BOOK CALENDAR

TODAY

LOS ANGELES: Catherine Mulholland signs “William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles,” Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, 2 p.m. (323) 222-0546.

LOS ANGELES: Al Green signs “Take Me to the River,” Eso Won Books, 3655 S. La Brea Ave., 6 p.m. (323) 294-0324.

LOS ANGELES: William Vollmann reads “The Royal Family,” Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., 7 p.m. (323) 660-1175.

ORANGE: Ross Newhan signs “Anaheim Angels,” Borders Books & Music, 20 City Drive West, 3 p.m. (714) 385-1025.

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SANTA MONICA: Aimee Bender (“An Invisible Sign of My Own”) and Sally Ann Marsh (“Horses Don’t Fly,”) read their books, Midnight Special, 1318 Third Street Promenade, 2 and 5 p.m. (310) 393-2923.

MONDAY

LOS ANGELES: Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant sign “Far From the Tree,” Eso Won, 3655 S. La Brea, 7 p.m. (323) 294-0324.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Bruce Vilanch discusses “Bruce!,” Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (310) 659-3110.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Jaya Bear signs “Amazon Magic,” Bodhi Tree Bookstore, 8585 Melrose Ave., 7:30 p.m. (310) 659-1733.

TUESDAY

BRENTWOOD: Mia Yun signs “House of the Winds,” Dutton’s Books, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 7 p.m. (888) DUTTONS.

LOS ANGELES: Sidney Sheldon (“The Sky Is Falling”) is interviewed by Sidney Berger, KCET, 4401 Sunset Blvd., 7 p.m. (323) 660-1175.

LOS ANGELES: Val McDermid signs “A Place of Execution,” Mystery Bookstore, 8764 Beverly Blvd., 1 p.m. (310) 659-2959.

MARINA DEL REY: Harvey Beigel signs “U.S.S. Los Angeles: Cold War Sentinel,” Barnes & Noble, 13400 Maxella Ave., 7:30 p.m. (310) 306-3213.

PASADENA: Stephen Ambrose discusses “Nothing Like It in the World,” $8, First United Methodist Church, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., 7 p.m. (800) 769-BOOK.

SANTA MONICA: Jeffery Stanton discusses “The Santa Monica Pier,” L.A. Public Library, 1343 6th St., 1:30 p.m. (310) 458-8600.

WEDNESDAY

BRENTWOOD: Heidi Julavits reads “The Mineral Palace,” Dutton’s Books, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 7 p.m. (888) DUTTONS.

CENTURY CITY: Sidney Sheldon signs “The Sky Is Falling,” Brentano’s, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., 12:30 p.m. (310) 785-0204.

LOS ANGELES: Barry Glassner discusses “The Culture of Fear,” with Warren Olney of “Which Way L.A?,” L.A. Public Library, 5th and Flower streets, 7 p.m. (213) 228-7555.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Robert Levinson signs “The James Dean Affair,” Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (310) 659-3110.

THURSDAY

BRENTWOOD: Alan Watt reads “Diamond Dogs,” Dutton’s Books, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 7 p.m. (888) DUTTONS.

CENTURY CITY: Mark Burnett, executive producer of the CBS Television show “Survivor,” discusses “Survivor: The Ultimate Game,” Brentano’s, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (310) 785-0204.

ENCINO: Jacqueline Stallone signs “Starpower,” Barnes & Noble, 16461 Ventura Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (818) 380-1636.

MARINA DEL REY: Sally Marsh signs “Horses Don’t Fly,” Barnes & Noble, 13400 Maxella Ave., 7:30 p.m. (310) 306-3213.

PASADENA: Sabrina Harrison signs “Spilling Open,” Vroman’s Museum Collection, 340 S. Lake Ave., 7 p.m. (626) 396-1670

PASADENA: Herbert Bix signs “Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan,” Neighborhood Church Chapel, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd., 7:30 p.m. Reservations: (626) 449-2742, Ext. 20.

FRIDAY

BRENTWOOD: Jonathan Kirsch reads “King David,” Dutton’s Books, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 7 p.m. (888) DUTTONS.

LOS ANGELES: Larry Elder signs “Ten Things You Can’t Say in America,” Brentano’s, Beverly Center, 8500 Beverly Blvd., 8 p.m. (310) 652-8024.

LOS ANGELES: Amy Gerstler reads “Medicine,” Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., 7:30 p.m. (323) 660-1175.

SAN MARINO: Rosemary Wells signs “Timothy Goes to School,” San Marino Toy and Book Shoppe, 2424 Huntington Drive, 3:30 p.m. (626) 309-0222.

SANTA MONICA: Greg Hise and Bill Deverell discuss “Eden by Design,” Form Zero, Edgemar 2433 Main St., 7 p.m. (310) 450-0222.

SHERMAN OAKS: Jonathan Collins discusses “Insights From the Coffeehouse,” Borders Books & Music, 14651 Ventura Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (818) 728-6593.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Randy Boyd signs “Bridge Across the Ocean,” A Different Light, 8853 Santa Monica Blvd., 8 p.m. (310) 854-6601.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: William Claxton, Bruce Wagner, Mary Woronov, Aimee Bender and Mark Danielewski celebrate store’s 25th anniversary, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (310) 659-3110.

WESTWOOD: Margaret Atwood (“The Blind Assassin”) discusses writing, $15-$25, UCLA’s Royce Hall, 8 p.m. Tickets: (310) 825-2101.

SATURDAY

LOS ANGELES: Margaret Coel (“The Spirit Woman”) and Dale Furutani (“Kill the Shogun”) sign their books, Mystery Bookstore (formerly Mysterious Bookshop West) 8764 Beverly Blvd., 11 a.m.; 1 p.m.respectively. (310) 659-2959.

ORANGE: John Gilstrap (“Even Steven”), Margaret Coel (“The Spirit Woman”) and Chuck Freadhoff (“Permanent Twilight”) sign their books, Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin St., noon, 2 and 2 p.m., respectively. (714) 538-3210.

PASADENA: Julia Cameron signs “Popcorn,” $3, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Colorado Boulevard and Madison Avenue, 11 a.m. Tickets: (626) 449-5320.

PASADENA: Sen. John McCain signs “Faith of My Fathers,” Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., 2:30 p.m. (800) 769-BOOK.

SANTA MONICA: David Kirsch reads “The Electric Car and the Burden of History,” Midnight Special Bookstore, 1318 Third Street Promenade, 2 p.m. (310) 393-2923.

SOUTH PASADENA: John Morgan Wilson (“Limits of Justice”) and Glyn Marsh Alam (“Dive Deep and Deadly”) sign their books, Book’em Mysteries, 1118 Mission St., 2 p.m. (800) 4-BOOKEM.

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