The Kings English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, will host David Mas Masumoto, author of "Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies From the Land," Oct. 22, 5:30 p.m. (801-484-9100).

Westminster College will host a free poetry reading by Edwin Torres as part of the Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Poetry Series, Oct. 23, 7 p.m., in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall, 1840 S. 1300 East (801-832-2682)

East Millcreek Library will hold a book sale, Oct. 23-24, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Most items will be priced at $1 or less (801-943-4636)

John Brown, author, will discuss his latest book, "Servant of a Dark God," at several events. On Oct. 22, 6-8 p.m., he'll be at Borders Books, 1050 N. Main Suite B-2, in Logan (435-787-0678); Oct. 23, 4 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 330 E. 1300 East, Orem (801-229-1611); Oct. 24, 11 a.m., Barnes and Noble, 1780 N. Woodland Park Drive, Layton (801-773-9973); also Oct. 24, 3 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 7157 Plaza Center Drive, West Jordan, (801-282-1324).

Davis County Library, 725 S. Main, Bountiful, will have a book-discussion group on "A Room With a View," by E.M. Forster, Oct. 14, 7 p.m. (801-451-2322)

Christian Fine Arts Society, is sponsoring a poetry contest with a $1,000 grand prize for the winner.

Send one poem of 21 lines or less to Free Poetry Contest, 7308 Heritage Drive, Mount Vernon, IN 47620.

The deadline for entering is Oct. 25. You may also enter online at www.freecontest.com.

The Confluence Literary Festival, Moab, is celebrating eating and writing and local food sustainability.

Themed "Eat the West," the event is Oct. 20-25 and includes intensive writing workshops with Slow Food Inc. authors, local food-tasting events, a farmers market and Mountain Film Festival's films about food.

Guests authors from the Slow Food Movement will include Gary Paul Nabhan, Deborah Madison, Susan J. Tweit, Ann Vileisis, David Masumoto and Jack Loeffler.

The festival will take place in various venues around Moab. Ticket prices vary from free to $10. Writing workshops are $75-$475 (www.moabconfluence .org).

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