Check Your Shelves
This podcast is made possible in partnership with Utah Humanities as part of the annual Utah Humanities Book Festival.
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Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Natalie Padilla Young, author of the amazing collection of poetry This Was Once All Under Water, talked with us from southern Utah about her new collection. This was so Utah, and so fitting for the upcoming 2023 Utah Humanities Book Festival.
See Natalie in Helper on 10/21 with Cindy King. Thanks to Nancy Takacs for hosting!
Oct 21, 2023, 7:00 pm
Helper Reading Series with Natalie Young and Cindy King
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Check Your Shelves sat down with Betsy Gaines Quammen to talk about her forthcoming book, TRUE WEST, forthcoming for Torrey House Press this October.
This book tackles the western mythologies that have damaged so many lives and led to events like January 6th.
Quammen will be in Utah for at least TWO events of the Utah Humanities Book Festival.
Go see her!
Oct 15, 2023, 6:00 pm
Back of Beyond Books and Torrey House Press Betsy Gaines Quammen and David Quammen
Oct 16, 2023, 7:00 pm
The Springdale Community Center with Zion Canyon Mesa hosts Betsy Gaines Quammen and David Quammen
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Rebecca Clarren, author of The Cost of Free Land, joined Utah Center for the Book’s 'Check Your Shelf’ Podcast to talk about her research, The Lakota, and her grappling with her family history in relation to land grants in South Dakota.
Clarren will be at the following places and times for the 2023 Utah Humanities Book Festival:
October 12, 2023 (6:00pm)
Casot + Wine, Salt Lake City
The King’s English Bookshop and Pinxtos + Libros host Rebecca Clarren for an intimate discussion: tickets here : https://www.kingsenglish.com/event/pintxos-libros-presents-rebecca-clarren
October 12, 2023 (7:30pm)
Ken Sander’s Rare Books at the Leonardo, SLC
Rebecca Clarren, author of The Cost of Free Land, will join Ken Sander’s rare books and guests to talk about her research, The Lakota, and her grappling with her family history in relation to land grants in South Dakota.
This podcast is made possible in partnership with Utah Humanities as part of the annual Utah Humanities Book Festival. Produced by The Banyan Collective.
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Ruben Degollado, author of the acclaimed The Family Izquierdo and more, joined Utah Center for the Book’s 'Check Your Shelf’ Podcast to talk about The Family Izqierdo, the writer life, and much more.
Degollado will be at the following places and times for the 2023 Utah Humanities Book Festival;
October 6, 2023 (7:30pm):
Monarch Building, Ogden, Utah
The Van Sessions and Happy Magpie Book and Quill host Ruben Degollado during Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll at the Monarch in Ogden, Utah.
7pm: Alicia Stockman Band
7:30pm: Author Ruben Degollado
8:00pm: Sammy Brue
8:30pm Comedy Set, Arvin Mitchell
9:00pm Vincent Van Draper and the Culls
October 7, 2023 (4:00pm):
Weller Book Works, Salt Lake City
Weller Books hosts a reading with Ruben Degollado and David Lindes.
This podcast is made possible in partnership with Utah Humanities as part of the annual Utah Humanities Book Festival. Produced by The Banyan Collective.
Utah Humanities Book Festival:
A Lasting Legacy
The Annual Utah Humanities Book Festival is Utah’s oldest and only statewide book festival and has become Utah’s signature literary event. Each year, the festival is a chance for book lovers of all types to enjoy some great, free-of-charge literary events at locations throughout Utah.
Since 1998, we've inspired Utah communities by offering the state's largest annual book festival. Our inaugural festival, known then as The Great Salt Lake Book Festival was a one-day event featuring 30 authors at Westminster College. Twenty years later, our annual Utah Humanities Book Festival is now a month-long celebration in October's National Book Month. We've grown to scores of events in communities throughout the state, and consistently feature many relevant authors. We've expanded our reach by partnering with libraries, community centers, cultural organizations, and more to serve upwards of 12,000 Utahns every fall.
Each year, we hear very personal stories about how an author or book has generated conversation, insight, and understanding. We hear about communities coming together and collectively immersing in books of all types - everything from historical fiction to comedy to poetry. We listen to individuals talk about how their personal or professional lives were affected in life-changing ways by talking with an author who inspired them. We hear about how we've helped to improve Utah communities through books, reading, and the resulting conversations . . . in short, through the humanities.
Many thanks to the Book Festival’s sponsors: The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks Fund, Weber County RAMP, the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, The King’s English Bookshop, Weller Book Works, Under the Umbrella Bookstore, The Book Bungalow, the B.W. Bastian Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, ESRR Endowments, the Salt Lake Tribune, and SLUG Magazine.