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Last updated Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 7:33am

* Robert V. Taylor reads "A New Way to Be Human: 7 Spiritual Pathways to Becoming Fully Alive" (New Page Books, $15.99) at 7 p.m. Thursday at Weller Book Works.

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Last updated Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 7:43am

* Utah author Lesa McCullough signs copies of her book "Jonathan Bear Plays Baseball" (Tate Publishing, $8.99) at 6 p.m. Friday at Taylorsville City Hall, 2600 Taylorsville Blvd. This is a free event.

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Last updated Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 7:10am

* Brigham City Library's reading/discussion series "Rule of Law" continues at 7 p.m. Thursday as Weber State University professor Brandon Little leads a discussion of "War Law: Understanding International Law and Armed Conflict" by Michael Byers. The discussion is free and open to the public at the library, 26 E. Forest St., Brigham.

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Last updated Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 7:23am

* Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day (El Dia de los NiÃ±os/El Dia de los Libros) at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Weber County Main Library, 2464 Jefferson Ave., Ogden. The celebration emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Visit www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/content/calendar for more information. This is a free event.

Hastings author events this week include:

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Free talk to look at Nauvoo, Battalion

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Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 11:09pm

OGDEN -- The Ogden Family History Center will host a talk on "History of Nauvoo 1840s, the Mormon Battalion and Settlement of the Great Basin" at 10 a.m. Saturday at the center, 539 24th St.

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Richard Sadler, professor of history at Weber State University and co-author of "Ogden, Junction City" and other works. His talk is free.

Following the talk, two workshops will be held, one on finding your ancestors who lived in Nauvoo and another on the Mormon Battalion's help in settling the Ogden area.

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Last updated Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 7:21am

* DIY Magnetic Poetry for Teens will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Weber County main library, 2464 Jefferson Ave., Ogden. This is a free event. Call 801-337-2639 or visit www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/content/calendar for more information.

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Last updated Sunday, April 8, 2012 - 7:51am

* Weber Reads the Founders and Their Documents continues at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday with "Universal Declaration of Human Rights," featuring WSU political science professor Nancy Haanstad. The free event will be held in the Stewart Library's Hetzel-Hoellein Room, Weber State University, 3848 Harrison Blvd., Ogden.

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Last updated Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 8:14am

* 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.

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Last updated Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 7:54am

* Webers Reads The Founders and Their Documents continues with a readers theater event by Weber State University's Department of Performing Arts at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Hetzel-Hoellein Room of the Stewart Library, 3848 Harrison Blvd, WSU, Ogden. This is a free event.

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Last updated Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 6:45am

* During a presentation this week at Weber State University, Eric Swedin, a WSU associate professor of history, will analyze what could have happened if the Cuban Missile Crisis had led to war.

Swedin is the author of seven books, including "When Angels Wept: A What-if History of the Cuban Missile Crisis." The free event will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the WSU Lindquist Alumni Center, 3848 Harrison Blvd., Ogden.

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Author Brandon Mull speaks to students at Mound Fort Junior High School in Ogden on Thursday. Mull, of Highland, is the author of the "Fablehaven" series of fantasy books.(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

'Fablehaven' authors taps into Ogden students' creativity

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Last updated Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 8:53pm

OGDEN — It felt a little like “The Price is Right” at Mound Fort Junior High School on Thursday morning, as best-selling young-adult author Brandon Mull took answers from the audience on creative ways a character could travel to another world.

Three students lined up in the front of the auditorium as he showed examples of how to create a story. Students took suggestions from their peers amid laughter and giggles at some of the ideas.

“A shower!” one student yelled.

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Brandon Mull launches 'Rebellion' at big party

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Last updated Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 7:53am

Highland novelist Brandon Mull is setting out on another whirlwind author adventure as he launches "Beyonders: Seeds of Rebellion."

Mull, the author of the best-selling "Fablehaven" series, will launch the book, geared toward young teenagers, at a free party and show Tuesday at Cottonwood High School in Murray.

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Last updated Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 7:47am

* Utah authors from the Eden Writers Group will sign and discuss copies of their book "Tales From Huntsville, Eden, Liberty And Beyond" (DMT Publishing, $10.99) noon-4 p.m. Saturday at Hastings, 340 E. 525 North, Harrisville. This is a free event.

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* New Mexico author Philip Connors reads from and signs "Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout" at 7 p.m. Monday.

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Local author will share tricks for research

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Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 11:32pm

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.

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Author Pam Houston will be busy on trip to Ogden

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Last updated Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 8:53am

Taking a break from her book tour, author Pam Houston will be popping into Ogden this week to coach writing students at Weber State University and also to visit with the public regarding her new book, "Contents May Have Shifted."

Houston, who lives on a ranch in Colorado, is the author of two collections of linked short stories, "Cowboys Are My Weakness" and "Waltzing the Cat." She also wrote the novel "Sight Hound" and a collection of essays called "A Little More About Me." All were published by W.W. Norton.

Houston is an author who gathers her inspiration from her surroundings.

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