League of Utah Writers

The League of Utah Writers is a non-profit organization offering friendship, education, and encouragement to poets and writers of Utah. New members welcome.

[Let Utah Read @LetUtahRead]

Join us in calling out Davis Co. School District officials for their lack of transparency when banning books. Send an email today and tell them it's not okay to remove books without explanation to district parents, voters, and taxpayers. https://t.co/ap272LXIV3

[Chelsey M. Ortega @Chelsey_Ortega]

Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 7th! I'll be at the Springville Library Noon-2:00 for Utah Authors Day. 19 other local authors will be there as well. #utahauthorsday #yafantasy #darkfantasy #comingofage #vampireromance #newadultreads #fatedmatesromance #shifterromance

[W.D. Kilpack III — SPFBO9 — SFINCS @WDKilpackIII]

Utah Author Day, The Printed Garden, 12/7, 10:30am! Tap 4 more https://t.co/lCAYwNcEkc

#author #authorlife #bookaddict #books #booksigning #dystopian #epicfantasy #fantasy #fiction #kilpack #newbloodsaga #palefacemovie #reader #scifi #utahauthorday #writerslift #WritingCommunity

[Bryan Young @swankmotron]

This Saturday I will be signing books at Under the Umbrella bookstore in Salt Lake City for Utah Author's Day. It's a fantastic, queer, indie bookstore.

Here's Under the Umbrella's site: https://t.co/TdNGCDCvvI

Here's more about Utah Authors Day: https://t.co/4i7K1VfXuf

[Book Bungalow @book_bungalow]

Add this great event to your calendar! #fyp #bookstagram #booktok #books #booksbooksbooks #bookevents #upcomingevents #thebookbungalow #stg #utah #indiebookstore #utahbookstore #utahauthorsday #readwhereyouare #utahhumanities #ideasinaction #leagueofutahwriters

[Bryan Young @swankmotron]

I was on a panel last week to discuss reading freedom and banned books in Utah alongside other members of the @LUWriters, @LetUtahRead, and Christian McKay Heidecker. It's worth a watch, I think. Especially if you're @KenIvoryUT #UtPol https://t.co/7QjVpaPNqy

[Let Utah Read @LetUtahRead]

Thank you to the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters for honoring @LetUtahRead with an honorary membership recognizing our work advocating for the right to read, freedom of thought, and freedom of expression. @EveryLibrary @PENamerica @LUWriters @UtahLibraries @acluutah

[Let Utah Read @LetUtahRead]

Join us at "Writers Discuss Reading Freedom" w Special Guest Christian McKay Heidicker at the Marmalade Library on Sat Oct 19, 11 am. https://t.co/5XEAMvxCcB @utahbookfest @LUWriters @swankmotron @UtahLibraries

[C.W. Allen 📚 @cwallenbooks]

Come see me in Salt Lake City! For @UABookBans #FreedomtoRead Day of Action I'll be with writing friends including @swankmotron and Newbery Honoree Christian McKay Heidicker to talk about the banned books that changed our lives. Thanks, @utahbookfest @LetUtahRead and @LUWriters !

[League of Utah Writers @LUWriters]

This screening is TONIGHT!, if you want to see our past-president's short film. The script won our Olive Woolley Burt Award this year. Go support him! https://t.co/Lf3obmY9uW

[Bryan Young @swankmotron]

Hey, if you're in the SLC area, my film is premiering tomorrow night at a screening at the Marmalade library. I would love to see ALL of you there. It would be nice for some friendly faces to be in the audience. https://t.co/gTdFBDREu4

[Salt Lake City Weekly @CityWeekly]

The case against banning Craig Thompson's Blankets. Check out the article by @swankmotron

https://t.co/IIo5OSE9Ow

[Bryan Young @swankmotron]

In the new @CityWeekly, I wrote a direct response to @KenIvoryUT’s disingenuous, lie-filled “defense” of Utah’s draconian book banning through the lens of Craig Thompson’s masterpiece from @DandQ, Blankets. (cc @LetUtahRead @LUWriters) https://t.co/jYpdhKSy2k

[Bryan Young @swankmotron]

That time I did the keynote at a conference: https://t.co/CPulM0fyyT

[League of Utah Writers @LUWriters]

Listen to the authors of Utah— STOP banning books!

@LetUtahRead!

[James Patterson @JP_Books]

Utah officially banned 13 books from its public schools last week — including works by some of the most widely read authors of our time: Sarah J. Maas, Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood, and Rupi Kaur. Stop the insanity! How you can help: https://t.co/lG4KTIH2Ez

[League of Utah Writers @LUWriters]

Well done!

[League of Utah Writers @LUWriters]

Great work!

[Bryan Young @swankmotron]

Since I have COVID, I couldn't be at the @LUWriters Quills Awards Banquet tonight, but that doesn't mean I didn't win some awards for my writing, bestowed by peers here in Utah.

[Robyn Dabney @robyntheauthor]

New short story out in the @LUWriters ' 2024 anthology, "Write Where You Belong." If you'd like to read about Claudine, my burlesque dancing robot in the Paris metro, you can snag a copy of the anthology (only $4.99 for the ebook!) at the link in the following post.

Cheers!

[League of Utah Writers @LUWriters]

You all have your tickets for Quills, right?!

[Bryan Young @swankmotron]

I'll be teaching at the @LUWriters Quills Conference in August. I'd love to see folks there. It's genuinely my favorite writing conference in the country and not just because it's in my backyard.

@MauriceBroaddus and @ShvetaThakrar are guests of honor!
https://t.co/nUvolLZ706