Local author Anne Davis presents her memoir, Hell Minus One.

When Anne A. Johnson Davis was just three years old, her mother and stepfather began to physically, sexually and mentally abuse her--in the name of Satan. Until she ran away from home at 17, her parents and other cult members subjected her to satanic ritual abuse, a criminally inhumane and bizarre form of devil worship. The horrors Anne experienced, the astounding miracles that helped her to survive, and the heal-or-die choices she made as an adult to triumph over her tragic past, are revealed in her new memoir, Hell Minus One. The book is vastly different from other previously published memoirs by victims of satanic ritual abuse. Instead of distressing, heart-breaking accounts without collaborative or corroborative evidence, Anne's parents confessed their atrocities--both in writing and verbally--to clergymen, and to detectives from the Utah Attorney General's Office. Anne's suppressed memories, which erupted when she was in her mid-30s, were fully substantiated by her mother and stepfather. After she learned the heartbreaking truth about her childhood, Anne embarked on an amazing inner journey of healing and forgiveness. She knew she had to forgive her tormentors, or they would own her--and define who she is--for the rest of her life. The steps she took to heal and to forgive are inspirational and legendary. For anyone dealing with personal challenges, whatever they may be, Hell Minus One offers a fresh perspective.

Abby Stokes presents Is This Thing On?, a technology tutorial for technophobes.

Join our community writing program which offers multiple, on-going writing groups throughout the Salt Lake metropolitan area. Find inspiration through feedback and writing prompts in open-interest or specialized groups. Submit work to sine cera, the DiverseCity Writing Series (DWS) anthology, and participate in public readings. Find a place in the DWS by stopping by the CWC--Library Square 210 East 400 South, Suite 8, Salt Lake City. For more info call 957-4992 or visit www.slcc.edu/cwc.

TKE's DWS group meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month.

Don't miss TKE's Second Annual PōM (Poetry Open-Mic) Competition!


Sign-up starts at 6 p.m., and the competition begins at 7 p.m. Poets will have three minutes each to perform their pieces. There will be two different rounds: Read Your Favorite Poet (your choice, from Shakespeare to Mary Oliver) and New Voices (perform your own original work).

Judges (TBA) will rate the performers, and poets with the highest score from each round will receive a $25 gift certificate for the bookshop!

Local author Ann Dee Ellis presents her second book for young readers, Everything Is Fine.

Author Sandra Dallas presents her newest novel, Prayers for Sale.

Local author Michael O'Reilly presents his new book, Mysteries and Legends of Utah.

Local storyteller Rob Eckman presents a special Storytime!

Dr. Mark Sloan presents Birth Day, just in time for Mother's Day!

Christopher McDougall presents Born to Run.

Local author Aprilynne Pike will read from and sign her debut YA novel, Wings.

Local author Jessica Day George presents the third installment in her series for young readers, Dragon Spear.

Peter Fogtdal presents his new novel, The Tsar's Dwarf.

Rachel Dickinson presents Falconer on the Edge, which tells the story of the Hogle Zoo's own Steve Chindgren, a master manipulator who helps falcons

Local author Carol Lynch Williams presents her new novel for teens, The Chosen One.

Michael Malone returns to Salt Lake with his long-awaited novel, Four Corners of the Sky.

Cleveland Cavalier Lance Allred, who played basketball at the University of Utah, presents his memoir Longshot.

Sarah Burningham returns to Salt Lake with Boyology.

The Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators will celebrate 10 local authors with The King's English: Anne Bowen, Kristyn Crow, Clint Johnson (a.k.a. R.D. Henham), Mike Knudson, Kristen Landon, Jean Reagan, Sydney Salter, Wenty Toliver, Jill Vanderwood, Emily Wing Smith and Sara Zarr.

Photographer James Kay will be on hand for a reception and signing for Resurrection.

During the four days of our Semi-Annual Sale, all hardcovers on our shelves are 30% off (40% off three or more), and everything else on our shelves* is 20% off.

