Literary footnotes

• British author, humorist, TV personality and punctuation champion LYNNE TRUSS will give a Brigham Young University forum address titled "Is This the End of Literacy?" Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center, Provo. Her No. 1 international best-seller, "Eats Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation," spent 46 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list and sold 3 million copies wordwide. The forum will be broadcast live on BYU Broadcasting channels. Visit byub.org/devotionals or speeches.byu.edu for further information.

• Ken Sanders Rare Books, 268 S. 200 East, will host readings by poet GREGG SHAPIRO and fiction writer JEFF CHAPMAN, Monday, 7 p.m. (521-3819).

• JAMES ARTHUR RAY, author of "The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want," will present a free seminar Tuesday, 7 p.m., at the South Towne Expo Center, 9575 S. State.

• The King's English, 1511 S. 1500 East, will host BARBARA FLANAGAN, author of "Flanagan's Smart Home: The 98 Essentials for Starting Out, Starting Over, Scaling Back," Tuesday, 7 p.m.; author SEAN CONNOLLY will sign his latest, "The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science," Wednesday, 7 p.m.; CHERYL GAYSUNAS WILLIAMS will present her picture book "Everett, the Incredibly Helpful Helper," Saturday, 11 a.m. (484-9100).

• PAT BAGLEY will share his favorite political cartoons and sign his book, Wednesday, 7 p.m., at I.J. & Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center, 2 N. Medical Drive (581-0098, ext. 118)

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