LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Sayantani Dasgupta “Fire Girl.” 3 p.m. Adobe Books, 3130 24th St., S.F. (415) 864-3936. www.adobebooks.com.
Heather Harpham “Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After.” 2 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 850 Fourth St., San Rafael. (415) 524-2800. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.
Terry Jastrow, Anne Archer “The Trial of Prisoner 043.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Andrea Lieberstein “Well Nourished: Mindful Practices to Heal Your Relationship With Food, Feed Your Whole Self, and End Overeating.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Poetry Flash Cassandra Dallett and Bruce Isaacson are featured. 3 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com.
MONDAY
Swan Huntley “The Goddesses.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Michael Krasny “Let There Be Laughter: A Treasury of Great Jewish Humor and What It All Means.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Ian Morris “Fog in the Channel: Britain, Europe and the Wider World, 6000 B.C.–A.D. 2103.” 6 p.m. Free$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Augustus Rose “The Ready-Made Thief.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com.
TUESDAY
Claire Cameron “The Last Neanderthal.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com.
James Forman Jr. “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Heather Harpham “Happiness.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com.
Forrest Leo “The Gentleman.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Litquake Tongo Eisen-Martin, Rachel Richardson and Shelley Wong are featured, with music by Astralogik. 12:20 p.m. Esplanade at Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission St. between Third and Fourth St., S.F. (415) 543-1718. www.ybgfestival.org.
Richard Pallziol, Jackson Currier, Patrick Russell Marin Shakespeare Company. 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
She Writes Press Mystery Panel Amy S. Peele, Jennifer Dwight, J.L. Newton, Kate Jessica Raphael and J.L. Doucette are featured. 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. (650) 321-0600. www.booksinc.net.
Daniel H. Wilson “The Clockwork Dynasty.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com.
F.C. Yee “The Epic Crush of Genie Lo.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. (415) 339-1300. www.bookpassage.com.
WEDNESDAY
Richard Dawkins “Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist.” 7 p.m. 432. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
David Laren “Names of the Lion.” 7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com.
Laurie Penny “Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com.
Michelle Richmond “The Marriage Pact.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1375 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. (650) 6854911.
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John Wilkman “Floodpath: The Deadliest Man Made Disaster of 20th Century America.” 6:30 p.m. $15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. (415) 393-0100. www.milibrary.org.
THURSDAY
George Anders “You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Education.” 6 p.m. Books Inc., 1375 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. (650) 685-4911. www.booksinc.net.
Boss Fight Books Alexa Ray Correia, Chris Kohler and NIck Suttner are featured. 7 p.m. Green Apple Books 506 Clement St., S.F. (415) 387-2272. www.greenapplebooks.com.
Richard Dawkins, Mary Ellen Hannibal “Science in the Soul.” 7 p.m. $10-$60. Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Kevin Devlin “Finding Fibonacci.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Karen Joy Fowler, Shannon Leone
Fowler “Traveling with Ghosts.” 7:30 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Yalie Kamara “When the Living Sing.” 7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com.
Teddy Steinkellner “Two Roads From Here.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 776-1111. www.booksinc.net.
FRIDAY
Rhys Bowen “On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 106 Matheson St., Healdsburg. (707) 433-9270. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.
Lisa Kristine “Bound to Freedom.” 8 p.m. $10. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Katherine Ozment “Grace Without Got: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.
Michelle Richmond “The Marriage Pact.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa. (707) 578-8938. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.
SATURDAY
W. Kamau Bell, Irene Tu “The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell.” 7 p.m. $45-$100. Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Ave., Alameda. www.asiabookcenter.com.
Andrew Fraknoi “When the Sun Goes Dark.” 2 p.m. Milpitas Library, 160 N. Main St., Milpitas. www.booksinc.net.
Pauline Frommer, Don George “Frommer Guides 60th Anniversary Celebration.” 6 p.m. $10. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Stephanie Kuehn, Brandy Colbert Kuehn’s When I Am Through With You” and Colbert’s “Little & Lion.” 4 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. (510) 704-8222. www.mrsdalloways.com.
Charles M. Schulz Museum Anniversary Party Cartoonists Jarrett Krosoczka, Lex Fajardo, Nathan Hale and others are featured. 11 a.m. Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. schulzmuseum.org.
Writers with Drinks Gabe Hudsonk, Anna Pulley, Nick Farmer, Indigo Moor, Inkoo Kang, Toni Newman and Carol Queen read. 7:30 p.m. $5-$20. Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., S.F. www.writerswithdrinks.com.