Don't identify as an artist, but interested in bringing book arts into elementary or secondary classrooms? Join us for this two-day intensive with guest educator, Allison Chapman, and discover how book arts are inherently multi-disciplinary. No previous experience is necessary, but all skill levels are welcome to create both folded and sewn book structures. Emphasis is placed on age-appropriate tools and techniques so that all students are successful in creating books that are bound to be loved. Project samples incorporate science, social studies, English and math lessons and are designed with ease of preparation in min so that teachers and students can get to the fun part! Allison Chapman has been printing since she was young, taught by her grandfather in his hobby printshop. As a college student, she interned with Stan Nelson in the Graphic Arts Division of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. She then spent over a decade teaching at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, honing her letterpress craft, and running the K–12 outreach program. After inheriting her grandad's nineteenth-century platen press and collection of vintage images, metal type, Allison founded Igloo Letterpress in Minnesota in 1996. In 2008, she moved to Ohio and found a home in Old Worthington, where the one press grew to ten, outfitting a retail shop, print studio, bookbindery, and hub for creativity. Allison closed the retail shop in 2021, and Igloo is again a home-based business offering custom letterpress printing and hand bookbinding. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfr_rcIrw4JzivlNnVum8fA1tiGhMSLc2WyvGqOQUAJoT2Q0A/viewform

Join us the first Tuesday of every month this fall for a mystical series of evenings celebrating Sufi Poetry. The Rumi Poetry Club was founded by Rasoul Shams in 2007, on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of Jalâluddin Rumi’s birth. Since then, they have celebrated the poetry, inspiration, and perennial teachings of Rumi and other poets of the heart, nature, and spiritual life from around the world. Rasoul Shams first learned of Rumi's poems in his Persian classes as a young boy in Iran. The works of Rumi and other Persian poets have been his spiritual companions for decades. He has studied and lived in India, Japan, and the USA. His books include Rumi: The Art of Loving, Rumi Essays: On the Life, Poetry, and Vision of the Greatest Persian Sufi Poet, The Words of Rumi, and Through Love Pain is Healed. https://www.goldenbraidslc.com/events/autumn-with-rumi-august-2025

The Quills Conference is the League of Utah Writers’ premium writing conference set in the mountains of Salt Lake City, Utah. This year, the conference will be held from August 7-10. The League is pleased to announce the special guests for this year’s conference: Travis Baldree, New York Times Bestselling author of Legends and Lattes Courtney Milan, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of The Duke Who Didn’t Sammi Walker, internationally-ranked slam poet from Salt Lake City, UT The conference is attended by writers, editors, authors, and agents from across the country, and provides diverse educational classes and engaging networking opportunities. Attendees have the option to attend classes, workshops, pitch sessions, and special events. This year, the conference will feature a signing event with Courtney Milan and, in partnership with independent bookstore The Legendarium, a signing event with Travis Baldree. Tickets are available on the League of Utah Writers’ website with both member and non-member pricing and options for in-person or virtual attendance. For more information about the Quills Conference or to learn more about the League, please visit our website at www.leagueofutahwriters.com.

Join us the first Tuesday of every month this fall for a mystical series of evenings celebrating Sufi Poetry. The Rumi Poetry Club was founded by Rasoul Shams in 2007, on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of Jalâluddin Rumi’s birth. Since then, they have celebrated the poetry, inspiration, and perennial teachings of Rumi and other poets of the heart, nature, and spiritual life from around the world. Rasoul Shams first learned of Rumi's poems in his Persian classes as a young boy in Iran. The works of Rumi and other Persian poets have been his spiritual companions for decades. He has studied and lived in India, Japan, and the USA. His books include Rumi: The Art of Loving, Rumi Essays: On the Life, Poetry, and Vision of the Greatest Persian Sufi Poet, The Words of Rumi, and Through Love Pain is Healed. https://www.goldenbraidslc.com/events/autumn-with-rumi-september-2025

Join us for an author reading, Q&A, and book signing with local author and medium, Annie Macdonald. In this, Annie’s third book, she has included the most asked questions by her clients over her 18 years as a medium, spiritual advisor, and energy healer paired with Divine’s consistent answers. This experiential learning guide teaches sensitive souls how to navigate these Age of Aquarius times by teaching how to strengthen your inner intuition and connection to Divine Guardians and loved ones beyond the veil; how to heal in mind, body and soul; and how to protect/shield yourself from negativity, as well as sections on 'Beyond the Veil'; death and dying, and Narcissism 101. About Annie Macdonald, M.S.: Annie comes from a long-honored lineage of gifted intuitives, Western doctors, and Eastern healers. Throughout her life, she has always had the gift of mediumship, but as a life-long learner she also became certified as an intuitive, psychic, shaman, energy medicine healer, reiki master, ThetaHealer®, and, with a Master’s Degree in Leadership Management, a Strategic Business Consultant. Annie uses all these tools, her personal and business acumen, to reach clients wherever they are and with whatever they believe in. By channeling client’s guardian angels, loved ones beyond the veil, ascended masters, archangels, divine guardians and totem animals, Annie and Divine together answer client’s questions by providing higher perspective, guidance, healing, and hope. Annie Macdonald’s office is located just outside Park City, Utah, in the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, although most of her business is conducted over the phone or as a resident psychic in Golden Braid Books. https://www.goldenbraidslc.com/events/a-podcast-from-divine

Join us for an author reading, Q&A, and book signing with local author and medium, Annie Macdonald. In this, Annie’s third book, she has included the most asked questions by her clients over her 18 years as a medium, spiritual advisor, and energy healer paired with Divine’s consistent answers. This experiential learning guide teaches sensitive souls how to navigate these Age of Aquarius times by teaching how to strengthen your inner intuition and connection to Divine Guardians and loved ones beyond the veil; how to heal in mind, body and soul; and how to protect/shield yourself from negativity, as well as sections on 'Beyond the Veil'; death and dying, and Narcissism 101. About Annie Macdonald, M.S.: Annie comes from a long-honored lineage of gifted intuitives, Western doctors, and Eastern healers. Throughout her life, she has always had the gift of mediumship, but as a life-long learner she also became certified as an intuitive, psychic, shaman, energy medicine healer, reiki master, ThetaHealer®, and, with a Master’s Degree in Leadership Management, a Strategic Business Consultant. Annie uses all these tools, her personal and business acumen, to reach clients wherever they are and with whatever they believe in. By channeling client’s guardian angels, loved ones beyond the veil, ascended masters, archangels, divine guardians and totem animals, Annie and Divine together answer client’s questions by providing higher perspective, guidance, healing, and hope. Annie Macdonald’s office is located just outside Park City, Utah, in the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, although most of her business is conducted over the phone or as a resident psychic in Golden Braid Books. https://www.goldenbraidslc.com/events/a-podcast-from-divine

Join us the first Tuesday of every month this fall for a mystical series of evenings celebrating Sufi Poetry. The Rumi Poetry Club was founded by Rasoul Shams in 2007, on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of Jalâluddin Rumi’s birth. Since then, they have celebrated the poetry, inspiration, and perennial teachings of Rumi and other poets of the heart, nature, and spiritual life from around the world. Rasoul Shams first learned of Rumi's poems in his Persian classes as a young boy in Iran. The works of Rumi and other Persian poets have been his spiritual companions for decades. He has studied and lived in India, Japan, and the USA. His books include Rumi: The Art of Loving, Rumi Essays: On the Life, Poetry, and Vision of the Greatest Persian Sufi Poet, The Words of Rumi, and Through Love Pain is Healed. https://www.goldenbraidslc.com/events/autumn-with-rumi-october-2025