Bay Area author events

TODAY

Aree Chung: “Ninja! Claus,” Book Passage Sausalito, 11 a.m., www. bookpassage.com.

Mac Barnett: “The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse,” Diesel, a Bookstore, Larkspur, 2 p.m., www.dieselbookstore.com.

Mark Noce: “Dark Winds Rising,” Burlingame Library, 2 p.m., www.booksinc.net.

J.K. Collins (Kimberley Cameron): Meditations on Menopause,” Book Passage, Corte Madera, 4 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.

Jan Brett: “The Mermaid,” Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 5p.m., www. bookshopsantacruz.com.

John Mellor, Hilton Obenzinger, Tony Robles, Richard Schwarzenberger and Sin Sorocco: An Ithuriel’s Spear reading of new poetry and fiction, City Lights Booksellers, San Francisco; 5 p.m.; www. citylights.com.

Ben Loory and Ken Scholes: “Tales of Falling and Flying” and “Hymn: The Final Volume of the Psalms of Isaak,” American Bookbinders Museum, San Francisco; 6:30 p.m.; $10; www. borderlands-books.com.

MONDAY Elizabeth Cobbs: “The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco; 6 p.m.; $7-$20; www.commonwealthclub.org.

Cristina Olsen: “Kissing the Sky: Poetry and Photography,” Book Passage San Francisco, 6 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.

TUESDAY Obi Kaufmann: “The California Field Atlas,” Book Passage Sausalito, 6 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.

Vanda Krefft: “The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox,” Book

Passage San Francisco, 6 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.

Daniel Ellsberg: “The Doomsday Machine,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco; 6:30 p.m., $10-$60 sold out; wait list at www. commonwealthclub.org.

E.F. Granell: “The Novel of the Tupinamba Indian,” City Lights Booksellers, San Francisco; 7 p.m.; www. citylights.com.

WEDNESDAY Elizabeth Rosenthal: “An American Sickness,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, 6 p.m., $7-$20, www.commonwealthclub.org.

Jenna Fischer: “The Actor’s Life: A Survival Guide,” Book Passage San Francisco, 6 p.m., www. bookpassage.com.

Matthew McIntosh:

“the Mystery.doc,” City Lights Booksellers, San Francisco,; 7 p.m.; www. cityuligjhts.com.

THURSDAY Michael Hardt: “Assembly,” City Lights Booksellers, San Francisco; 7 p.m., www.citylights.com.

Magdalena Yesil: “Power Up: How Smart Women Win in the New Economy,” Book Passage, Corte Madera, 7 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.

FRIDAY Michael Eric Dyson: “Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America,” Nourse Theater, San Francisco; 7:30 p.m.; $29; www.booksinc.net.

SATURDAY Julia Ross: “The Craving Cure,” Book Passage Corte Madera, 1 p.m., www.bookpassage.com. Daniel Ellsberg: “The Doomsday Machine,” Book Passage Corte Madera, 7 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.