Jane Perkins, co-founder of High West Distillery combined her knowledge of whiskey and love for old west history to co-author, along with Sherry Monahan, Golden Elixir of the West; Whiskey And The Shaping Of America.
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This year's 20th Annual Utah Humanities Book Festival is Utah’s oldest and only statewide book festival. The Park City Library is excited to host four events in partnership with Utah Humanities, Dolly's Bookstore, Friends of the Park City Library, and Candlewick Press. The festival has become Utah’s signature literary event. Each year, the festival is a chance for book lovers of all types to enjoy some great, literary events at locations throughout Utah.
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Local author, Dr. Beverly Hurwitz, discovered Park City as a skier in the early 70's and visited many times before moving here in 1990 from Syracuse, New York for the Park City lifestyle. To stimulate locals and tourists to embrace walking as exercise, recreation and transportation and to promote walkability in Park City, Dr. Hurwitz has written A WALKER'S GUIDE TO PARK CITY. The paperback provides maps and directions for 30 local routes through urban and wild landscapes, along with photos and pearls about local history and ecology. Dr. Beverly Hurwitz will be at Dolly's Bookstore on Sunday, June 11 from 1 to 3 pm to sign copies of her just published book, A WALKER'S GUIDE TO PARK CITY.
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If you’re a poetry buff, budding poet, or just generally interested in all things literary, then you probably know that April is National Poetry Month, a full 30 days designed to celebrate and honor the art of poetry.
Click through to read more and consider five things you might not know.
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The literary arts are vibrant in Summit County. Our schools bring in writers to speak about the creative process, our Libraries and Education Foundation host the annual One Book One Community event, and we are home to many local authors and illustrators who find creative inspiration in our natural environment, our history, our wildlife, and our small town relationships. As part of a monthly arts and culture segment on KPCW’s The Mountain Life curated by PCSC Arts, we invited artist and author Corrine Humphrey to share the story of her inspiration which resulted in her award winning line of children’s books about her dog Rudy.
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