LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Audrey Fielding, David Fielding, Luciana Cacciatore, Carlo Longo, Lucia Erriquez “Salento By 5: Friendship, Food, Music & Travel Within The Heel of Italy’s Boot.” 4:30 p.m. Museo Italo Americano, Fort Mason Center. (415) 673-2200. museoitaloamericano.org. Poetry Flash Christopher Howell, Joseph Miller and Dorianne Laux are featured. 3 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com. Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff “Other Avenues Are Possible: Legacy of the People’s Food System of the San Francisco Bay Area.” 3 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com.
MONDAY
Alexander Fraknoi, Mary Roach “The Sky Event of the Decade: The ‘All-American’ Eclipse of the Sun on August 21.” 6:30 p.m. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. The Racket Readings Hosted by Noah Sanders. 7 p.m. Adobe Books, 3130 24th St., S.F. (415) 864-3936. www.adobebooks.com.
Tim Taranto “Ars Botanica.” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books 506 Clement St., S.F. (415) 387-2272. www.greenapplebooks.com.
TUESDAY
Rhys Bowen “On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Elena Douglas “Shadow of Athena.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 525-7777. www.booksinc.net.
Hot Summer Nights With the
Redwood Writers Laura McHale Holland, Alicia Schooler-Hugg, Patty Somlo and Nathaniel Robert are featured. 7 p.m. 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa. www.redwoodwriters.org.
Ron Leckie “Along the Scotch Whisky Trail.” 6:30 p.m. Oshman Family JCC, Schultz Cultural Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Eugene Lim “Dear Cyborgs.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com.
Daniel Patterson, Mandy Aftel,
Harold McGee “The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com.
Rob Reid “Forever On.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com.
Michelle Richmond, Ellen Sussman “The Marriage Pact.” 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com.
WEDNESDAY
Matthew Dolan “Simply Fish: 75 Modern and Delicious Recipes for Sustainable Seafood.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 776-1111. www.booksinc.net.
Patrick Hunt “Hannibal.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. (650) 321-0600. www.booksinc.net.
David Peritz “Distorted Democracy: Some Structural Roots of the Dysfunction of Contemporary Politics.” 6 p.m. Free-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Jesse Reynolds “When I Was the Greatest.” 7 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com.
Michelle Richmond “The Marriage Pact.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Joel Selvin “Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock’s Darkest Day.” 7 p.m. Burlingame Library, 480 Primrose Rd., Burlingame. www.burlingame.org
Kim Shuck San Francisco’s Poet Laureate reads. 7:30 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Cheneryt St., S.F. (415) 586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com.
THURSDAY
Rafe Bartholomew “Two and Two: McSorley’s, My Dad and Me.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com.
Swan Huntley “The Goddesses.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa. (707) 578-8938. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.
Paul Kingsnorth, Brad Johnson “Beast” and “Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist.” 7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com.
Robert Moor “On Trails: An Exploration.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 525-7777. www.booksinc.net.
Augustus Rose “The Readymade Thief.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Shipwreck: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Erotic fan fiction featuring Amanda Rosenberg, Carla Lee, Ken Grobe, Rinee Shah, Sam Bertken, Ty and Gina Bardi. 7 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 8638688. www.booksmith.com.
Story Is the Thing: Forbidden
Places Joan Frank, Lucy Jane Bledsoes, Ethel Rohan, Elaine Ray, Fyza Parviz, Ron Chapman and Nicola Maye Goldberg are featured. 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com.
FRIDAY
Terry Jastrow, Anne Archer “The Trial of Prisoner 043. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. (415) 8638688. www.booksmith.com.
Barbara McDonald “Slipsliding by the Bay.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Julie Monson “Gardening on California’s Coast.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
She Writes Press Mystery Author
Panel Brooke Warner, Michell Cox, J.L. Doucette, Jennifer Dwight, Judith Newton, Amy S. Peele and Kate Jessica Raphael. 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
SATURDAY
Meg Cabot “Royal Crush: Notebooks of a Middle School Princess.” 2 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com.
Terry Jastrow, Anne Archver “The Trial of Prisoner 043.” 4 p.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 776-1111. www.booksinc.net.
Sarah Elena Palmer, Jason Hoopes Poetry and music. 8 p.m. Adobe Books, 3130 24th St., S.F. (415) 864-3936. www.adobebooks.com.
Jonny Sun, Selena Larson “Everone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too.” 6 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com.