UPCOMING EVENTS AT
THE PRINTED GARDEN

Saturday
September 23rd is
BATMAN
​DAY

Come to The Printed Garden any time Saturday, September 23rd, and help us celebrate DC Comics' famous detective!  We'll have a variety of Batman coloring pages for the kids, cartoons between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. and - best of all - free comic books!
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GUEST AUTHOR
JENNIFER
​ADAMS
​Friday, September 29th
at 7:00 p.m.

Jennifer Adams is now the author of more than thirty books, including the best-selling BabyLit board book series of primers which introduces young children to the world of classic literature, drawing them in with easy themes and colorful, eye-catching artwork.

Join us at The Printed Garden Friday night, September 29th to celebrate the release of Jen's lastest installment in her BabyLit series, Anne of Green Gables. Introduce little ones to beloved redheaded orphan Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables: A BabyLit® Places Primer. as they explore Prince Edward Island and the places that Anne loves. Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver, with their words and bright illustrations, introduce toddlers to Anne’s home and her favorite pond, wood, field, garden, and the avenue to Avonlea. This delightful board book will captivate your brainy baby’s imagination, your own, or tuck a couple of them away for perfect shower gifts!

This event will begin at 7:00 p.m. Anne of Green Gables and other BabyLit books will be available for purchase and, of course, Jen would be happy to sign them for you. We hope you can join us!
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GUEST AUTHOR
CAITLIN
SANGSTER
​Tuesday, October 10th
at 7:00 p.m.

To escape execution for a crime she didn’t commit, seventeen-year-old Sev is forced to run away from the only home she’s ever known in this exciting start to a brand-new fantasy series from debut author Caitlin Sangster.

Sev is branded with the mark of a criminal—a star burned into her hand. That’s the penalty for being the daughter of the woman who betrayed their entire nation.

Now her mother’s body is displayed above Traitor’s Arch, kept in a paralyzed half sleep by the same plague that destroyed the rest of the world. And as further punishment, Sev is forced to do hard labor to prove that she’s more valuable alive than dead.

When the government blames Sev for a horrific bombing, she must escape the city or face the chopping block. Unimaginable dangers lurk outside the city walls, and Sev’s only hope of survival lies with the most unlikely person—Howl, the chairman’s son. Though he promises to lead her to safety, Howl has secrets, and Sev can’t help but wonder if he knows more about her past—and her mother’s crimes—than he lets on.

But in a hostile world, trust is a luxury. Even when Sev’s life and the lives of everyone she loves may hang in the balance.

The Printed Garden is proud to partner with The Provo Library on this terrific author event with debut YA writer Caitlin Sangster. This event will be held at The Provo Library at 550 North University Avenue in Provo, and will begin at 7:00 p.m.

GUEST AUTHOR
JEAN
​REAGAN
​Monday, November 13th
at 6:30 p.m.
at
The Viridian Event Center
8030 S. 1825 W.  in West Jordan

The Printed Garden is proud to partner with Salt Lake County Library Services to host children's picture book author Jean Reagan at The Viridian Event Center Monday evening, November 13th for a terrific all ages event!

How to Get Your Teacher Ready, the humorous new book in the beloved HOW TO . . . series takes readers through a fun and busy school year. Written in tongue-in-cheek instructional style, a class of adorable students gives tips and tricks for getting a teacher ready—for the first day of school, and all the events and milestones that will follow (picture day, holiday concert, the 100th day of school, field day!). And along the way, children will see that getting their teacher ready is really getting themselves ready. Filled with charming role-reversal humor, this is a playful and heartwarming celebration of teachers and students, and the perfect gift for back-to-school readiness or graduation.  This event will begin at 6:30 p.m.

DISCUSS
ENEMIES:  A HISTORY OF THE FBI by Tim Weiner
with the
HISTORY OF IDEAS READING GROUP
​Date & Time TBD

The History of Ideas Reading Group will be meeting in August to discuss Enemies:  A History of the FBI by Tim Weiner

Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
 
We think of the FBI as America’s police force. But secret intelligence is the Bureau’s first and foremost mission. Enemies is the story of how presidents have used the FBI to conduct political warfare, and how the Bureau became the most powerful intelligence service the United States possesses.
 
Here is the hidden history of America’s hundred-year war on terror. The FBI has fought against terrorists, spies, anyone it deemed subversive—and sometimes American presidents. The FBI’s secret intelligence and surveillance techniques have created a tug-of-war between national security and civil liberties. It is a tension that strains the very fabric of a free republic.

This group is facilitated by Steve Capone (M.S. 2013 University of Utah, M.A. 2007 University of Chicago).  Steve currently teaches fifth grade, and claims to make philosophy and history approachable to anyone.  Whether you're 15 or 75, if you're interested, don't be afraid of philosophy!

This is the perfect time to jump into this group if you've been considering it - at its next meeting, members will be plotting out the next few months' reading selections.  Bring your ideas!

Contact Steve at stevecaponejr@gmail.com about the possible date and time of this next meeting or if you're interested in attending this group in general.
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ROBERT PIRSIG, 1928-2017​
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GUEST AUTHORS
CHAD MORRIS & SHELLY BROWN
​Wednesday, September 27th at 7:00 p.m.

