Featured Events in Salt Lake City in February, 2025(December Updated)

Join TKE for a spectacular dragon romantasy event, featuring Sasha Peyton Smith in conversation with Casey McQuiston! This event is open to the public and will take place at the First Baptist Church: 777 S 1300 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84102. Tickets are required for this event. Each ticket includes one signed hardcover copy of The Rose Bargain, a new Victorian-inspired romantasy. Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event, for both authors. If you cannot make this event, signed copies of The Rose Bargain may be ordered from our website. Please specify in the comments if you would like your copy personalized. About the book Vying for the hand of one brother. Falling in love with the other. A new Victorian-inspired romantasy, perfect for fans ofBridgerton,The Selection, and The Cruel Prince. “If you’re looking for the next YA sensation, here it is.”—Adalyn Grace, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofBelladonna London, 1848—For four hundred years, England has been under the control of an immortal fae queen who tricked her way onto the throne. To maintain an illusion of benevolence, Queen Mor grants each of her subjects one opportunity to bargain for their deepest desire. As Ivy Benton prepares to make her debut, she knows that not even a deal with the queen could fix what has gone wrong: Her family’s social standing is in shambles, her sister is a shadow of her former self, and Ivy’s marriage prospects are nonexistent. So when the queen announces a competition for Prince Bram’s hand, Ivy is the first to sign her name in blood. What a bargain can’t fix, a crown certainly could. Ivy soon finds herself a surprising front-runner—with the help of an unexpected ally: Prince Bram’s brother, the rakish Prince Emmett, who promises to help Ivy win his brother’s heart…for a price. But as the season sweeps Ivy away, with glittering balls veiling the queen’s increasingly vicious trials, Ivy realizes there’s more at stake than just a wedding. Because all faerie bargains come with a cost, and Ivy may have discovered hers too late. From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofThe Witch Havencomes atale that will leave readers eager to bargain for a sequel. Information Source: The King's English Bookshop | eventbrite

Journalist and writer Stephanie Gorton comes to the King's English Bookshop to discuss and sign her new book: The Icon and the Idealist. This event is free and open to the public but registration is required. Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event. You may also pre-order your signed copy of The Icon and the Idealist to pick up at the event by either calling the store at 801-484-9100 or ordering online. If you cannot make this event, signed copies of The Icon and the Idealist may be ordered from our website. Please specify in the comments if you would like your copy personalized. Places in the signing line are reserved for those who purchase a copy from The King's English. About the book In the 1910s, as the birth control movement was born, two leaders emerged: Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett. While Sanger would go on to found Planned Parenthood, Dennett’s name has largely faded from public knowledge. Each held a radically different vision for what reproductive autonomy and birth control access should look like in America. Few are aware of the fierce personal and political rivalry that played out between Sanger and Dennett over decades—a battle that had a profound impact on the lives of American women. Meticulously researched and vividly drawn, The Icon and the Idealist reveals how and why these two women came to activism, the origins of the clash between them, and the ways in which their missteps and breakthroughs have reverberated across American society for generations. With deep archival scope and rigorous execution, Stephanie Gorton weaves together a personal narrative of two fascinating women and the political history of a country rocked by changing social norms, the Depression, and a fervor for eugenics. Refusing to shy away from the enmeshed struggles of race, class, and gender, Gorton has made a sweeping examination of every force that has come in the way of women’s reproductive freedom. Brimming with insight and compelling portraits of women’s struggles throughout the twentieth century, The Icon and the Idealist is a comprehensive history of a radical cultural movement. Information Source: The King's English Bookshop | eventbrite