Authors Lining Up for O.C. Appearances

* Sinclair Browning will sign “The Sporting Club” at Bookman Too, 19111 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach. 12:30 p.m. today. (714) 596-1999. Browning also will sign at Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 11931 Valley View St., Garden Grove. 3 p.m. today. (714) 898-2583.

* Penny Mickelbury will discuss and sign “The Step Between” at Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 11931 Valley View St., Garden Grove. 1 p.m. today. (714) 898-2583.

* Patricia Guiver will discuss and sign “Delilah Doolittle and the Missing Macaw” at the Seal Beach Animal Care Center, 1700 Adolfo Drive, Seal Beach. 3 p.m. today. (562) 430-4993.

* Photographer Allan Mandell will sign “Garden Retreats” at Barnes & Noble in the Market Place, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine. 2 p.m. today. (714) 508-9707.

* Poets John Harrell and Catherine Spear will read at the Gypsy Den Cafe and Reading Room in the Lab mall, 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Free. (714) 549-7012.

* Poets Cassandra Hill and Sylvia Volcan will read at the Alta Coffee House & Roasting Co., 506 31st St., Newport Beach. 8 p.m. Wednesday. Free. (949) 675-0233.

* Barbara DeMarco Barrett will interview Dava Sobel, author of “Galileo’s Daughter,” on “Writers on Writing” on KUCI (88.9 FM) in Irvine. 4 p.m. Thursday.

* Kathryn Lynn Davis will discuss and sign “Somewhere Lies the Moon” at Barnes & Noble in the Huntington Beach Mall, 7777 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach. 7 p.m. Thursday. (714) 897-8781.

* Diane Mott Davidson will discuss and sign “Tough Cookie” at Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 11931 Valley View St., Garden Grove. 7 p.m. Friday. (714) 898-2583. Davidson also will sign at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange. 11 a.m. Saturday. (714) 538-3210.

* Kent Braithwaite will sign “The Wonderland Murders” at Bookstar, 975 Birch St., Brea. 7 p.m. Friday. (714) 256-4995.

* Author and publisher William Gordon will discuss how to successfully self-publish your book at the meeting of the Orange County chapter of the California Writers Club at Downey Savings & Loan, 201 W. Bastanchury Road, Fullerton. 10 a.m. Saturday. (714) 525-2988.

* Documentary filmmaker Geoffrey O’Connor will sign “Amazon Journal” at Latitude 33 Bookshop, 311 Ocean Ave., Laguna Beach. 2 p.m. Saturday. (949) 494-5403.

* Rhys Bowen will discuss and sign “Evan and Elle” at Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 11931 Valley View St., Garden Grove. 1 p.m. Saturday. (714) 898-2583. Also at the shop Saturday: Jerrilyn Farmer will discuss and sign “Killer Wedding” at 2 p.m.

Send information about book-related events at least 10 days before event to: Dennis McLellan, O.C. Books & Authors, The Times’ Orange County edition, 1375 Sunflower Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Or e-mail to: dennis.mclellan@latimes.com