Book Calendar

TODAY

BRENTWOOD: Dori Carter reads “Beautiful Wasps Having Sex,” Dutton’s Books, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 2 p.m. (888) DUTTONS.

COSTA MESA: Paul Paolicelli discusses “Dances With Luigi,” Borders Books & Music, 3333 Bear St., 2 p.m. (714) 432-7854.

MONTROSE: Joan Anderson discusses “A Year by the Sea,” Once Upon a Time, 2284 Honolulu Ave., 4 p.m. (818) 248-9668.

ORANGE: Rob Wagner signs “Red Ink, White Lie,” Borders Books & Music, 20 City Drive West, 3 p.m. (714) 385-1025.

SANTA MONICA: Rudy Yakzan signs “Soccer for Everyone,” Borders Books & Music, 1415 Third Street Promenade, 11 a.m. (310) 393-9290.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Sonia Choquette signs “True Balance,” Bodhi Tree Bookstore, 8585 Melrose Ave., 7:30 p.m. (310) 659-1733.

TUESDAY

BURBANK: Christopher Golden signs “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Dark Delicacies, 4213 W. Burbank Blvd., 7 p.m. (818) 556-6660.

BURBANK: Jacqueline Stallone signs “Starpower,” Barnes & Noble, 731 N. San Fernando Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (818) 558-1382.

LOS ANGELES: Stephen Cooper signs “Full of Life,” Barnes & Noble, 10850 W. Pico Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (310) 475-4144.

MARINA DEL REY: Lefevre and Cudanes discuss “How To . . . I Do,” Barnes & Noble, 13400 Maxella Ave., 7:30 p.m. (310) 306-3213.

PASADENA: Dave Wyman discusses “Backroads of Northern California,” Distant Lands--A Traveler’s Bookstore & Outfitters, 56 S. Raymond Ave., 7:30 p.m. (626) 449-3220.

SANTA MONICA: Andrea Gappell discusses “Lonely Planet India,” California Map Center, 3312 Pico Blvd., 7 p.m. (310) 396-6277.

SANTA MONICA: Birgitta Gallo discusses “Expecting Fitness,” Barnes & Noble, 1201 Third Street Promenade, 7:30 p.m. (310) 260-9110.

WEDNESDAY

BRENTWOOD: Laurel Ann Bogan reads with her students, Dutton’s Books, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 7 p.m. (888) DUTTONS.

ENCINO: Louis Posner discusses “A Survivor Story,” Barnes & Noble, 16461 Ventura Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (818) 380-1636.

IRVINE: Karen Raugh Carter discusses “Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life,” Barnes & Noble, 13712 Jamboree Road, 7:30 p.m. (714) 508-9707.

LONG BEACH: Nancy Berkoff signs “Vegan in Volume,” Borders Books, 2110 Bellflower Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (562) 430-6275.

MARINA DEL REY: Paul Owens discusses “The Dog Whisperer,” Barnes & Noble, 13400 Maxella Ave., 7:30 p.m. (310) 306-3213.

SANTA MONICA: David Crow discusses “In Search of the Medicine Buddha,” Barnes & Noble, 1201 Third Street Promenade, 7:30 p.m. (310) 260-9110.

SANTA MONICA: Randall Stross signs “eBoys,” Borders Books & Music, 1415 Third Street Promenade, 7:30 p.m. (310) 393-9290.

THOUSAND OAKS: Jay Liebowitz discusses “Wall Street Wizard,” Borders Books & Music, 125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., 7 p.m. (805) 497-8159.

THURSDAY

BRENTWOOD: Elizabeth Kendall reads “American Daughter,” Dutton’s Books, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 7 p.m. (888) DUTTONS.

COSTA MESA: Kids Book Club meets, Borders Books & Music, 3333 Bear St., 10:30 a.m. (714) 432-7854.

ENCINO: Cynthia Richmond discusses “Dream Analysis,” Barnes & Noble, 16461 Ventura Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (818) 380-1636.

IRVINE: Barbara DeMarco Barrett interviews Jeff Herman (“Writer’s Guide to Book Editors, Publishers and Literary Agents”), “Writers on Writing,”, KUCI-FM (88.9), 5 p.m.

