ORANGE COUNTY BOOKS & AUTHORS

* An open reading will be held at 8 p.m. today at the Ugly Mug, 261 N. Glassell St., Orange.

* Kerry Lee Maclean will read and sign “Sophie’s Not Afraid” at 1 p.m. today at Barnes & Noble in Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

* The Schulz/Lockhart Project--Larry Schulz of Huntington Beach and Richard Lockhart of Foothill Ranch--will perform their new spoken word CD, “Spoken Songs,” at 8 p.m. Friday at Taco Surf, 34195 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point.

* A mystery author panel featuring Gary Phillips, Maxine O’Callaghan, Dale Furitani and Nathan Walpow will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Borders Books and Music, 1890 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa.

* Amy Boothe Green and Howard Green, authors of “Remembering Walt: Favorite Memories of Walt Disney,” will sign at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Disney Gallery in New Orleans Square at Disneyland, 1313 Harbor Blvd., Anaheim. (Open to all Disneyland guests with park admission.)

* A used-book sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Stanton Branch Library, 7850 Katella Ave.

* Stanley Tilles and Jeffrey Denhart will discuss and sign “By the Neck Until Dead: the Gallows of Nuremberg” at 1 p.m. Saturday at Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 13232 Springdale St., Westminster.

* Julie Mammano will sign “Rhinos Who Skateboard” at 4 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble in MainPlace/Santa Ana, 2800 N. Main St.

* Author Susan K. Perry will speak at the National Writers Assn. luncheon meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Claim Jumper Restaurant, 18050 Brookhurst St., Fountain Valley. Cost at the door: $20 for members; $10 for first-time guests. Information: (562) 431-795.

* Janet Eastman will sign “Simple Indulgence” at 2 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble in the Marketplace, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine.

* Riley St. James will discuss and sign “Deception in the Rainshadows” at 7 p.m. Saturday at Borders Books and Music, 429 S. Associated Road, Brea.

* Elizabeth Walter will discuss and sign “Barefoot in the Rubble,” an account of her three years in a Yugoslav concentration camp for ethnic Germans after World War II, at 4 p.m. Saturday at Borders Books and Music at the Block, 20 City Blvd., Orange.

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. Or e-mail: dennis .mclellan@latimes.com.