Literary footnotes
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).
e-mail: dhogan@desnews.com
Recent comments
Thanks for putting up the author's schedule.
Melinda | Oct. 18, 2009 at 10:12 p.m.
- RSL will play for MLS Cup tonight 3:06 a.m.
- Jazz outlast Pistons in overtime 3:06 a.m.
- Utah Utes whip SDSU 3:05 a.m.
- BYU records with win 3:05 a.m.
- RSL dancing with soccer stars 3:04 a.m.
- Cougars turn focus to dreaded rivals 3:04 a.m.
- Dixie State campus briefs 3:03 a.m.
- Weber State campus briefs 3:02 a.m.
- UVU campus briefs 3:01 a.m.
- BYU campus briefs 2:59 a.m.
- Glenn Beck to enter politics?
- Can BYU throw vs. Air Force?
- Cougars cruise to victory in Hawaii
- Huntsman blasts media over trip
- Police link alcohol to murder
- Christian leaders not backing down
- BYU records with win
- TCU still has a chance
- Orem man acquitted in tot's death
- Religion cited in deportation fight
- Buttars wants to limit gay rights laws
192 - Palin plans tour stop in Utah
173 - Glenn Beck to enter politics?
129 - Palin's book shows she's unqualified
122 - Officer cleared in Cardall Taser case
103 - BYU cuts Women's Research Inst.
100 - Jazz finally win in San Antonio
98 - BYU records with win
95 - Utes knock off rival Aggies
93 - Huntsman pleased with Obama
87
Beck is extremely smart, he is selling books and is very popular on TV. All...
@Mick, the Federal Govt is run by corporations through contributions and...
Lets bond together and hope for a REAL celebration SUnday night, can hardly...
I was on the playground too and some teachers came out and called us all to...
B.Y.U. has been a consistent a top 25 ranked winner under Max Hall. Hall has...
Did Timp win four in a row or 4 in 4 years?
You have a lot of growing up to do, It seems like you have not cxperienced...
The proposed ethics law puts roughly the same burden on a legislator that a...
Hall ACTUALLY broke the all timme wins record vs WYO last week. I guess...
Sounds to me like Kraig Powell may be a candidate for resignation. So long,...


