​THE PRINTED GARDEN
WILL BE CLOSED

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH
TO BUILD OUR BOOTH AT THE SALT PALACE

AND

THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 21-23
FOR FANX ITSELF

THIS IS OUR LARGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. 

WE'LL RE-OPEN AND OBSERVE
REGULAR HOURS AGAIN ON

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH

JOIN US FOR THESE TERRIFIC STORE EVENTS!

SPECIAL STORYTIME
& BOOK SIGNING
WITH AUTHOR
LINDSAY
FLANAGAN
SATURDAY
​OCTOBER 28TH
1:00 P.M.
AT THE PRINTED GARDEN
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The Forbidden Wildwood Isn't Scary For A Girl Who Can See In The Dark. But Is She Ready For What It Will Illuminate?

When fourteen-year-old AnnaGrey meets a horned horse-like creature called an aeobanach in the forbidden Wildwood, she crosses the threshold from our world to a magical one in the hope of finding answers about her night-vision ability. She's only too eager to leave everything behind-her mom's secrecy about the past, her dad's far-fetched tales, and especially the mean boy at school, Cross Silverstone. She and the aeobanach embark on a journey to create a potion that will change the aeobanach into its human form. But their quest is complicated by rebels seeking to overthrow a king who's more interested in finding his long-lost son than ruling a kingdom.

​After being captured and accused of being a rebel against the throne, AnnaGrey learns she might know where the king's son, Silverstone, is. The king makes her a deal: bring his son back to the magical realm, and he'll not only release her aeobanach, but he'll help AnnaGrey discover the truth about herself. AnnaGrey must convince the boy who bullies her-who may be a kindred spirit in disguise-to come with her to the magical world so she can free her friend, get information about her night-vision ability, and go home-where the true answers about her abilities lie.

Join us in welcoming Lindsay Flanagan to The Printed Garden for a special Saturday afternoon storytime.  Lindsay will read from her new book, answer questions young readers may have about the book, writing, or pretty much anything else, and will sign copies of AnnaGrey and the Constellation.  This event is free and open to the public, and will begin at 1:00 p.m.

MY FIRST BOOK CLUB
SUMMER READING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

THE TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18TH
1:00 P.M.

Young people ages 8-13 are invited to participate in the third installments of our My First Book Club summer reading program.  My First Book Club is not an overly critical discussion group, but aims, rather to provide young readers with a positive experience of reading a few good books and becoming comfortable talking about them with a group of peers.

​Readers are asked to have the selections finished before each meeting, and should think about what they liked or didn't like most about each book, as well as different elements of the story they found interesting.

Copies of The Incredible Journey are available free of cost for young people who want to participate and need only be picked up at the bookstore.  The Twenty-One Balloons will be available fore purchase at $7.99 each.

BOOKS SIGNING
WITH AUTHOR
MATTHEW
BATT
THURSDAY
​NOVEMBER 2ND
7:00 P.M.
AT THE PRINTED GARDEN

A witty and humble tribute to the sometimes profane, sometimes profound world of waiting tables

During a year on sabbatical from his university position, Matthew Batt realized he needed money—fast—and it just so happened that one of the biggest breweries in the Midwest was launching a restaurant and looking to hire.  So it was that the forty-something tenured professor found himself waiting tables at a high-end restaurant situated in a Minneapolis brewery. And loving it.
Telling the story of Batt’s early work in restaurants, from a red sauce joint possibly run by the mob to an ill-conceived fusion concept eatery, The Last Supper Club then details his experiences at the fine dining restaurant, a job that continued well past his sabbatical—that lasted, in fact, right up to the restaurant’s sudden and unceremonious closing three years later, shortly after it was named one of the best restaurants in the country by Food & Wine.

Batt’s memoir conveys the challenge—and the satisfaction—of meeting the demands of a frenzied kitchen and an equally expectant crowd.  Through training mishaps, disastrous encounters with confused diners, struggles to keep pace with far more experienced coworkers, mandatory memorizations of laundry lists of obscure ingredients, and the stress of balancing responsibilities at home and at work, The Last Supper Club reveals the ups and downs of a waiter’s workday and offers an insightful perspective on what makes a job good, bad, or great.  For Batt, this job turns out to be considerably more fun, and possibly more rewarding, than his academic career, and his insider’s view of waiting tables extols the significance of our food and the places where we gather to enjoy it—or serve it.

Told with sharp humor, humility, and a keen sense of what matters, The Last Supper Club is an ode to life in a high-pressure restaurant, the relationships that get you to the night’s close, and finding yourself through—or perhaps because of—the chaos of it all.

Join us in welcoming Matthew Batt to The Printed Garden to read from, answer questions about, and sign copies of his new book, The Last Supper Club!  We'll also have copies of Matt's previous book, Sugarhouse, a lighthearted but beautifully written chronicle of his efforts to restore his home  in Utah's famous bohemian neighborhood.  This event is free and open to the public, and will begin at 7:00 p.m.

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WE STILL HAVE FELLOWSHIP OF UTAH INDIE BOOKSTORES MAPS AVAILABLE AT THE PRINTED GARDEN!  THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN AN 8 1/2" x 11" VERSION FOR $4.99 AND IN AN 11" x 17" VERSION FOR $9.99, BOTH ON HEAVY STOCK.

