Santa Barbara Signings

If you love glitzy novels and the movies, plan a stop in Santa Barbara on Saturday. Jackie Collins, the glamorous and prolific author whose books sell in the millions, will be at the Santa Barbara Borders Books, 900 State St., to sign her new novel “Thrill” at 11 a.m. Collins has just signed with Pocket Books to write “L.A. Connection” a four-part novel with each title, “Power,” “Obsession,” “Murder” and “Revenge,” to be released monthly beginning in September.

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After you’ve had your Jackie Collins fix, stroll up to the Earthling Bookshop, 1137 State St., at 2 p.m. Saturday to meet Charles Champlin, a juror and presenter at this year’s Santa Barbara Film Festival. The former arts editor and principal film critic for the Los Angeles Times will discuss his book about films of the 1970s, “Hollywood’s Revolutionary Decade,” published by John Daniel & Co. of Santa Barbara.

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Investigator Leo Waterman solves a quirky crime in G.M. Ford’s fourth novel, “Slow Burn,” which he will sign at noon today, and Dianne Pugh signs “Foolproof,” an Iris Thorne mystery at noon Saturday, at Mysteries to Die For, 2940 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks.

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The last storytelling session about the life and art of Grandma Moses will be presented by columnist-storyteller Jim Woodard at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, near Simi Valley. Call 658-6697.

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In celebration of Women’s History month, members of the Women’s History Project and the American Assn. of University Women will present a program about outstanding women in history, for youngsters in grades K-8, at 2 p.m. Sunday at Borders, 125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks.

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The three chapters of Small Publishers Artists & Writers Network have scheduled a series of seminars this week. The Santa Barbara chapter will co-host filmmaker Kim Eveleth and Kuo-ch’ing Tu, poet and professor of East Asian Languages at UCSB, who will screen the award-winning film, “Where Confucius Meets the New Wave,” a documentary about the performing arts in Taiwan. The event is at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Contemporary Arts Forum, Paseo Nuevo. Call Andora Hodgin at 962-4680.

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The Ventura chapter will hear Diana Johnson, author of “Destiny’s Godchild,” describe how to successfully produce and promote a self-published novel at 7 p.m. Sunday at 1375 Poli St., Ventura. Call 643-2403.

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The Agoura chapter has rescheduled an appearance by longtime book publicist Irwin Zucker at 7 p.m. Monday at 29376 Mulholland Highway. Call Louise Cabral at (818) 707-0589.

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IN SANTA BARBARA: Astrologer-psychotherapist Laurie Baum will answer questions and sign “Astrological Secrets for the New Millennium” at 7:30 tonight at Borders Books, 900 State St.

* Frances Halpern and Jon O’Brien are co-hosts of “Beyond Words” at 10 a.m. Sundays on KCLU-FM (88.3 Ventura and 102.3 Santa Barbara), Ventura County’s National Public Radio station.