The King’s English has been Salt Lake’s literary resource for independent minds since 1977. We have the most comprehensive children’s book selection in the state of Utah as well as mysteries, new fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, nature, and western writers. Located in a beautiful residential neighborhood of Salt Lake City, the store provides services to people anywhere in the world. If you are in town, drop by; there are chairs scattered throughout eight book-packed rooms.
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TKE In The Media:
Can new rules revive SLC’s small-business heart?
Salt Lake Tribune – UT, USA
Kids guaranteed to love ‘Irresponsible’
Deseret News – UT, USAWhile some of the experiments in “The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science” may appear a little naughty, this is actually an educational book filled with creative science experiments and lessons. … the book’s author, Sean Connolly, will be at The Kings English Bookshop in Salt Lake City to sign copies of “The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science” and also demonstrate some experiments. [read more]
Humor as a road to literacy
Salt Lake Tribune – UT, USAMargaret Neville, of The King’s English bookshop, has long been a Scieszka fan and supports his efforts to inspire kids to read. Not to mention the National Ambassador for Children’s Literature’s ability to crack up the president. [more]
Fans line up for new Paolini book, Brisingr
Deseret News – UT, USADie-hard fans gathered at the King’s English bookstore, among other places, for a release party Friday night. Mixed in were members of the Society for Creative Anachronism and the Renaissance Society of Utah, who were there to offer swordplay demonstrations, let kids try on mail armor, help with a trivia contest and come up with other creative ways to pass the time until the book’s release. [more]
Sci-fi fans eager for the release of Paolini’s latest, Brisingr
Salt Lake Tribune – UT, USABringing author Christopher Paolini’s world of elves, dragons and magicians to life is the aim of local booksellers, who are throwing midnight release parties tonight for Brisingr, the third book in the series.
“This is one of those books that gathers a cult following,” said Jenn Northington, events and marketing manager for The King’s English Bookshop. “There are a lot of fun tie-ins for this series.” [more]
Polygamy story sells
Salt Lake Tribune – UT, USA… The novel’s timing seems particularly fortuitous. Nationally, “it’s a big year for all things LDS,” is how Anne Holman tells it. She’s the manager of The King’s English Bookshop, which will host Ebershoff at the author’s first Utah reading on Sept. 12, where his appearance is expected to be one of the season’s biggest local literary events.
Nationally, critics have uniformly praised the novel’s literary ambitions, even as reviewers have argued about the success of its storytelling. [read more]
Hale lets her hair down in first graphic novel
Salt Lake Tribune – UT, USALocal author Shannon Hale keeps coming up with winning combinations. With her latest release, the Newbery Honor-award winner (that translates to a runner-up for the prestigious publishing prize) has produced her first graphic novel. That’s “graphic,” as in comic book…
The book itself blasts off with a launch party at the Anderson Foothill Library on Aug. 23, when all three Hales will talk and sign books. And ever the collaborators, they’ve invited other local authors – including Ann Cannon, James Dashner, Jessica Day George, Kimberly Heuston and Sara Zarr – to sign and promote their own books. [more]
Haunting encounter in India sparks Utahn’s first novel
Salt Lake Tribune – UT, USA“Give me rupee. She my baby,” is the phrase that sparked the ember of Chavré’s first novel, Blessings from Bombay, out this month from Oxide books, an imprint of Salt Lake City publisher Juniper Press. [more]
Utahns line up in wee hours for ‘Twilight’ finale
Deseret News – Salt Lake City, UTTypical of those gatherings was the one held at The King’s English in Salt Lake City, where several hundred die-hard “Twilight” fans gathered.
