Literary footnotes

PHYLLIS BARBER, CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL BIGELOW and CHERYL PACE, local writers and contributors to Irreantum: A Review of Mormon Literature and Film, will read from their work, Thursday, 7 p.m., Ken Sanders Rare Books, 268 S. 200 East.

ROD MILLER & CANDY MOULTON, authors of "American Heroes," will sign copies of their book, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Sam Weller's Zion Bookstore, 254 S. Main.

LEONARD SCHONBERG, physician and author of "Morgen's War," will read selections from all of his novels, Thursday, 7-9 p.m., I.J. & Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center, 2 N. Medical Drive.

J. A. JANCE, author of "Long Time Gone," will read from and sign copies of her book, Friday, 7 p.m., The King's English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East.

KENNETH BROWN, CPA & author of "Murder in Cheesman Park," will sign copies of his book, Saturday, 7 p.m., The King's English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East.

OLIVIA BIRDSALL, former Brigham Young University writing fellow and author of "Notes on a Near-Life Experience," has won the 2005 Delacorte Press Contest for writing the best first young-adult novel. The book will be published in spring 2007 by Random House Children's Books.

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