HOLD ONTO YOUR MAP AND HAVE IT STAMPED AT EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING STORES OVER THE COMING YEAR!  PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED ON INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY 2024!

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THE TEMPLAR: When Lieutenant Iari hears screams in the night, she expects to interrupt a robbery or break up a fight. Instead she discovers a murder with an impossible suspect: a riev, one of the battle-mecha decommissioned after the end of the last conflict, repurposed for manual labor. Riev don't kill people. And yet, clearly, one has. Iari sets out to find it.

THE SPY: Officially, Gaer is an ambassador from the vakari. Unofficially, he's also a spy, sending information back to his government, unfiltered by diplomatic channels. Unlike Iari, Gaer isn't so sure the riev's behavior is just a malfunction, since the riev were created using an unstable mixture of alchemy and arithmancy.

​As Gaer and Iari search for the truth, they discover that the murderous riev is just a weapon in the hands of a wielder with wider ambitions than homicide—including releasing horrors not seen since the war, that make a rampaging riev seem insignificant...

START 2023 OUT WITH K. EASON'S THRILLING NEW SCIENCE FICTION DUOLOGY NIGHTWATCH ON THE HINTERLANDS AND NIGHTWATCH OVER WINDSCAR

“Readers will be clamoring for the second installment before Chapter One is over. Told with just enough editorializing from a Dickensian narrator, this story delights from cover to cover. The political intrigue never fails to surprise, each character is layered and compelling, and there’s a perfect balance between science-fiction action and fairy-tale fantasy. Do not, under any circumstances, miss out on this.” 
--Kirkus (starred review)

“Eason adds a feminist modern twist to fairy tale and sf tropes while presenting an intergalactic adventure that enthralls in its own right, striking that ideal balance between original and familiar…. A delightful start to what promises to be a smart, unique series.”
--Booklist (starred review)

“Beautifully layered, endlessly entertaining….  Using a mixture of hacking skills and hexes, political maneuvering, martial arts, and flirting, Rory manages to destroy the multiverse and control her own fate. How she gets there is a journey well worth the read. Exquisitely written with complex characters, sardonic wit, and immersive worldbuilding. Highly recommended.” 
​--Library Journal (starred review)

K. Eason is a lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, where she teaches her students important topics such as the zombie apocalypse and food (not at the same time!), the humanity of cyborgs, and whether or not Beowulf is a good guy.

Iari is good at killing monsters. As a templar in the Aedis, a multi-species religious organization committed to protecting the Confederation, eliminating extra-dimensional horrors is her job. But after she helped stop separatists from sabotaging the entire Confederation, she discovered a new sort of monster: the rogue-arithmancer, political kind.

Promoted and sent north to the tundra of Windscar, Iari leads a team of templars to investigate ancient, subterranean ruins, which local legend claims are haunted, and which have mysterious connections to the dangerous arithmancy used by the wichu separatists. Iari isn’t worried about ghosts. She’s worried about surviving separatists and a fresh attempt to upend the Confederation.

Included in Iari’s team are Char, a decommissioned battle-mecha and newly-joined templar, and Gaer, ostensible ambassador and talented arithmancer. As they delve into the ruins, they find remnants of long-ago battles, bits of broken armor and mechas—which unexpectedly reanimate and attack. It seems there is still dangerous arithmancy in Windscar—but the source isn’t who Iari expected, and they’re far worse than the separatists....

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SOME OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2023

JUNE 20

JULY 18

JULY 18

OCTOBER 31

NOVEMBER 15

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CELEBRATING SOME TERRIFIC SCIENCE FICTION & HORROR!

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PRE-ORDER ANY OF THESE TRICIA LEVENSELLER BOOK FROM THE PRINTED GARDEN, AND HAVE IT PERSONALIZED BY THE AUTHOR!

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Even as we move out of the busy holiday shopping season, and slow down a bit, we are, as a matter of survival, still operated by a single staff member.  If you try calling during the hours above, but no one answers, we're simply working with someone who's in the store or on the other line.  Please wait ten minutes and try again.  We strive to give experienced and personal attention to everyone who visits us.
 
Thank you, so much, for your ongoing support and patience!

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SOME OF OUR ​FAVORITE LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES ARE

 
​​Randy's Record Shop

​Ying's Thai - Sushi

Graywhale Entertainment
​

Clever Octopus

O-Ku Sushi & Poke
​

 Bohemian Brewery

​God Shave the Queen
Gentleman's Barber​

Sauce Boss
Southern Kitchen

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WE'LL ANNOUNCE WHEN OUR RECREATIONAL SPACES ARE OPEN AGAIN - THANKS!

Looking for a quiet, comfortable meeting space for your book club?  There might be distractions at home, but there aren't any in this room!  Let us do the work so you can enjoy your time together.  Order and purchase your selections through our store and use our Reading Room, with our compliments!  We'll keep things organized so your members can pick up the following month's books at the current month's meeting, and save you a special trip to pick it up later in the month!

Looking for an inexpensive night out of the house?  Meet a couple friends at The Printed Garden for a friendly (or not-so-friendly) board game, and enjoy one of our complimentary hot beverages.  We also have chess, checkers, Monopoly, Jenga, and a couple decks of cards - or feel free to pack your own game in if you'd like!  If you've come by yourself to study, just let us know and we'll turn the music down or off