Leading up to the official release, these fans had a chance to participate in trivia contests, act out favorite scenes from the books, get henna tattoos that marked them in Jacob’s or Edward’s camp and to mix and mingle with other people who share a common interest in the book. [read more]
Book helps teens cope with parents
Deseret News – Salt Lake City, UT
Although several years later than threatened, Burningham has now written her book. It was published in March, and this Thursday and Saturday, she will be in Salt Lake City to sign copies of “How to Raise Your Parents: A Teen Girl’s Survival Guide” (Chronicle Books, $12.99). [read more]
Turning the page at the Valley Bookseller
Stillwater Gazette – Stillwater, MN
Bour, known for his book suggestions and jovial personality, has already given an appropriate book title to Rice: “King’s English,” a non-fiction story about a woman who started a successful Salt Lake City bookstore in the 1970s. Rice said customers identify with that personal touch, which she hopes to continue. [read more]
Utah’s top 25 cultural power brokers
Salt Lake Tribune – UT, USA
Betsy Burton
17 With 30 years of experience, the owner of The King’s English Bookshop has become nationally respected and arguably the state’s leading literary tastemaker. In 2007, her influence even helped get a customer published. [read more]
Potter exits in style; SLC author debuts
Salt Lake Tribune – UT, USA
It was a good year for independent bookstores in Salt Lake City. . . . The King’s English Bookshop commemorated 30 years.
Dream comes true: Two years ago, Gordon Campbell was just another lawyer with a dog-eared manuscript and dreams of being the next Grisham. Today the Salt Lake City attorney is a sought-after author whose debut thriller, Missing Witness, debuted in September at No. 31 on the New York Times best-seller list. [read more]
Holiday Book Show/FM90.1 Radio West
Brigham City Library Blog
Whether this weekend’s snow solidified your holiday spirit, or put you in the mood to curl up in a cozy corner with a great piece of writing, you’ll want to tune in for RadioWest’s holiday book show. Betsy Burton of The King’s English, Ken Sanders of Ken Sanders Rare Books and Catherine Weller of Sam Weller’s Zion Bookstore bring their favorite picks of the season. [read more]
Utah under cover for Christmas
Salt Lake Tribune – UT, USA
Read, Remember, Recommend: A Reading Journal for Book Lovers, Rachelle Rogers Knight (Bibliopages; $14.95; available from The King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City or www.bibliopages.com) – This volume will assist bibliophiles who want to catalog their reading experiences or work their way through the literary canon. To help readers fill their nightstands, Knight gathers respected lists of recommended books, from Pulitzer winners to Oprah’s picks to the Modern Library’s 100 best novels. She then creates space for readers to jot down their thoughts about what books they’ve read and which passages they found most memorable. Filling the pages of Knight’s well-organized journal will give any reader a sense of accomplishment. [read more]
Holiday Films: Novel visions
Salt Lake Tribune – UT, USA
Betsy Burton, who owns The King’s English bookstore in Salt Lake City, can cite good movies that came from great books (“The Unbearable Lightness of Being” and “The English Patient,” to name two), and some wincing exceptions — Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits, for example. [read more]
Shades of gray in fiction
Los Angeles Times – CA, USA
“A lot of the people writing now are in their 50s and getting to a place where they’re caring for aging parents,” said Betsy Burton, owner of the King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City. “Caring for aging parents when you’re facing old age yourself is a new topic.” [read more]
Sex, love and complicated lives
Salt Lake Tribune – UT, USA
[John] Fulton grew up in Salt Lake City and graduated from Judge Memorial High School. He now lives with his wife and baby daughter in Boston, where he teaches in the new MFA program at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. He returns to Salt Lake for a reading Thursday at The King’s English Bookshop. But first he spoke via e-mail with The Salt Lake Tribune. [read more]
April 7, 2008 at 7:31 pm |
The King’s English deserves to be in the news! It is a refuge in SLC. TKE brings diversity and balance to a community that really needs it. Their staff reads and talks about everything.
I never travel anywhere without a plethora of books. I am sure that in my car at this moment are several books that I think I need to read. Some of it is for my job (I know I am one lucky lady!) some of it is for “enlightenment or enrichment” (not really, I have to say that kind of thing) and most of it is because I am an addict.
Reading is something I do every day whenever I get some free time. I am the soccer (or maybe it is the basketball) mom who does not mind sitting in her car!
Consequently I get a lot of reading done. And, when I find a book I like or love, I pass it on. My children are all good readers. My husband has developed into a great reader. It is contagious.
Some books I have loved lately for any reader over the age of 12 would be all of Michael Pollen’s books, Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why, and Geraldine Brooke’s new novel The People of the Book. And The King’s English is the place to get these books!