BOOK CALENDAR

TODAY

*

BRENTWOOD: Pat Heim, Susan Murphy and Susan Golant read “In the Company of Women,” Dutton’s, 11975 San Vicente Blvd. 2 p.m. (310) 476-6263.

LOS FELIZ: Harry E. Northup reads his poetry, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., 4 p.m. (323) 660-1175.

THOUSAND OAKS: Margaret Coel signs “The Thunder Keeper,” Mysteries to Die For, 2940 Thousand Oaks Blvd., 4 p.m. (805) 374-0084.

SANTA MONICA: Kristine Kim discusses “Henry Sugimoto,” Midnight Special Bookstore, 1318 Third Street Promenade, 2 p.m. (310) 393-2923.

STUDIO CITY: Stephen Randall discusses “The Other Side of Mulholland,” p.m., Portrait of a Bookstore, 4360 Tujunga Ave., 2 p.m. (818) 769-3853.

SOUTH PASADENA: Robert S. Levinson discusses “The John Lennon Affair,” $5, Sisters in Crime meeting, Community Room, South Pasadena Public Library, 1115 El Centro St., 2 p.m. (213) 694-2972.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Jaya Sarada signs “The Path of Return,” Bodhi Tree Bookstore, 8585 Melrose Ave., 3 p.m. (310) 659-1733.

*

MONDAY

CLAREMONT: John Roth signs “Holocaust Politics,” Claremont McKenna College, the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. 8th St., 7:30 p.m. (909) 621-8099.

MONROVIA: Dennis Rudolph discusses “The Way of the Shaman,” $5, Mystic Sisters, 417 S. Myrtle Ave. 6:30 p.m. (626) 256-1212.

PASADENA: Science Fiction Reading Group led by James Newell will discuss “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert A. Heinlein, Barnes & Noble, 111 W. Colorado Blvd., 8 p.m. (626) 585-0362.

IRVINE: Sharon Creech reads “Love That Dog: A Whale of a Tale,” 4199 Campus Drive, 3 p.m. (949) 854-8288.

PASADENA: Philip Gourevich signs “A Cold Case,” Vroman’s, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., 7 p.m. (800) 769-BOOK.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Debra Ginsberg signs “Waiting,” Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., 8 p.m. (310) 659-3110.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Jeremy Safron signs “Dining From an Empty Bowl,” Bodhi Tree Bookstore, 8585 Melrose Ave., 7:30 p.m. (310) 569-1733.

*

TUESDAY

BEVERLY HILLS: Jonathan Winters reads “Winters Tales,” Beverly Hills Library, 444 N. Rexford Drive, 7 p.m. (310) 659-3110.

BRENTWOOD: Elizabeth Rosner reads “The Speed of Light,” Dutton’s, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 7 p.m. (310) 476-6263.

COSTA MESA: Poets T. S. Kerrigan, Ricki Mandeville and Lee Mallory read, the Gypsy Den, 2930 Bristol St., 8 p.m. (714) 564-6526.

GLENDALE: Denise Hamilton discusses “The Jasmine Trade,” Barnes & Noble, 245 N. Glendale Ave., 7:30 p.m. (818) 246-4677.

PASADENA: Sarah Flannery discusses “In Code,” Caltech, Baxter Lecture Hall, 7:30 p.m. (800) 769-BOOK.

SANTA MONICA: Dean Koontz reads “The Book of Counted Sorrows,” Barnes & Noble, 1201 Third Street Promenade, 7:30 p.m. (310) 260-9110.

SHERMAN OAKS: Jackie E. signs “Never Tell Mommy,” Borders Books & Music, 14651 Ventura Blvd, 7:30 p.m. (818) 728-6593.

SANTA MONICA: Larry Strom discusses the Nobel Prizes and Barbara Seranella discusses “Unfinished Business,” Santa Monica Public Library, 1343 6th St., 1:30 and 7 p.m., respectively. (310) 458-8646.

