Literary footnotes

Orem Public Library, 58 N. State, will host local author ANN CANNON, who will discuss the gender gap in reading between boys and girls and how to solve it, Sept. 22, 7 p.m. (801-229-7379)

Ken Sanders Rare Books, 268 S. 200 East, will host historian ADOLF HUNGRY WOLF, author of "The Blackfoot Papers," Sept. 23, 7 p.m. (801-521-3819)

15th annual Guest Writers Series presents fiction writer JEFFREY DESHELL, LYNN KILPATRICK and ELISABETH SHEFFIELD,Sept. 24, 7 p.m., Finch Lane Gallery, 1325 E. 100 South (801-596-5000).

The Kings English Bookshop,1511 S. 1500 East, will hostMICHELLE ZINK,author of "The Prophecy of the Sisters," Sept. 23, 7 p.m.; also poet DONALD REVELL will present "The Bitter Withy," Sept. 25, 7 p.m.; author ZOE MURDOCK will present her new novel "Torn by God: A Family's Struggle With Polygamy," Sept. 26, 2-3:30 p.m. (801-484-9100).

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