Brigham City Library

* Brigham City Library continues its "Rule of Law" reading series at 7 p.m. Thursday with a discussion of "America's First Woman Lawyer: The Biography of Myra Bradwell" by Jane M. Friedman. Bradwell applied to practice law in 1869 in her home state of Illinois and was denied. Instead she became a legal journalist, publishing and editing the influential Chicago Legal News. Friedman writes that Bradwell's achievements have been overlooked because her disagreements with feminist Susan B. Anthony led Anthony to exclude Bradwell from her definitive "History of Woman Suffrage." Using her journal as a forum, Bradwell successfully agitated for judicial reform and women's rights, particularly the right of married women to enter the professions.

Weber State University history professor Kathryn MacKay leads the free discussion at the library, 26 E. Forest St., Brigham City.

BRIGHAM CITY — A Utah author will speak in Brigham City about the research tricks he has learned from researching the West.

Michael Zimmer, who has published eight novels, will speak 7 p.m. March 20 at Brigham City Library, 26 E. Forest St.

Zimmer will cover a wide range of topics, such as starting a fire with flint and steel and common misconceptions about Old West firearms, with an emphasis on avoiding familiar movie stereotypes.

The author will sign books immediately after the event.

For more information, call the library at 435-723-5850.

Join Brigham City Library at 7 p.m. Tuesday to meet author Mike Knudson. In his presentation “Using Humor to Hook Your Reader,” Knudson will discuss how he uses humor to develop relatable characters and build an emotional bond with the reader. There will be time at the end for questions.

Knudson is the author of the humorous “Raymond and Graham” series which School Library Journal has called “A rollicking, laugh-out-loud look at fourth grade through the eyes of two lifelong pals.”

This event is part of the Brigham City Book Festival in partnership with the Utah Humanities Book Festival, a program of the Utah Center for the Book, a Library of Congress affiliate. The Brigham City Library is at 26 E. Forest St. For more information about this program or other festival programs in Brigham City, call Elizabeth at 435-723-5850.