Maddie is a normal twelve-year-old girl. Well, except for the fake mustaches she carries in her pocket. She likes to make people laugh and slapping on a mustache, especially a fuzzy pink or neon green one, always gets a smile. Maddie hopes that the class queen, Cassie, will find her mustaches as funny as she does and want to play with her at recess. She's been self-conscious lately because her right arm only feels normal when it's curled against her chest and she's constantly tripping over her feet. But that's probably just part of growing up and not something weird, right?

When Maddie's arm continues to bother her, her parents take her to a doctor who gives them a shocking diagnosis: the cause of the abnormal behavior of her limbs is a brain tumor and she must have surgery to remove it. She's understandably afraid as he describes the procedure, but knows she must find a way to be brave and must face her fears--all of them--at the hospital, at home and at school.

It will take all of Maddie's vibrant imagination, a lot of kindness-both given and received-and of course, the perfect mustache to overcome the tough stuff ahead of her.

The Printed Garden is proud to be partnering with Shadow Mountain and Salt Lake County Library Services to co-host this very special event with Chad Morris and Shelly Brown at The Viridian Event Center at 8030 South,1825 West - West Jordan. This event will begin at 7:00 p.m.

GUEST AUTHOR
ELLA JOY
OLSEN
​Saturday,
October 14th
at 7:00 p.m.

In this provocative new novel, the author of Root, Petal, Thorn offers a powerful story of resilience, hope, and the secrets that, no matter how deeply hidden, can shape and ultimately unite a family. What connects us to one another? Is it shared history? Is it ancestry? Is it blood? Or is it love?
People respond to tragedy in different ways. Some try to move on. Some don’t move at all. A year after her young son’s death due to a rare genetic disease, Emma Hazelton is still frozen by grief, unable and unwilling to consider her husband Noah’s suggestion that they try to have another child.
As the future Emma once imagined crumbles, her family’s past comes into sharp relief. Searching for the roots of her son’s disease, Emma tries to fit together the pieces in her genealogical puzzle. Hidden within an old wedding photograph of her great-grandparents is an unusual truth Emma never guessed at—a window into all the ways that love can be surprising, generous, and fiercely brave . . . and a discovery that may help her find her own way forward at last.

​We're proud to welcome Ella Joy Olsen to The Printed Garden on Saturday, October 14th to read from, answer questions about, and sign copies of her new novel, Where the Sweet Bird Sings.  This event will begin at 7:00 p.m.
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LIMELIGHT WRITE NIGHT
​Thursday, November 2nd
at 6:00 p.m.

Do you have stories in you that are trying to make their way onto the page?  Poetry?  A novel?  The Limelight Write Night will be an ongoing work-space by and for working writers who are in the process of putting together any type of written project, and they would love to hear from you.  Join them Thursday night, November 2nd, at 6 p.m. for a night of productive creative output!  No R.S.V.P. is necessary, but questions may be directed to the "Limelight Write Night" group on Facebook or may be emailed to Trevor Cluff at trevcluff@hotmail.com.  What follows is the hard part:  show up at The Printed Garden for the first Limelight Write Night and start producing!

15 Bytes
POETRY
AWARDS
​Thursday, November 9th
at 7:00 p.m.

Enjoy an evening of the best new poetry produced in Utah!  Join us at The Printed Garden on Thursday, November 9th, at 7:00 p.m. as we celebrate the work of the winner and two finalists in the Poetry category of the 2017 15 Bytes Book Awards:  Who is the Dancer, What is the Dance? by Alex Caldiero (Saltfront), Imaginary Vessels by Paisley Rekdal (Copper Canyon Press), and Flight by Katharine Coles (Red Hen Press).  A synopsis of each work can be found at http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/.  

The three poets will read selections from their work, will field questions, and will sign copies of their respective books!  Light refreshments will be served.

Founded in September of 2001, Artists of Utah is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City Utah.  The organization was created to serve as a communication nexus for Utah’s arts community. Made up of artists, art professionals, and art lovers, 15 bytes exists to bring the same together in an attempt to foster interaction, education and imagination.
The principle tool they use to do this is the internet, which serves to bring together members of the visual arts community from across the state. The organization's website, www.artistsofutah.org, is continually expanding in an attempt to give greater voice to a wider community of individuals and organizations.
Since its inception in 2001, Artists of Utah has published 15 Bytes, an online magazine about the arts in Utah. Contributors to the magazine come from the community at large.

The Printed Garden has just acquired a nearly complete run of the books in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan series, the first four books in his five book Venus series, and an assortment of his other titles.

The Tarzan books are hard covers of varying condition.  However they are reprints, and only one of them still has its dust jacket - priced between $5 and $20 apiece this collection of Tarzan stories  would be almost ideal for anyone who's always wanted to read his or her way through the series.

The first four books in Burroughs' Venus series, The Pirates of Venus, Lost on Venus, Carson of Venus, and Escape on Venus, although reprintings, are less common -  solid hard cover copies each with its originally issued dust jacket.

