University Women’s Group Hosts Lunch

An authors luncheon featuring Shirlee and Harold Haizlip (“In the Garden of Our Dreams”), Noel Riley Fitch (“Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child”) and Barbara Seranella (“No Human Involved”) will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Long Beach Yacht Club, 6201 E. Appian Way. The luncheon, sponsored by the Westminster-Fountain Valley branch of the American Assn. of University Women, is $35 per person. Deadline for reservations is Monday. (714) 962-8602 or (714) 968-6612.

Also Coming Up:

* Sam Horn will discuss and sign “Tongue Fu”--a book dealing with ways to diplomatically disarm difficult behavior--at Borders Books and Music in South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. 6 p.m. today. (714) 432-7854.

* Rochelle Krich will discuss and sign “Dead Air” at Barnes & Noble in the Market Place, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine. 7 p.m. Tuesday. (714) 508-9707.

* Barbara Seranella will discuss and sign “Unwanted Company” at Borders Books and Music in South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. 7 p.m. Wednesday. (714) 432-7854.

* Barbara Taylor Bradford will sign “Where You Belong” at the Georgette Klinger Salon in South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. 6 p.m. Thursday. (714) 850-1212.

* Barbara DeMarco Barrett will interview Alix Kates Shulman (“A Good Enough Daughter”) on “Writers on Writing” on KUCI (88.9 FM) in Irvine. 4 p.m. Thursday.

* Jan Norman will discuss and sign “What No One Ever Told You About Starting Your Own Business” at Borders Books and Music in South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. 7 p.m. Thursday. (714) 432-7854.

* Paula L. Woods will discuss and sign “Inner City Blues” at Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 11931 Valley View St., Garden Grove. Noon Friday. (714) 898-2583.

* David Monreal, Naomi Quinonez and Rosalee will read poetry and fiction in honor of Latino creativity in California at the PEN Orange County gathering at Martinez Books and Art, 1110 N. Main St., Santa Ana. 8 p.m. Friday. (714) 973-7902.

* Poets Laurel Ann Bogen and Amy Uyematsu will read at Fidelity Federal Bank, 19900 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach. 8 p.m. Friday. (714) 968-0905.

* Humorist John Anderson will discuss and sign “Kareers” at Barnes & Noble in Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. 7 p.m. Friday. (949) 759-9119.

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Send information about book-related events at least 10 days before the 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.