author of "Wrongly Accused," will sign copies of his book, Saturday, 1:30-3 p.m., Seagull Book, 1720 S. Redwood Road.

ROBISON WELLS, author of "On Second Thought," will sign copies of his book, Saturday, noon-1:30 p.m., Seagull Book, 4031 S. Riverdale Road, Riverdale; and 2-3:30 p.m., Seagull Book, 2144 Washington Blvd., Ogden.

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