SALLY FITZGERALD, friend and biographer of novelist Flannery O'Connor, will speak at the Cathedral of the Madeleine this evening at 8 p.m. Among other topics, Fitzgerald will discuss the influence of the Catholic faith in O'Connor's work.
- BARNES & NOBLE, 612 E. 400 South, will feature several events this week. Terry Gross, Gastronomy's corporate baker, will demonstrate holiday baking on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Science fiction author Judith Moffet will discuss her book "Homesteading" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15. On Friday, Nov. 17, from 2-4 p.m. the store will host a bookfair for the Jewish Community Center; then from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Karen Edgar will sign copies of "A Woman's Survival Guide." Miss Tobey, the Barnes & Noble Story Lady, will be in the store for children on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 11 a.m. For information call 524-0089.- DAVID KRANES, local playwright and fiction writer, will discuss and sign his latest book, "Lucky 13: Short Plays About Arizona, Nevada and Utah," as well as the new paperback version of his novel "Keno Runner" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, at A Woman's Place Bookstore. For informationm phone 582-1119.
- EDWARD LUEDERS and CHRISTOPHER GLEASON will be the readers for the City Art Reading Series program on Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Mount Tabor Lutheran Church, 175 S. 700 East. Lueders is a University of Utah professor and editor of "Like Underground Water, the Poetry of Mid-20th Century Japan." Gleason is a student in creative writing at the university. Tim Gallagher will exhibit his drawings and paintings. Phone 277-1510.
- KATHARINE COLES will read and sign her novel "The Measurable World" at A Book Store in Logan, 130 N. 100 East, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17. Phone 752-9089.
- THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY at the University of Utah will present an evening of reading and signing by Brooke and Terry Tempest Williams and photographer Tom Till to commemorate the release of "Utah: A Centennial Celebration." The event is Friday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. There is a $3 charge at the door. Call 585-6308 for reservations.
- BARRY ELLSWORTH, author of "The Little Stream," will speak at A Woman's Place Book Store at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18.
- JEAN C. HOWARD, a Chicago performance poet, will spearhead a "Poetry Slam" at the Lazy Moon Pub, 32 Exchange Place, at 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18. Poetry Slams eventually form poetry "teams" to compete over the course of a "season." The national finals will offer $1,000 in prize money. The event is often raucous and wild, not unlike a sporting event, with cheers and groans. Locally the microphone will be open to readers at 9 p.m. Howard will present poetry videos and perform her own work.
- JOEL PASSEY will conduct at free poetry workshop on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 10:30 p.m. at the Sandy Library, 10100 Petunia Way. The two-hour workshop is sponsored by the Utah State Poetry Society.
- DEATHS: Jose Yglesias, a novelist, journalist and playwright best known for writing about Latin Americans affected by the revolutionary experience, has died in Manhattan. He was 75. The cause was cancer, said his son, the novelist and screenwriter Rafael Yglesias. Don Pendleton, whose "Executioner" series featuring Mack Boland spawned the paperback genre of men's action-adventure novels, has died at his home in Sedona, Ariz. He was 67. His wife, Linda, said the cause was a heart attack.
- New York Times News Service