*Sorry, Frequent Buyer Program not in effect. Sale prices do not apply to gift cards or special orders.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED:

SLC native Corey Dee Anderson presents his thriller, Deniable Trust.

During the four days of our Semi-Annual Sale, all hardcovers on our shelves are 30% off (40% off three or more), and everything else on our shelves* is 20% off.

*Sorry, Frequent Buyer Program not in effect. Sale prices do not apply to gift cards or special orders.

Local author Jean Reagan presents Always My Brother.

During the four days of our Semi-Annual Sale, all hardcovers on our shelves are 30% off (40% off three or more), and everything else on our shelves* is 20% off.

*Sorry, Frequent Buyer Program not in effect. Sale prices do not apply to gift cards or special orders.

Local author Shannon Hale presents her new adult novel, The Actor and the Housewife.

During the four days of our Semi-Annual Sale, all hardcovers on our shelves are 30% off (40% off three or more), and everything else on our shelves* is 20% off.

*Sorry, Frequent Buyer Program not in effect. Sale prices do not apply to gift cards or special orders.

House of Sand and Fog author Andre Dubus will read from and sign his new novel, The Garden of Last Days.

America's pre-eminent spy novelist Alan Furst presents The Spies of Warsaw.

Normal Ollestad presents his remarkable memoir, Crazy for the Storm.

Tennesse Williams writes, "I can't expose a human weakness on
the stage unless I know it through having it myself."  The CWC also
understands how important it is to learn from experience.  Come join the
panel of local playwrights to discover favorite plays and learn about the
emotional appeal from the stage. Featuring Troy Williams and Charles Lynn
Frost, writers of The Passion of Sister Dottie S. Dixon,
and Richard Scott, Director of the SLCC
Grand Theatre. http://www.slcc.edu/cwc/workshops.asp#talking

Evening panel discussion June 23
(Tues),
6 – 8 p.m.
Free to the Public
Please call (801) 957-4992 if questions

Lavinia Spalding presents Writing Away.

Mystery author Craig Johnson presents the newest installment in the Walt Longmire series, Dark Horse.

Celebrate Utah's Local First Independents' Week with TKE: mention Local First and get 10% off everything in the store! For more information about Buy Local First, visit localfirst.org.

Celebrate Utah's Local First Independents' Week with TKE: mention Local First and get 10% off everything in the store! For more information about Buy Local First, visit localfirst.org.

Celebrate Utah's Local First Independents' Week with TKE: mention Local First and get 10% off everything in the store! For more information about Buy Local First, visit localfirst.org.

Celebrate Utah's Local First Independents' Week with TKE: mention Local First and get 10% off everything in the store! For more information about Buy Local First, visit localfirst.org.

Celebrate Utah's Local First Independents' Week with TKE: mention Local First and get 10% off everything in the store! For more information about Buy Local First, visit localfirst.org.

Citizen historian Laurie Bryant presents Away from the Smoke and Dust: A Century on Salt Lake City's East Bench, a slideshow and talk on the history of the 15th & 15th neighborhood.

Local authors Gary Topping and Melissa Coy Ferguson present Salt Lake City: 1890-1930, documenting the rapid and profound changes Salt Lake experienced at the turn of the 20th century.

Celebrate Utah's Local First Independents' Week with TKE: mention Local First and get 10% off everything in the store! For more information about Buy Local First, visit localfirst.org.

Celebrate Utah's Local First Independents' Week with TKE: mention Local First and get 10% off everything in the store! For more information about Buy Local First, visit localfirst.org.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

TKE will be closed for the holiday. Have a happy 4th of July!

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Local artist and author Dave Hall presents Moving Water, a large format collection of his paintings and writings.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Learn basic bike maintenance with Brian Lee, Backroads Bike Mechanic. 10 spots are available, first come first served. Come on your bike and get a 20% discount on books during the event!

