2nd Annual Queer Book Fair Bonanza at Under the Umbrella Bookstore and Cafe – Salt Lake City, UT

Relive your childhood book fair nostalgia and kick off Banned Books Week with Under the Umbrella’s 2nd annual Queer Book Bonanza! We are kicking off the weekend with Dustin Thao’s book signing and Q&A on Friday, October 3, with the main Bonanza happening Sunday, October 5!

This event will be a chance to build community with local authors and support all of the wonderful queer writing happening in Utah! There will be author readings, storytime for kids with A.J. Irving, and a stamp rally with tons of fun queer prizes from local businesses. Knock out two birds with one stone by joining our Banned Books Read-In on the same day and get a free audiobook from Libro.fm! We will also have a secret one-day-only drink special in our cafe

Participating authors include Rayne Hawthorne, C.R. Langille, Fae Quin, Jacoby Ballard, Johanna Taylor, Jonathan Alder, Jonathan Reddoch, L. Alyse Amidon, Morgan Champine, Rachel Anne Cox-Vineiz, Quiana Chase, Jameson Cherry, and River James Wood.

This event is all ages and free to attend. The venue is wheelchair accessible and masks are required and provided. Please reach out with any accessibility requests!

This Utah Humanities Book Festival event is made possible through support from Utah Humanities and the SLC ACE fund.