Round-Table Lunch Hosts Three Writers

Artist Charles Bragg (“Charles Bragg: The Works! a Retrospective”), Robert Bruce Woodcox (“The Golf Gods Are Laughing”) and Boze Hadleigh (“Celebrity Feuds”) will discuss their books at the Round Table West luncheon Jan. 31 at the Balboa Bay Club, 1221 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. $40. For reservations, call (323) 256-7977.

Also Coming Up:

* Poet Patti Couch will read at Borders Books and Music in the Block, 20 City Drive West, Orange. 7:30 p.m. Monday. (714) 385-1025.

* Barbara DeMarco Barrett will interview mystery writer Martha Lawrence on “Writers on Writing” on KUCI-FM (88.9) in Irvine. 4 p.m. Thursday.

* Susan Slater will discuss and sign “The Pumpkin Seed Massacre” at Coffee, Tea and Mystery, 11931 Valley View St., Garden Grove. 7 p.m. Thursday. (714) 898-2583.

* Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Strand will present a lecture, “Poetry in the World,” in Humanities Lecture Hall at UC Irvine. 7 p.m. Thursday. Free (949) 824-1342.

* Thom Taylor will discuss screenwriting and his book “The Big Deal” at Barnes & Noble in the Marketplace, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine. 7 p.m. Friday. (714) 508-9707.

* Poet Lee Mallory will read at Barnes & Noble in the Huntington Beach Mall, 7777 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach. 7 p.m. Saturday. (714) 897-8781.

* Wally George will sign “The Father of Combat TV” at Barnes & Noble in the Huntington Beach Mall, 7777 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach. 2 p.m. Saturday. (714) 897-8781.

* Kent Braithwaite will sign “The Wonderland Murders” and Robert Greer will sign “Limited Time” at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange. Noon Saturday. (714) 538-3210.

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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 to dennis.mclellan@latimes.com.