To reserve your spot at this event, please contact Jenn at 801.484.9100 or jenn at kingsenglish dot com.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Salt Lake Shakespeare will present a reading from "Macbeth", in conjunction with the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

Join TKE for a Dog Toy Drive to celebrate Dirty Bow Wow. TKE will collect new dog toys for donation to Utah Animal Adoption Center starting July 1; toys can be dropped off at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Then, on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m., TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes. Cosponsored by the University Pet Clinic.

TKE will sponsor a Dirtiest Bow Wow Toy Competition—bring your dog and its dirtiest toy, along with a donation toy, for a chance to win fun prizes.

All toy donations, either from the Competition or our Dirty Bow Wow Dog Toy Drive, benefit the Utah Animal Adoption Center. Toys can be dropped off throughout the month of July at TKE and also at Desert Dog Daycare (1765 S 900 W Ste 77). Co-sponsored by the University Pet Clinic and Desert Dog Daycare.

Local author Pollyanna Pixton and Niel Nickolaisen present Stand Back and Deliver.

Local chef Stephen Richards presents Delicious Meets Nutritious, a cookbook with a wide range of simple recipes (from Breakfast to Easy Gourmet Meals to Desserts) that utilize Xagave, an all-natural, calorie-saving, low Glycemic Index sweetener.

Margaret Stevens is back at TKE with ParentFix, her guide to successful parenting based on the idea that when parents change, kids change. Stevens will present on parenting techniques, from how to create a safe haven at home to motivating your child.

Mark Karlins presents his new picture book, Starring Lorenzo, And Einstein Too, at a special Storytime. Starring Lorenzo celebrates the power of individuality, the importance of big imagination, and the ways we all fit in-–even when we least expect it.

Celebrate local authors Jenna Cooper, Rachel Geerdes, and Cathlene Smith. Jenna Cooper is the author of Turned, a fantasy that begins when the child of a French immigrant cook meets a millionaire's son with a surprising family secret. Rachel Geerdes is the author of Chasing Demons, a high-stakes adventure story complete with magical intrigue. Cathlene Smith is the author of Slivers of Reality, a psychological thriller.

Jacqueline Berger presents Loves, Lies, and Tears: An Intimate Look at America's First Ladies, which details the glamour, the heartache, and the tragedies experienced by ordinary women who lived extraordinary lives. Berger is an author, guest speaker, and lecturer.

Local author Chris Cokinos presents The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars. Weaving natural history, memoir, and the stories of maverick scientists, daring adventurers, and stargazing dreamers, The Fallen Sky travels from Antarctica to outer space to tell the tale of how the study of meteorites became a scientific passion. Cokinos is an award-winning author, poet, and professor of English at Utah State University.

Treehouse Children’s Museum in Ogden is pleased to announce that it will host the 2nd Annual Writing for Charity Event. This special workshop event features more than 20 published children’s book authors of both picture books and young adult fiction. Authors scheduled to participate include Brandon Mull (Fablehaven), Shannon Hale (Princess Academy), Rick Walton (Once There Was a Bull....frog and more than 30 other picture books), and Anne Bowen (What DO Teachers Do (After YOU Leave School). The Writing for Charity Event, a workshop for aspiring children’s book writers (age 13 and up only, please), will provide participants with professional advice and the opportunity to have their work evaluated by one of the event’s participating authors. The event will also include opportunity to purchase books and have books signed.Participants can also purchase drawing tickets for great prizes including signed books and a book bag signed by all of the participating authors. And, all proceeds from the event will benefit the non-profit Treehouse and its award-winning Family Literacy Programs. Registration for the event is $50 per person ($45 for registrations received by Friday, August 21) and includes three workshop sessions, morning snacks and lunch. Registration forms and a complete lists of participating authors are available at Treehouse, Deseret Book, or at www.treehousemuseum.org.

Writers of children’s picture books should bring a full manuscript (fewer than 1,000 words), and chapter book authors should bring the book’s first page for critique.

