Utah author events

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* 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.

Author events this week at The King's English Bookshop include:

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

Local author will share tricks for research

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.

Pam Houston

Author Pam Houston will be busy on trip to Ogden

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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* Utah author Dan Wells reads from his newest novel "Partials" at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Weller Book Works, 665 E. 600 South, Trolley Square, Salt Lake City. This is a free event.

* "Let's Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War" continues at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Pleasant Valley library, 5568 Adams Ave., Washington Terrace. Weber State University history professors Branden Little and Richard Sadler will lead the discussion. This is a free event. Call 801-337-2690 for information.

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* Weber Reads the Founders and Their Documents continues at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday with "Slavery and the Constitution," a lecture presented by Adrienne Gillespie, coordinator for Center for Diversity & Unity at Weber State University. The event is free in the Hetzel-Hoellein Room of the Stewart Library, WSU, 3848 Harrison Blvd., Ogden.

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* It is difficult to disconnect in today's world with smartphones, tablets, e-readers and laptops demanding our attention. William Powers, author of the New York Times bestseller "Hamlet's Blackberry," will offer the audience advice on how to balance their digital lives during a presentation this week at Weber State University.

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* Weber State University presents "Weber Reads: The French Declaration of the Rights of Man." The lecture, by WSU history professor Brady Brower, starts at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Hetzel-Hoellein Room of the Stewart Library, on campus at 3848 Harrison Blvd., Ogden. Admission is free.

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* Weber State University English professor Victoria Ramirez leads a free creative writing discussion based on Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the basement of the Brigham City Library, 26 E. Forest St., Brigham City.

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Author events this week at The King's English Bookshop include:

-- Massachusetts author Kathryn Kay signs her debut novel "The Gilder" (Kensington, $15) at 7 p.m. Monday.

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Utah author Robin Crawford Robbins will sign and discuss copies of his book "A Foxhole Closer To Home: WWII Letters Home Love, Bob" (Authorhouse, $19.99) 2-4 p.m. Saturday at Hastings, 340 E. 525 North, Harrisville. This is a free event.

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* Utah author J. T. Fleming will sign his books 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Pleasant Valley branch of Weber County Library.

Fleming's books include "Tracks of a Pigeontoed Horse," a western mystery set in the Utah Territory of the 19th century, and "The Obsidian Serpent," the second in the series (both Fortress Publishing, $16.95).

This is a free event at the library, 5568 Adams Ave., Washington Terrace. Call 801-337-2690 for more information.

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* The Brigham City Library concludes its reading series, Final Salute: America In A Time Of War, at 7 p.m. Thursday with a discussion of "Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia" by Ahmed Rashid. Rashid is a Pakistani journalist, who in 2000, warned about the problem of Islamic extremism and the Taliban. Sympathetic to the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, he is highly critical of American-led strategy since and of the role in events of Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf. Caron Frost with the University of Utah will lead the free discussion at the library, 26 E. Forest St., Brigham City. Call 435-723-5850 for more information.

Stitched with love

To a state where quilting is as common as red punch and butter mints at a wedding reception comes Jennifer Chiaverini and her new novel "The Wedding Quilt."

In its pages we meet Caroline McClure, about to be married and dreaming of a made-with-love wedding quilt to celebrate her big day. How -- or if -- Caroline's wish comes true unfolds in this 18th book of Chiaverini's popular Elm Creek Quilts series.

WSU author examines longing; authors discuss Utah's socialistic past

OGDEN -- America's pioneers are often painted as daring men and women who yearned to see new lands. In reality, many of them yearned for their old homes.

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* Ogden author Stephanie Campbell discusses and signs copies of her novel for young readers, "Poachers" (Old Line Publishing, $14.95), 3-5 p.m. Saturday at Hastings, 340 E. 525 North, Harrisville. This is a free event.

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