​​MICHAEL BOND, 1926-2017

BRIAN DOYLE, 1956-2017

SAM SHEPARD, 1943-2017​

GUEST AUTHOR
GABRIEL
TALLENT
​Wednesday, October 4th
at 7:00 p.m.

"The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but My Absolute Darling absolutely is one." —Stephen King

Turtle Alveston is a survivor. At fourteen, she roams the woods along the northern California coast. The creeks, tide pools, and rocky islands are her haunts and her hiding grounds, and she is known to wander for miles. But while her physical world is expansive, her personal one is small and treacherous: Turtle has grown up isolated since the death of her mother, in the thrall of her tortured and charismatic father, Martin. Her social existence is confined to the middle school (where she fends off the interest of anyone, student or teacher, who might penetrate her shell) and to her life with her father.

Then Turtle meets Jacob, a high-school boy who tells jokes, lives in a big clean house, and looks at Turtle as if she is the sunrise. And for the first time, the larger world begins to come into focus: her life with Martin is neither safe nor sustainable. Motivated by her first experience with real friendship and a teenage crush, Turtle starts to imagine escape, using the very survival skills her father devoted himself to teaching her. The reader tracks Turtle’s escalating acts of physical and emotional courage, and watches, heart in throat, as she struggles to become her own hero–and in the process, becomes ours as well. 

Shot through with striking language in a fierce natural setting, My Absolute Darling is an urgently told, profoundly moving read that marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer.

The Printed Garden is proud to welcome Gabriel Tallent to our store to read from, answer questions about, and sign copies of his remarkable debut novel.  This event will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Please also see our review of My Absolute Darling under the ABOUT tab of this site.
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GUEST AUTHOR
MATTHEW
​J. KIRBY
​Thursday, October 5th
at 7:00 p.m.

The Printed Garden and The Orem Public Library are excited to announce a special October event with acclaimed author Matthew Kirby!

Perfect for fans of the Percy Jackson and Seven Wonders series, The Rogue World is the third book in his epic, fast-paced middle grade adventure trilogy.

After the shattering new discoveries they made in Egypt, Eleanor and her mother, Samantha, have been separated: Samantha working with the sinister Dr. Watkins to ensure the survival of only a small number of humans, and Eleanor and her friends uniting in the desperate hope of saving the entire planet. They are preparing for a trek to the icy Himalayas, where they believe they’ll find the Master Concentrator and a chance to end the threat of the rogue planet—one way or the other.

Join us in welcoming Matthew J. Kirby to the Orem Public Library for an epic middle-grade author event.  The author of The Clockwork Three, Icefall, The Lost Kingdom, A Taste for Monsters and, most recently, two volumes in the Assassin's Creed Last Descendants series, will be reading from, answering questions about, and signing copies of his new book, The Rogue World.

This event will be held at The Orem Public Library Central Library at 58 State Street, and will begin at 7:00 p.m. 

GUEST POET
ROBERT
TERASHIMA
​Thursday, October 19th
at 7:00 p.m.

Unfortunately, the notion of  excluding or 'rounding up' American citizens based upon their ethnicity or religion has again become a part of our public discourse.  In his new collection of poetry, Issei and Other Poems, Robert Terashima eloquently opens up the story of his own family's history, a history that includes living in a country that, in 1907, had passed an Oriental Exclusion Proclamation that prevented any Asian person from becoming a citizen of the United States.  The word the Japanese used to describe this generation was Issei.

Had Terashima's family not already lived in Utah, they would have found themselves inside one of the barbed wire enclosed camps used to contain the Japanese population of the west coast.  Readers today, in fact, might find it difficult to separate some of Terashima's poetry from political discussions that we find ourselves having now.

Join us as we welcome poet Robert Terashima to The Printed Garden to read from, answer questions about, and sign copies of his new collection of poetry, Issei and Other Poems.  This event will begin at 7:00 p.m.

DISCUSS
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
​by Fyodor Dostoevsky
with the
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
​DISCUSSION GROUP
Wednesday,
​October 4th
​at 4:30 p.m.

Join us on Wednesday, October 4th for the conclusion of the two part discussion of what is possibly Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky's finest novel, The Brothers Karamazov.

[Dostoevsky is] at once the most literary and compulsively readable of novelists we continue to regard as great….The Brothers Karamazov stands as the culmination of his art—his last, longest, richest, and most capacious book. [This] scrupulous rendition can only be welcomed. It returns to us a work we thought we knew, subtly altered and so made new again.
--Washington Post Book World

​This book group will be reorganizing itself for its 2018 reading season, and will be considering a number of different themes, periods, and reading selections.  If you've been looking for a comfortable-sized group of readers to discuss really good books with, and would like a hand in the direction it takes, please attend the November 1st meeting!
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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
​ STORYTIME
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS
at 5:00 p.m.

THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH FEATURES DR. SEUSS

Bring the little ones in any Wednesday afternoon in June for a story time featuring some of our very favorite picture books!  The third Wednesday of each month will be a special Dr. Seuss storytime!

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SPACES FOR BOOK CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, OR EVEN JUST A FEW FRIENDS

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