Please note that because of the length of the workshop and the set-up required, Treehouse will be closed to the public that day (Saturday, August 29.)

Treehouse Children’s Museum is a private, nonprofit organization offering interactive, hands-on exhibits and programs for children and families that focus on family literacy, children’s literature and the arts. Treehouse is supported through admissions, memberships, grants, and donations. The Museum is located in the Elizabeth Stewart Treehouse Museum at 347 22nd Street in downtown Ogden. For more information on this program or any of the Museum’s programs or exhibits, please call 801-394- 9663 or visit www.treehousemuseum.org.

Author Martin Wachs will present a special Storytime!

Violinist, teacher, conductor, composer, and now local author Gerald Elias will present his new mystery, The Devil's Trill, and perform a piece composed for the book at the Main Library. Cosponsored by the Salt Lake City Public Library.

Local author Wooley Cottswold will read his new picture book, Rose & the Bald-Headed Elephant, at Storytime at 11 a.m., and then sign from 11:30 - 12:30. You can also check out a fun YouTube video for the book!

Does digging through the Mayan jungle seem too much like hard work? Well, put your sleuthing skills to work this September in pursuit of clues on the printed page instead! Beginning September 15th, TKE is one of the fifty independent bookstores across the country participating in a treasure hunt in celebration of Michelle Moran’s latest novel, Cleopatra’s Daughter. We have concealed, somewhere on our shelves, a red ribbon bearing the seal of a true literary archaeologist. To find the clues that will lead you to the ribbons, just go to www.michellemoran.com/treasurehunt.htm. The clues will test your knowledge of literature as you attempt to pinpoint the book where the ribbon lies waiting for you. For the lucky winner who finds the ribbon, simply present it at the front counter to claim your treasure chest of prizes, including gold-plated Cleopatra earrings, a Roman artifact with a certificate of authenticity, plus a signed copy of Michelle Moran’s latest novel, Cleopatra’s Daughter. Puzzle through the clues and find them… if you dare! The 50 winners across the country will also be recognized on MichelleMoran.com!

Local historian Gary Topping will sign The Story of the Cathedral of the Madeleine ($16.95,
Sagebrush Press) which narrates the founding and growth of the Roman
Catholic Church in Utah in its first 100 years

Local storyteller Cheryl will present Storytime!

Award-winning local author Shannon Hale will present the newest book in the Bayern series, Forest Born.

Shannon will present and read at the 15th Street Gallery, a couple doors south of the bookshop, and return to The King's English for signing and reception.

Michelle Zink will sign her debut novel for teen readers, The Prophecy of the Sisters. Sixteen-year-old Lia discovers that she and her twin sister, Alice, are part of an ancient prophecy that has turned sisters against each other for generations. 

Acclaimed poets Donald Revell and Claudia Keelan will be reading from and signing new collections of poetry.

Friday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.

Revell, author of numerous previous collections of poetry, most recently The Bitter Withy (Alice James Books, 2009), was the winner of a 2008 NEA Translation Award, the 2004 Lenore Marshall Award and two-time winner of the PEN Center USA Award in Poetry. Revell has also received fellowships from the NEA and the Ingram Merrill and Guggenheim Foundations.

Keelan is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Missing Her (New Issues Press, 2009), and has published poems widely in magazines and journals, including The American Poetry Review. She directs the MFA program at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and serves as the editor of Interim, the University's annual literary review.

Local storyteller Cheryl will present Storytime!

Zoe Murdock will read from and discuss her new novel, Torn by God: A Family’s Struggle with Polygamy. 

Inspired by true events, Torn by God, is a riveting family drama that takes place in 1959 in a small Mormon town in Utah.

