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Brigham City Library Book Festival*
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2 October 2012, 7 p.m. – Sarah Eden
An Author's Guide to Romance
Romance is the best-selling fiction genre of all time, with novels ranging from historical to contemporary, suspenseful to humorous. What makes love stories so popular? What lifts a romance from good to great? Award-winning romance author Sarah M Eden discusses the vast world of romance novels and what it is really like to be an author.
Sarah M Eden is the author of multiple historical romances, including Whitney Award finalists Seeking Persephone and Courting Miss Lancaster. She has twice been the Master of Ceremonies for the LDStorymakers Writers Conference and was the Writer in Residence at the Northwest Writers Retreat. Find her online at www.SarahMEden.com
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3 October 2012, 7 p.m. - Susan Swetnam
Books, Bluster, Bounty: Local Politics and Carnegie Library Building Grants in the Intermountain West, 1890-1920
Dr. Susan H. Swetnam is a Professor of English at Idaho State University, the only faculty member ever to win all three of ISU's Distinguished Faculty Awards (Distinguished Teacher, Public Servant, and Researcher). Her area of expertise is Intermountain West literature and culture; she has published six books and dozens of academic articles and has given hundreds of public presentations over the past thirty years. She has also published magazine articles and creative nonfiction widely in national (Gourmet, Mademoiselle), regional (Journal of the West), and scholarly (Western American Literature) publications. She's a former chair of the Idaho Humanities Council.
Her talk in Brigham City is based on her brand-new book published with Utah State University Press, Books, Bluster, and Bounty: Local Politics and Intermountain West Carnegie Library Building Grants, 1898-1920. The talk describes the complicated process of applying for a Carnegie library at the turn of the twentieth century and explores the varied attitudes and demographics of citizens of individual Utah towns who championed--or opposed--the process locally. As it does so, it provides striking, sometimes amusing anecdotes that challenge stereotypes about monolithic culture in Utah; and it offers important precedents for those working to promote books and reading today.
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9 October 2012, 7 p.m. – Michael Zimmer
Big Rigs and Long Hitches: Freighting in the Old West
In Big Rigs and Long Hitches: Freighting in the Old West, Western Author Michael Zimmer will discuss his research for the novel The Long Hitch, a Western/Mystery set in Corinne, Utah, and along the Utah to Montana Road in the 1870s. Zimmer will share stories and period art on the hazards and humor to be found along the Western trails, from cantankerous mules and rowdy oxen, to prairie fires and Indian raids.
Michael Zimmer is the author of ten published novels. His latest is Beneath A Hunter's Moon, a story of the metis buffalo hunters of the Red River Valley. Read more about Zimmer and his work at: www.michael-zimmer.com.
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16 October 2012, 7 p.m. – Josi Kilpack
Foodie Fiction
(And yes, there will be food!)
Josi Kilpack is currently writing a culinary mystery series and will discuss how the recipes work into the plot, which comes first the title recipe or the story that goes with it, and how other authors have made it work. Both readers and writers will find this class educational and satisfying in more ways than one.
Josi S. Kilpack has been writing for 13 years and has 16 published novels. She's the Best of State in fiction recipient for 2012 and lives in Willard with her husband and four children.
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17 October 2012, 7 p.m. - Matthew Kirby
Icefall
Matthew Kirby is the author of Icefall and The Clockwork Three. He was born in Utah, but with a father in the Navy, he lived all over—Rhode Island, Maryland, California, and Hawaii. As an undergraduate at Utah State University, he majored in history. He then went on to earn MS and EdS degrees in School Psychology. Matthew currently lives with his wife in Utah, where he works for a large school district. The Clockwork Three is his first book. Visit Matthew's website at www.matthewkirby.com.
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18 October 2012, 3:30 p.m. - Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation (Patty Timbimboo, et. al.)
Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation: Blending History with the Present
Representatives from the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation will share the history, stories, and craftwork that are an intricate part of their cultural past and present lives. A portion of this event will be hands on, while supplies last.
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| *This program has received funding from the Utah Humanities Council. The Utah Humanities Council promotes understanding of diverse traditions, values, and ideas through informed public discussion. |
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These programs will be held at the Brigham City Library, 26 E. Forest Street, in meeting rooms 1 & 2.
For more information call, 723-5850.
For other Utah Humanities Book Festival programs and events around the state visit the Utah Humanities website.
Statewide Utah Humanities Book Festival Events listing (PDF)
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3 October 2012, 7 p.m.
