Celebrity Readers Join Audio Book Firm Party : A number of events are planned Saturday at the Agoura Hills firm’s facility.

Storytelling began as an oral tradition--we huddled together and listened. Well, we are listening again--to books on tape. Albert’s AudioBooks will celebrate its first anniversary Saturday with celebrity readers. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. with Yareli Arizmendi, star of “Like Water for Chocolate.” At noon, Barney will sign “I Hate Barney Songbooks.” At 6 p.m., Lindsay Crouse, reader of audio books by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, Robin Cook, Stephen King, Anne Rice and Mary Higgins Clark, will appear. The festivities include prizes and refreshments. 5015 Cornell Road, Agoura Hills.

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Judy Barns, winning co-writer of the classic “Star Trek” episode, “The Tholian Web,” will moderate a two-day screenwriting conference at the Learning Tree in Chatsworth. Panelists include top writers and producers of past, present and future incarnations of “Star Trek.” The seminar is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and costs $95. Call (818) 882-5599.

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Becky Rothenberg will sign her latest mystery, “Dandelion Murders,” in which microbiologist / sleuth Clair Sharples takes on environmental villains, at 1 p.m. Sunday in Mysteries to Die For, 2940 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks.

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Author Susan Bernard will be at Barnes & Noble, 4360 E. Main St., Ventura, from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday to sign “The Mommy Guide,” a compilation of practical advice from more than 250 experts. And Melissa Forgie, owner of the Bed ‘n’ Babies Inn, will be at the bookstore to describe how to find the best child care in Ventura.

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“There never is a dull moment in this earthy, colorful novel set in New Mexico,” wrote a Publishers Weekly critic about “Face of an Angel” by actress / playwright Denise Chavez. Chavez will read from her novel at 7 p.m. Monday at Ventura Bookstore, 522 E. Main St.

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Robert Peters will perform from his book of poems, “Mengele’s Uterus: A Fairy’s Tale: The Sex Life of J. Edgar Hoover,” at 8:30 p.m. Monday. Audience participation is encouraged following the reading, which is hosted by Bakunin magazine and the Vampyre Lounge Cafe, 655 E. Los Angeles St., Simi Valley. Call 526-3264.

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Monday is the deadline to register for Jerry Camarillo Dunn’s travel writing class scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 17 at UC Santa Barbara Ventura Center. Award-winning Dunn writes guide books for Smithsonian and is a contributor to major magazines, including National Geographic Traveler. The fee is $95. Call 644-7261 for details.

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A program on ancestry files, Korean and Vietnam military records, and information on how to access the largest genealogy library in the world will be presented by the Conejo Valley Genealogical Society at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Mormon Church, 1600 Erbes Road, Thousand Oaks. Everyone is welcome. Call 497-8293.

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Marvin J. Wolf, whose most recent book, “Family Blood,” received the Los Angeles Press Club’s 1994 Award for Excellence, will speak at the Ventura County Writer’s Club meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Ottavio’s, 340 Mobil Ave., Camarillo. Wolf has authored hundreds of magazine articles and nine nonfiction books, and is associate producer of a series pilot based on his forthcoming book, “Perfect Crimes.” He is working on a biography of Native American activist / film actor Russell Means. Call 482-5648.