It chronicles the devastation brought upon the Sterling family when the father has a vision that leads him to become involved with a local polygamist group run by a self-serving fundamentalist. The father comes to believe that the Mormon Church never should have rescinded polygamy. Even though the practice is now against the law and grounds for excommunication, he feels it is something God demands of him. When her father gets more and more involved with the polygamist group, twelve-year-old Beth watches helplessly as her mother sinks into depression and illness. When he leaves town to build a church for the polygamists, the family is cast off by the Mormon community, and it is up to Beth to take care of her sick mother and her little brother.  

Award-winning comedian, actor, producer, and now author will sign his new
collection of essays, false memoirs, and laugh-out-loud strange stories, I Drink For a Reason.

Local author Sara Zarr presents her newest teen novel, Once Was Lost.

Read-aloud favorite Judy Schachner will present her newest Skippyjon Jones book, Lost in Spice!

Local storyteller Cheryl presents Storytime!

One of the most respected names in contemporary American literature--Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo will read from and sign his new book at The King's English Bookshop, Tuesday, October 6 at 7 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public.

That Old Cape Magic, currently in its sixth week on The New York Times best seller list, accompanies Jack Griffin, a middle-aged professor in a humdrum marriage, on a drive to Cape Cod for the wedding of his daughter's best friend. He's flooded with memories of his annual childhood vacations on the Cape with his parents--bickering, intellectually snobbish academics who are dismissive of each other and the world at large. More than anything, Jack doesn't want to be like them, but with his father's ashes in the trunk (in nearly a year, he hasn't been able to decide where to scatter them), and his demanding mother just a cell phone call away, he's unable to escape their influence.

Calling Russo "A master of the comic quip and the ridiculous situation," the Washington Post said That Old Cape Magic is "a marvelous portrayal of the strands of affection and irritation that run through a family, entangling in-laws and children's crushes and even old friends."

Russo's tragicomic take on life and careful eye for relationships are a trademark of much of his work, which includes seven novels and several screenplays and teleplays. Much of his fiction, like Empire Falls, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, chronicles small town America, fictional down-on-their-luck towns of the industrial Northeast and the blue-collar workers trying to survive in them as they face money, marriage, class and other daunting issues.

Kaleb Nation, author and blogger of The Twilight Guy fame, who turned 20 in 2008, presents the first book in his series, Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse.

Bran Hambric was found locked in a bank vault at six years old,
with no memory of his past. For years, he has lived with one of the
bankers, wondering why he was left behind -- until one night, when
he is fourteen, he is suddenly confronted by a maddened creature,
speaking of Bran’s true past and trying to kidnap him.

Bran finds that he is at the center of a plot which started
years before he was even born: the plot of a deadly curse his mother
created…and one that her former masters are hunting for him to
complete.

Haunted by the spirit of his mother’s master and living in a city
where magic is illegal, Bran must undo the crimes of his
past...before it is too late.

AUTHORS’ RECEPTION, SELECTED READINGS, AND BOOK SIGNINGS

SALT LAKE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
4TH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
210 EAST 400 SOUTH, SLC

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY
OCTOBER 8

$30 PER PERSON*
Your check payable to AAUW-Wasatch Branch will secure your reservation. Send to:

Marilyn Shearer
3700 Gilroy Road
Salt Lake City, UT 84109

QUESTIONS? Please call:
Sue Nissen 801-484-4015
Kathy Horvat 801-323-0675

Pat Bagley and Charles Lynn Frost (standing in for Sister Dottie S. Dixon) will be at the King's English Tuesday, October 13th, signing their book, Mormon Kama Sutra.

One of the most respected names in contemporary American literature--National Book Award recipient Sherman Alexie--will read from and sign his new collection of fiction, War Dances.

Alexie has written three story collections, two screenplays, 12 volumes of poetry (including Face, published last March) and three novels, including The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the 2007 National Book Award winner for Young People's fiction. True Diary was inspired by Alexie's own remarkable, improbable life, from his birth with hydrocephalus (doctors didn't expect him to live, and certainly not without retardation), to his determined 44-mile daily round-trip walk to a "better" high school off the reservation, to the pinnacle of literary success.