‘Her Own Terms’ Writer Will Lecture

Judith Grossman, the London-born novelist who recently joined the faculty of UC Irvine’s nationally acclaimed graduate Program in Writing, will lecture on women as storytellers at 8 p.m. today in Crystal Cove Auditorium in the UCI Student Center.

General admission: $6. Tickets may be purchased at the door.

Grossman, who joins Australian novelist Thomas Keneally as one of two fiction writing teachers in the Program in Writing, is the author of the novel “Her Own Terms,” which was listed by the New York Times as one of the outstanding books of 1988. The Hemingway Award-nominated novel is the story of an aspiring female poet coming of age in London and at Oxford University in the late 1950s.

Grossman, a former journalist who came to the United States in 1961, received her master’s and doctoral degrees in English and American literature from Brandeis University. She has more than 25 years experience teaching writing, including appointments at Johns Hopkins, Harvard and Brandeis universities.

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Book Signings. Steven Sadleir (“The Spiritual Seeker’s Guide”) will sign from 1 to 4 .m. Saturday at Fahrenheit 451 Books, 540 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach. . . Deborah Nourse Lattimore (“The Winged Cat”) will sign from 3 to 5 p.m. today at Children’s Book Cottage, 30100 Town Center Drive, Laguna Niguel. Also at Children’s Book Cottage: Joan Archambault (“Chicka Chicka Boom Boom”) will sign from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday.

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Author Talk. Author Thomas Moore will discuss his book “Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2400 N. Canal St., Orange. The event is sponsored by the C.G. Jung Club of Orange County. Cost: $15. To preregister, call (310) 592-9506.

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National Writers. Science fiction and fantasy author Rhondi Salsitz will speak at the National Writers Club luncheon meeting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Irvine Marriott, 18000 Von Karman Ave. Members, $15; non-members, $18. Information: (714) 968-5726.

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Literary Luncheon. A Festival of Women Authors, the sixth annual literary luncheon sponsored by the Laguna Beach branch of the American Assn. of University Women, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Surf and Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach.

Mary Ann Whittier, an associate professor of art history at Saddleback College and author of “Tales From 1492,” is the featured speaker. For reservation information, call (714) 494-8796 or (714) 494-9647.

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Dead Sea. Robert Eisenman, co-author of the “Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered,” will discuss “The Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Meaning and Interpretation” at 7 p.m. Sunday at Temple Bat Yahm, 1011 Camelback St., Newport Beach. Cost: $10. For more information, call Ted Greenzang at (714) 854-0878,

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Irish Poets. Voices and Visions, a monthly poetry discussion series, will focus on “Irish Poets and Their Poetry” at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the community room of the Newport Beach Public Library, 856 San Clemente Drive.

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Speak Out. Paul Karasik, author of “How to Make It Big in the Seminar Business,” will discuss “Speak Out and Change the World” at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday March 17 at the Orange County Inside Out breakfast meeting at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday at Scott’s Restaurant, 3300 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. Cost: $15-$35.

For reservations and information, call (714) 647-1909.

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Round Table. Steve Shagan (“A Cast of Thousands”), Kay Redfield Jamison (“Touched With Fire”) and Nancy Cooke de Herrera (“Beyond Gurus”) will discuss their books at the Round Table West literary luncheon March 25 at the Balboa Bay Club. Cost: $30. For reservations, call (213) 256-7977.