Sunday, September 6, 2020

VIRTUAL BOOK FESTIVAL


The Mt. Pleasant Relic Home is a part of the UTAH HUMANITIES.  You are invited to participate in their "VIRTUAL BOOK FESTIVAL".

OUR FIRST-EVER

ENTIRELY VIRTUAL

FESTIVAL
Fall is in the air and leaves are beginning to turn...all of which means that our annual Utah Humanities Book Festival is right around the corner! Join us for this year's celebration, now in its 23rd year of engaging Utahns with books, events, and conversations.

This 2020 book festival is our first-ever entirely virtual festival (via Zoom) and features scores of events, authors, and conversations in six categories.

Each week, we will send a Book Blast with details about upcoming events so that you can plan ahead. This Book Blast contains events for the  
first
 week of the festival.

Remember to check our Book Festival Calendar and download our digital Book Festival Programs for a complete listing of events by category.

Here's what you can look forward to in the upcoming week:

September 10 | 6:30 PM | Books and Bridges: The Heritage of Persian Literature

Lily Alavi, Professor of Literature at University of Utah, will discuss the heritage of Persian literature with a focus on women authors and poets. A Q&A will follow. Zoom Link



September 10 | 7:00 PM | Park City's One Book, One Community Presents Pam Houston

Join us for a conversation on Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country. Deep Creek is a love letter to the earth, animals, and the best of humanity. By the legendary author of Cowboys are My Weakness, Pam Houston. Zoom Link


September 10 | 7:00 PM | Writers In the Woods Author Series: Out of the Woods

Join us for a conversation and booksigning with Julia Corbett, author of Out of the Woods: Seeing Nature in the Everyday, a book  full of wonderful turns and explorations about how our human lives entangle and enmesh with all that nonhuman life surrounding us. Zoom Link.


September 12 | 11:00-12:30 AM | The Book Bungalow



A panel discussion on the role of women, both as creators and stars, in science fiction in the past and at present, including a look at the rise of women of color in the genreSign-Up Link.


 
September 12 | 6:00 PM | Westminster Slam Poetry Workshop by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Join multimedia artist, photographer, and poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths for a generative poetry workshop, hosted by Westminster Slam. Zoom Link.


Remember to visit our Book Festival Calendar for a Full Listing of Events!


 FESTIVAL BOOK BLAST
Utah Humanities, 202 West 300 North, Salt Lake City, UT 84103

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