Logan poets celebrate spring with poetry walk

Rain doesn’t stop the U.S. Postal Service, and apparently it doesn’t stop the poets, either.

Earlier today, nearly a dozen Logan residents braved the rain and gathered in Adams Park to appreciate the month of April through both nature and poetry, in hopes of drawing inspiration for their own work.

Sandra Cisneros visits Tanner Center for discussion, reading, signing

On Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., Latino author Sandra Cisneros will appear at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City to discuss her writing with RadioWest executive producer and host Doug Fabrizio, as well as read excerpts from her wealth of published work and sign books for attendees.

SLC libraries collaborate for United We Read initiative

The Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County Library, and Murray Library systems are bringing readers across the Salt Lake area together by encouraging the entire community to read and discuss the same novel in an ongoing series of book discussions dubbed United We Read SLC.

Literary magazine debuts latest issue with guest reader

On Friday at 7 p.m., Westminster College’s literary magazine ellipsis…Literature and Art will collaborate with the college’s Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Poetry Series to debut the publication’s 2017 issue with a reading by previous magazine contributor Matthew Gavin Frank.

Young adult authors meet for AuthorLink at Provo library

On Saturday night, on the fourth floor of the Provo City Library in a small gallery space known as “The Attic,” more than a hundred readers gathered, excitedly awaiting the arrival of their favorite authors.

Saturday brought the latest installment of the library’s AuthorLink series, featuring New York Times best-selling young adult authors – and close friends – James Dashner, Brendan Reichs and Ally Condie in an unconventional book reading, signing and panel that quickly devolved into an evening of insults and jokes.

Cache Valley writers prepare for prose and poetry contest

The Cache Valley chapter of the League of Utah Writers discussed the value of meeting with other writers to receive feedback and edits while preparing for the prose and poetry contest sponsored by the league in June.

Panelists discuss children’s literature during Newbery Night in SLC

Panelists reflected on the unique characteristics and power of children’s literature on Tuesday in Salt Lake City during Newbery Night, a panel and party hosted by The King’s English Bookshop and The Salt Lake Tribune to celebrate the 2017 Newbery Awards.