ORANGE COUNTY BOOKS & AUTHORS

James Blaylock, a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Award, will lecture at the John Fowles Literary Festival at 8 p.m. Thursday at Chapman University, 333 N. Glassell St., Orange. Admission to the lecture, in Room 209 of the Argyros Forum, is $5. For information, call (714) 997-6586.

* Poets Jana, Lee Mallory, Rita Mitzner, Tom Rush, Gary Tomlinson and Bart Yoder will read at 8 tonight at the Ugly Mug Caffe, 261 N. Glassell St., Orange.

* Barbara DeMarco Barrett will interview mystery writer Barbara Seranella on “Writers on Writing” at 6 p.m. todayon KUCI-FM (88.9) in Irvine.

* Dan Simmons will sign “The Crook Factory” at 6 tonight at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange.

* Denise Linn will sign “Sacred Legacies” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Barnes & Noble in Metro Pointe, 901 S. Coast Drive, Costa Mesa.

* Y.N. Chang will discuss and sign “Small Footsteps, Giant Shadows” at 7 p.m. Thursday at Barnes & Noble, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine.

* Authors Eva and Manfred Krutein will speak at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, 1259 Victoria St., Costa Mesa. Eva Krutein is the author of “Eva’s War,” “Paradise Found and Lost” and “Amerika? Amerika?” Manfred Krutein is the author of “Hitler’s Last Gasp.”

* Laurie R. King will sign “A Darker Place” at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange.

* KNBC Channel 4 weatherman Christopher Nance will read and sign “If Not for Weather We Would All Be Naked” at 1 p.m. Saturday at Borders Books and Music, 429 Associated Road, Brea.

* Rochelle Krich will sign “Blood Money” at 1 p.m. Sunday at Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 13232 Springdale St., Westminster.

* Reservations are being taken for the Literary Guild of Orange County’s 1999 Festival of Women Authors to be held May 8 at the Irvine Marriott. Scheduled authors include Elizabeth McMillian, Aimee Bender, Jeanette Baker, Deborah Nourse Lattimore, Aime E. Liu, Abigail Padgett, Alice Sebold and Linda Deutsch. Cost is $45. Attendance is limited to 500. For registration information, call (714) 968-6397.

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.