Literary footnotes

Provo City Library, 550 N. University Ave., will host TIMOTHY BASIL ERING, illustrator of "The Tale of Despereaux," March 9, 7 p.m. (801-852-7685)

STEVE T. WAX, author, will discuss and sign his latest book, "Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror," March 9, noon, Salt Lake Main Library, 210 E. 400 South (801-524-8200)

WALTER BENN MICHAELS, author of "The Trouble With Diversity," will lecture, March 12, 7:30 p.m., Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College (801-832-2682)

The King's English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, will host JEN CALONITA, who will sign books and conduct a writing workshop, March 10, 7 p.m.; local author JENNIFER ADAMS will present "Remarkably Jane: Notable Quotations on Jane Austen" March 12, 7 p.m.; KATHERINE HANNIGAN, children's author of "Emmaline and the Bunny," will sign books March 13, 7 p.m. (801-484-9100)

—compiled by Dania Hogan

E-mail: daniah@desnews.com