*

WEDNESDAY

BRENTWOOD: Sands Hall reads “Catching Heaven,” Dutton’s, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 7 p.m. (310) 476-6263.

CLAREMONT: Rachel Adler (“Engendering Judaism”) discusses “Pour Out Your Heart Like Water,” Claremont McKenna College, the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. 8th St., 6:45 p.m. (909) 621-8099.

ENCINO: Andrei Cherny signs “The Next Deal,” Barnes & Noble, 16461 Ventura Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (818) 380-1636.

GLENDALE: Nursery Tales story time and Wow! It’s Wednesday, Glendale Central Library, 222 E. Harvard St., 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., respectively. (818) 548-2035.

GLENDALE: Jackie E. signs “Never Tell Mommy,” Borders Books & Music, 100 S. Brand Blvd., 7 p.m. (818) 241-8099.

NEWPORT BEACH: Poets M.C. Bruce and Ryan Strassburg read, Alta Coffee House, 506 31st St., 8 p.m. (714) 564-6526.

PASADENA: Geraldine Brooks signs “Years of Wonder,” Vroman’s, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., 7 p.m. (800) 769-BOOK.

PASADENA: Beverly Engel will discuss and sign “The Power of Apology,” Barnes & Noble, 111 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. 7:30 p.m. (626) 585-0362.

SANTA BARBARA: Denise Hamilton signs “The Jasmine Trade,” Borders Books & Music, 900 State St., 7:30 p.m. (805) 899-3668.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: David Ulin and contributors to “Another City” read, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., 8 p.m. (310) 659-3110.

*

THURSDAY

BRENTWOOD: Bobbie Ann Mason reads “Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail,” Dutton’s, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 7 p.m. (310) 476-6263.

CLAREMONT: Los Angeles Times television columnist Brian Lowry (“The Truth Is Out There”) discusses “Are the Media Giants Taking Over?,” the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. 8th St., 6:45 p.m. (909) 621-8099.

ENCINO: Jim Pollack signs “Tananger,” Barnes & Noble, 16461 Ventura Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (818) 380-1636.

LONG BEACH: Greta Nagel signs “The Tao of Parenting,” Barnes & Noble, 6326 E. Pacific Coast Highway, 7 p.m. (562) 431-2253.

LOS ANGELES: Writers James Ragan, John Rechy, Hubert Selby Jr., Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Book Editor Steve Wasserman, Noel Riley Fitch, Mel Shavelson, Shelly Berman, S. I. Stebel, Donald Freed and Aram Saroyan read and discuss their published works, USC, Faculty Center, 6:30 p.m. (213) 740-3252.

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles Times writer Patt Morrison and Mark Lamonica discuss “Rio L.A.,” Central Library, 5th and Flower streets, 7 p.m. (213) 228-7025.

MONROVIA: Robert Link discusses “My Voice Will Go With You,” $20, Mystic Sisters, 417 S. Myrtle Ave., 6:30 p.m. (626) 256-1212.

PACIFIC PALISADES: Michael Rochlin (“Mate Next Move”), Jeff Samudio and Portia Lee (“Images of America-Los Angeles”) sign their books, Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore Ave., 7:30 p.m. (310) 454-4063.

PASADENA: Carolyn Cooke signs “The Bostons,” Vroman’s, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., 7 p.m. (800) 769-BOOK.

SANTA MONICA: Michael Silverblatt interviews Walter Mosley (“Fearless Jones”), 2:30 p.m., KCRW-FM (89.9).

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Alan Watt reads “Diamond Dogs,” Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., 8 p.m. (310) 659-3110.

WESTWOOD: Deborah George Hardy signs “Ignatius Rising,” Borders Books & Music, 1360 Westwood Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (310) 475-3444.

*

FRIDAY

BRENTWOOD: Contributors to “Cracking the Earth” read, Dutton’s, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 7 p.m. (310) 476-6263.

LONG BEACH: Sheila Bender signs “Keeping a Journal You Love,” Barnes & Noble, 6326 E. Pacific Coast Highway, 7:30 p.m. (526) 431-2253.

