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Popular Fantasy Author Brandon Sanderson Speaks at The City Library
Highlights Worlds of Fantasy Exhibit on Display
December 10, 2012-Salt Lake City-Fantasy is a major component in our
cultural zeitgeist. The past decade has been filled with literature,
film, games, and art that capture society´s desire for the exploration
of magical worlds. From Harry Potter to Game of
Thrones, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Wheel of Time, Dungeons and
Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, our pop-culture world is one obsessed
with fantasy. Join The City Library for a series of events highlighting
the mystical and magical.
On December 15, The City Library will be transformed. An ongoing exhibit
featuring sets and pieces from a locally-produced fantasy film, Flight from Shadow,
will be the backdrop for a series of fantastic events, including an
all-ages costume contest-from
the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Robert Jordan,
wand-making classes, film screenings, book browses, tours of the
exhibit, and a performance by the Salt Lake Pops Orchestra.
The feature of the December 15 celebration is a lecture with famed
author Brandon Sanderson, beginning at 12pm in the Main Library
Auditorium. Sanderson is best known for finishing Robert Jordan´s epic
series, The Wheel of Time. The final installment
of this series will be released on January 8, 2013. Sanderson will also
host an intimate Q&A, focusing on world-building, followed by a
book signing.
Other Worlds of Fantasy events continue through the month of January,
including Dungeons and Dragons at the Chapman Branch, and a continuation
of the Fantasy Genre Speaker´s Series, focusing on art, film, and
deconstructing Middle Earth.
The Genre Speaker´s Series is funded by the Utah Humanities Council, and
Worlds of Fantasy has been sponsored by The City Library, University of
Utah Department of English, Fort Douglas Military Museum, McGrew
Studios, Wagonland Adventures, Absinthe Hair and
Grooming Parlor, Razor´s Edge, Abbie Warnock Photography, Badali
Jewelers, Wheel of 9 Productions, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, The Downtown
Alliance, Gryphon Games, Night Flight Comics, Utah Film Commission, and
Marcela Torres.
For more information on Worlds of Fantasy at The City Library, visit www.slcpl.org/fantasy.
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Julianne Hancock
Manager of Communications and Library Innovation
Salt Lake City Public Library
801.524.8219 | jhancock@slcpl.org
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