Topic: Books

Ken Sanders, a legendary bibliophile, owns Ken Sanders Rare Books in Salt Lake City. The Plum crew stopped in to talk to Sanders while they were in the area for Sundance Film Festival this past winter.

This welcoming storyteller was happy to show off his most prized books and share his eclectic stories. Sanders has ties to the famous Cosmic Airplane head shop in Salt Lake City, was friends with author Edward Abbey, who wrote "The Monkey Wrench Gang," and is also close with comic book illustrator and author R. Crumb. In addition to owning the bookstore, he also runs Dream Garden Press, and specializes in books about the literary west, Mormonism, Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, national parks, public lands and the environment.

When the Plum crew went to Sundance Film Festival this past winter, they stopped in Ken Sanders' Rare Books in Salt Lake City to interview the bibliophile with so many great stories.

A new children's book, Mountain Star, remembers local climber and photographer Charlie Fowler, who died on an expedition in China in 2006. His sister, Ginny Fowler Hicks, wrote the book, and Anjaly Sawant painted the illustrations.

Plum host Ben Clark talks to the two women behind the book, and fondly recalls his own experiences with Fowler.

The book, which teaches children how to draw stars, is available at local book stores.

PlumTV host Ben Clark interviews the author and the illustrator of a local Telluride children's story, Ginny Fowler Hicks and Anjaly Sawant.