LOS FELIZ: Film editor Walter Murch discusses “In the Blink of an Eye” (revised edition), Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave, 7:30 p.m. (323) 660-1175.

LOS ANGELES: Writers Bloc and the Skirball Cultural Center present Salman Rushdie (“Fury”), $18, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 Sepulveda Blvd., 7:30 p.m. Reservations: (310) 335-0917.

PASADENA: Shirlee Smith signs “They’re Your Kids, Not Your Friends,” Vroman’s, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., 7 p.m. (800) 769-BOOK.

THOUSAND OAKS: Dick Wimmer discusses “The Irish Wine Trilogy,” Borders Books & Music, 125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (805) 497-8159.

*

SATURDAY

BRENTWOOD: Super Clea and Keva Marie read “Hey, Day!,” Dutton’s, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 11 a.m. (310) 476-6263.

BURBANK: Scott Allen and Jimmy Pikering (“Somethin’ Pumpkin”), Gris Grimly (“Monster Museum”) and Rob Reger and Brian Brooks (“Emily the Strange”) sign their books, Dark Delicacies, 4213 W. Burbank Blvd., 2 p.m. (818) 556-6660.CANOGA PARK: Jack Lopez discusses “Cholos & Surfers,” the Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, 7304 Jordan Ave., 4:30 p.m. (818) 887-6701.

ENCINO: Michael Ajakwe reads “South Central Stories,” Barnes & Noble, 16461 Ventura Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (818) 380-1636.

LOS ANGELES: Andrea Liss discusses “Trespassing Through Shadows,” Book Bound, 1545 Echo Park Ave., 8 p.m. (213) 481-0802.

LOS FELIZ: Patt Morrison and Mark Lamonica (“Rio L.A.”), Tom Stempel (“American Audiences on Movies and Moviegoing”) and Wayne Koestenbaum ( “Andy Warhol: A Penguin Life”) discuss their books, Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Ave., 3, 5 and 7:30 p.m., respectively. (323) 660-1175.

ORANGE: Buddy Ebsen signs “Kelly’s Quest,” Barnes & Noble, 791 S. Main St., 2 p.m. (714) 558-0028.

SANTA MONICA: Aldo Alvaraez reads “Interesting Monsters,” A Different Light, 8853 Santa Monica Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (310) 854-6601.

SANTA MONICA: Poets John Harris, Gerald Locklin and Patricia Cherin read their work, Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill St., 8 p.m.

SOUTH PASADENA: Taffy Cannon signs “The Tumbleweed Murders,” Book’em Mysteries, 1118 Mission St., 2 p.m. (800) 4-BOOKEM.

STUDIO CITY: Betty Dylan signs “American Trash,” Portrait of a Bookstore, 4360 Tujunga Ave. 1 p.m. (818) 769-3853.

TARZANA: Elaine Adler hosts Bark for Biscuit story time,$5, Pages, Books for Children and Young Adults, 18399 Ventura Blvd., 11 a.m. (818) 34-BOOKS.

THOUSAND OAKS: Ed McBain signs “Money, Money, Money,” Mysteries to Die For, 2940 Thousand Oaks Blvd., 4 p.m. (805) 374-0084.

TORRANCE: Clive Egleton discusses “The Honey Trap,” Torrance Public Library, 3301 Torrance Blvd., 2 p.m. (310) 618-5959.

LOS ANGELES: Ross La Manna signs “Acid Test,” Chevalier’s Books, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., 1:30 p.m. (323) 465-1334.

WEST HOLLYWOOD: Anne Heche reads “Call Me Crazy,” Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., 6 p.m. (310) 659-3110.

WESTWOOD: John DeCure (“Reef Dance”), Ed McBain (“Money, Money, Money”) and Robert K. Tanenbaum (“Enemy Within”) sign their books, the Mystery Bookstore, 1036-C Broxton Ave., 11 a.m, 1 and 1:30 p.m., respectively. (310) 209-0415.