2 Authors Will Discuss Their Intriguing Books : Writers to talk about works, which deal with the New Testament and country doctor in the Colorado Rockies.

Two local authors with books calculated to intrigue and entertain will be at Barnes & Noble this week.

Evan Powell offers a fascinating literary analysis of the New Testament in “The Unfinished Gospel: Notes on the Quest for the Historical Jesus” at 7 tonight.

At 2 p.m. Saturday, Virginia Cornell will describe how she came to write “Doc Susie: The True Story of a Country Physician in the Colorado Rockies,” which won two literary awards. The self-published book caught the attention of a major New York publisher that reissued “Doc Susie,” which now has 50,000 copies in print. Barnes & Noble is at 4360 E. Main St., Ventura.

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The computer symposium Bookselling in the Electronic Age begins at 9 a.m. Friday and continues through this weekend at the Burbank Airport Hilton Hotel Convention Center, 2500 Hollywood Way. California Book Fair Associates of Ventura is hosting the annual event, which offers exhibits, seminars and an opportunity to browse among the wares offered by hundreds of rare- and used-book dealers from all over the world. Call 643-3407 for details.

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James Howe, author of “When You Go to Kindergarten” and the popular “Bunnicula” books, will be autographing at 3 p.m. Friday in Adventures for Kids, 3457 Telegraph Road, Ventura.

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A gigantic used-book sale sponsored by the Oxnard Friends of the Library will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and at 11 a.m. Sunday at the library, 251 S. A St. First editions, collectible books and comics, mysteries, Westerns, children’s titles and sheet music are among the items for sale.

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If you love trivia or need to research obscure, curious or fascinating facts about the state’s people, places and events, “Awesome Almanac California” by Skip Press is the best. For example, did you know that Bud Houser of Oxnard High won gold medals in shotput and discus in the 1924 Olympics? And are you aware of the plaque in Santa Paula honoring Olive Mann Isbell, who in 1846 became the first American teacher in California. She taught 24 students in an unlit, unheated room in the Santa Clara mission.