LOS ANGELES: Patrick Pfister reads “Pilgrimage,” Traveler’s Bookcase, 8375 W. 3rd St., 7 p.m. (323) 655-0575.

SANTA MONICA: Michael Silverblatt interviews Francine Prose (“Blue Angel,”) 2:30 p.m. KCRW-FM (89.9).

SANTA MONICA: Jeanne Boylan discusses “Portraits of Guilt,” Barnes & Noble, 1201 Third Street Promenade, 7:30 p.m. (310) 260-9110.

STUDIO CITY: Jacqueline Stallone discusses “Starpower,” Bookstar, 12136 Ventura Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (818) 505-9528.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Chuck Freadhoff signs “A Permanent Twilight,” Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (310) 659-3110.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Harold Bloomfield signs “Making Peace With Your Past,” Bodhi Tree Bookstore, 8585 Melrose Ave., 7:30 p.m. (310) 659-1733.

FRIDAY

BRENTWOOD: Chuck Freadhoff reads “A Permanent Twilight,” Dutton’s Books, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 7 p.m. (888) DUTTONS.

IRVINE: Ermal Walden Williamson signs “Across the Brazos,” Barnes & Noble, 13712 Jamboree Road, 7:30 p.m. (714) 508-9707.

SANTA MONICA: Featured poet Pat Bowser and open reading, Midnight Special Bookstore, 1318 Third Street Promenade, 8 p.m. (310) 393-2923.

SANTA MONICA: Robert Tanenbaum signs “True Justice,” Borders Books & Music, 1415 Third Street Promenade, 7 p.m. (310) 393-9290.

SIERRA MADRE: Tina Demirdjian, Shahe Mankerian and Beth Romans read their work, Sierra Madre Public Library, 440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (626) 355-7186.

VENICE: John Morgan Wilson signs “Limits of Justice,” The Mystery Annex, 1407 Ocean Front Walk, 7 p.m. (310) 399-2360.

SATURDAY

BREA: Sandra Ross signs “Pitching In: When Your Elderly Parents Need Help,” Borders Books & Music, 429 S. Associated Road, 7 p.m. (714) 672-0120.

COSTA MESA: Mark Ross and Brad Fine (“Mountain Biking Southern California”) discuss riding, Borders Books & Music, 1890 Newport Blvd., 3 p.m. (949) 631-8661.

GARDEN GROVE: Miriam Lee signs “Masquerade Journey,” Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 11931 Valley View St., 1 p.m. (714) 898-2583.

LOS ANGELES: Michael McGarrity (“The Judas Judge”) and Robert S. Levinson (“The James Dean Affair,”) and The Mystery Bookstore (formerly Mysterious Bookshop West) 8764 Beverly Blvd., 11 a.m.; 1 p.m. respectively. (310) 659-2959.

MONTROSE: Marla Frazee reads “Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild!,” Once Upon a Time, 2284 Honolulu Ave., 4 p.m. (818) 248-9668.

PASADENA: Sheila Bender (“A Year in the Life”) conducts a workshop at Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., 11 a.m. (800) 769-BOOK.

SANTA ANA: Dave LaMont Lee signs “Merchant Marine Days,” Barnes & Noble, 2800 N. Main St., 1 p.m. (714) 667-0313.

SOUTH PASADENA: Charles West signs “The Sacred Disc,” Crime Time Books, 1393 E. Washington Blvd., 1:30 p.m. (626) 798-2013.

THOUSAND OAKS: Paul Owens discusses “The Dog Whisperer,” Borders Books & Music, 125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., 4 p.m. (805) 497-8159.

THOUSAND OAKS: Robert Tanenbaum (“True Justice”) and Michael McGarrity (“Judas Judge”) sign their books, Mysteries to Die For, 2940 Thousand Oaks Blvd., 1, 3 p.m. respectively. (805) 374-0084.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Sandra Thomson, Robert Mueller and Signe Echols sign “The Heart of the Tarot,” Bodhi Tree Bookstore, 8585 Melrose Ave., 7:30 p.m. (310) 659-1733.

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