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Local Authors & You @ The Viridian
2017-11-03 19:00:00 2017-11-03 20:30:00 America/Denver Local Authors & You @ The Viridian Local Authors & You @ The Viridian Viridian Event Center -

Friday, November 03
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2017-11-03 19:00:00 2017-11-03 20:30:00 America/Denver Local Authors & You @ The Viridian Local Authors & You @ The Viridian Viridian Event Center -

Local Authors & You @ The Viridian

This year we launch the annual Local Authors & You event with a keynote from Sara Zarr who will be discussing writing and creativity. Ms. Zarr will be signing books during the reception that follows her presentation.*Tickets are free, but required. Reserve your tickets here. Books will be available for purchase from The Printed Garden onsite.We hope to see you at the non-ticketed, free event on Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 1-5 PM where we will have over 70 local authors providing writing workshops and selling their books.*Sara Zarr is the acclaimed author of six novels for young adults, plus a collaborative novel with Tara Altebrando. Her most recent work is Gem & Dixie, published by Balzer+Bray in April 2017. She’s a National Book Award finalist and two-time Utah Book Award winner. Her books have been variously named to annual best books lists of the American Library Association, Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal, the Guardian, the International Reading Association, the New York Public Library and Los Angeles Public Library, and have been translated into many languages.

AGE GROUP: | General Audience |

EVENT TYPE: | Festival |

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Viridian Event Center
Phone: 801-948-7858
Branch manager
Tyler Curtis
Hours
Mon, Apr 22 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Tue, Apr 23 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Wed, Apr 24 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Thu, Apr 25 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Fri, Apr 26 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Apr 27 Closed
Sun, Apr 28 Closed
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