Literary footnotes

DOUGLAS CHADWICK, author and conservationist, will deliver a lecture, "From Great Whales to Grizzly Bears," Wednesday, 7 p.m., Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South.

DONALD REVELL and CLAUDIA KEELAN, poets, will read from their works, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South. Sponsored by City Arts.

CAROLYN CAMPBELL, freelance writer, will present a writing workshop, "From Idea to Article," Wednesday, 7 p.m., Holladay Library, 2150 E. 4800 South. Sponsored by the League of Utah Writers.

REED BENSON, associate professor and the University of Wyoming College of Law, will deliver the Young Scholar Lecture, "Rivers as Community Assets: Can Water Law Help Western Cities Embrace Their Streams?" Wednesday, 12:10 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law, U. (free pizza)

PRINCESS MARTHA LOUISE OF NORWAY, author of the children's picture book "Why Kings and Queens Don't Wear Crowns," loosely based on her grandfather, King Olav V, will speak about her life as a modern-day princess, Wednesday, 4 p.m., Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South; she will also speak Thursday, 9:45 a.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Brigham Young University; then she will deliver the Harold B. Lee Library Author Lecture, 11 a.m.

GJERTRUD SCHNACKENBERG and DEREK HENDERSON, award-winning poets, will read from their works Thursday, 7 p.m., Art Barn/Finch Lane Gallery (1325 E. 100 South in Reservoir Park). This is the Guest Writers Series, sponsored by U. English department and the Salt Lake City Arts Council.

FRED S. BUCHANAN, U. professor emeritus of education and a Scottish native, will celebrate Tartan Day and deliver the Brown Bag Lecture, "The Mark of the Scots in Utah," Thursday, noon, Utah State Historical Society, 300 S. Rio Grande. (On April 6, 1320, the Declaration of Arbroath was signed by Scotland's leaders. It is considered the equivalent to the U.S. Declaration of Independence.)

TIM FLANNERY, Australian scientist and author of "The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Earth, will discuss his book, Friday, 7 p.m., Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South.

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