ORANGE COUNTY BOOKS & AUTHORS

“An Evening With Theodore Taylor,” featuring the award-winning Laguna Beach author of adult and young adult fiction and nonfiction, will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave.

Taylor, whose books include “The Cay,” “The Trouble With Tuck” and “The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown,” will discuss the evolution of books and the process of writing. For more information about the free event, call (949) 717-3801.

Also Coming Up:

* Alan Jacobson will sign “False Accusations” at 6 p.m. today at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange.

* Barbara DeMarco Barrett will interview film producer and author Frederick Levy, whose book “Hollywood 101: The Film Industry” is due out in the fall, at 6 p.m. today on KUCI-FM (88.9) in Irvine.

* Dave Kinnaman, co-author of “Researching on the Internet,” will give a free seminar at 7 p.m. Thursday at Borders Books, Music and Cafe, 429 S. Associated Road, Brea. Advance sign-up is required: (714) 672-0120.

* The Anaheim Public Library’s Spring Book Sale will be from 9:30 to noon Saturday at the Central Library, 500 W. Broadway.

* Gregg Andrew Hurwitz will sign “The Tower” at 1 p.m. Saturday at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange.

* KNBC weatherman Christopher Nance will read and sign “Muhammad and the Marathon,” “The Weatherman Is Coming to My School Today” and his other children’s books at 11 a.m. Saturday at Borders Books, Music and Cafe, 1890 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa.

* Poet Julian Palley will read at the Steel & Ivy: Poetry at Chapman series at 8 p.m. Saturday in Room 208 of Argyros Forum at Chapman University, 333 N. Glassell St., Orange.

* Children’s book illustrator Bonnie MacKain will discuss and sign “100 Hungry Ants” and “Remainder of One” at 2 p.m. Saturday, and children’s book author Julie Mammano will discuss and sign “Rhinos Who Surf” and “Rhinos Who Snow Board” at 2 p.m. Sunday at Borders Books, Music and Cafe, 429 S. Associated Road, Brea.

* Cal State Fullerton professor Nancy Segal, author of “Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior,” will discuss and sign her book at 7 p.m. Saturday at Borders Books, Music and Cafe, 429 S. Associated Road, Brea.

* A used-book sale will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave.

* Children’s book author Catherine Cowan (“My Life With the Wave”) will sign at 2 p.m. Saturday at Borders Books, Music and Cafe, 1890 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa.

* Sherri L. Board will discuss and sign “Angels of Anguish” at 1 p.m. Sunday at Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 13232 Springdale St., Westminster.

* Mystery writer Earlene Fowler (“Fools Puzzle”) will sign her book at 2 p.m. Sunday at Borders Books, Music and Cafe, 1890 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa.

* A used-book sale will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and run through April 15 in the library at Saddleback College, 28000 Marguerite Parkway, Mission Viejo.

* A book sale will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 14 in the library at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

Send information about book-related events at least 10 days before event to Dennis McLellan, O.C. Books & Authors, Southern California Living, The Times, 1375 Sunflower Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626.