LITERARY GUIDE

Erina Bridget Ring “Promotion Tips for Authors.” 6 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 3740 Bel Aire Plaza, Napa. 707-2528002. www.copperfieldsbooks.com

Julia Flynn Siler, Bonnie Tsui “The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown.” 6:30 p.m. Free$15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. 415-393-0100. www.milibrary.org

Shannon Watts, Clara Jeffery “Fight Like a Mother: How a Grassroots Movement Took On the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World.” 6:30 p.m. $10-$60. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-5976705. www.commonwealthclub.org

THURSDAY

Louise Aronson “Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Trans forming Medicine, Reimagining Life.” 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. 510-704-8222. www.mrsdalloways.com

James Bostwick “Acts of Omission.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com

Lynn Breedlove “Forty-Five Thought Crimes.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510-649-1320. www.pegasusbookstore.com

Brandon R. Brown “The Apollo Chronicles: Engineering America’s First Moon Missions.” 7 p.m. Folio Books, 3957 24th St., S.F. 415-8213477. foliosf.com

Ted Chiang “Exhalation.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. 415-742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com

Erik Davis “High Weirdness: Drugs, Exoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. 415-3628193. www.citylights.com

Eve Ensler, Brooke Warner “The Apology.” 7:30 p.m. $15-$25. First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley. womenlit.org

Ryan Jacobs “The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World’s Most Expensive Fungus.” Copperfield’s Books, 106 Matheson St., Healdsburg. 707-433-9270. www.copperfieldsbooks.com

Obi Kaufmann “The State of Water: Understanding California’s Most Precious Resource.” 6 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 850 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415-524-2800. www.copperfieldsbooks.com

Bruce Lipton “Epigenetics and the Story of Exosomes: The Information HIghway Bridging Mind and Body.” 6 p.m. $8-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org

Tonya Mosley “Truth Be Told,” live podcast. 6 p.m. $10-$15. 1544 Events, 1544 Broadway, Oakland. www.eventbrite.com/e/truth-be-told-live-tickets

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Wolf Odets, Justin Hecht “Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men’s Lives.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510-525-7777. www.booksinc.net

Megan E. O’Keefe “Velocity Weapon.” 6 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. borderlands-books.com

Elizabeth Rosner, Larry Bensky “Strange Attractors: The Craft of Memoir.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books on Solano, 1855 Solano Ave., Berkeley. 510-525-6888. www. pegasusbookstore.com

Robert Schoen, Catherine duCuir “The Rabbi Finds Her Way: A Pearl Ross-Levy Novel.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. 510-339-8210. www.ggpbooks.com

Why There Are Words “Origins and Destinations” theme featuring Mohamed Asem, Mildred K. Barya, Patrick Martin, Grace Loh Prasad, Sharon H. Smith, Marci Vogel. 7 p.m. 415. Studio 333, 333 Caledonia, Sausalito. www.whytherearewords.com Jamil Zaki “The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-9270960. www.bookpassage.com

FRIDAY

Charles Curtis Blackwell, Mary Loughran Poetry reading. 7 p.m. Sleepy Cat Books, 2509 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. 925-258-9076.

Sarah Copeland “Every Day is Saturday: Recipes and Strategies for Easy Cooking, Every Day of the Week.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. 415-282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com

Tom Dalzell, Steve Wasserman “The Battle for People’s park, Berkeley 1969.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510-649-1320. www.pegasusbookstore.com

Obi Kaufmann “The State of Water: Understanding California’s Most Precious Resource.” 6 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol. www.copperfieldsbooks.com

Niveen Rizkalla, Jonathan Curiel “PTSD In Syrian Refugees and Secondary Traumatization in Aid Workers.” Noon. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org

Eric Swalwell, Marisa Lagos The U.S. Representative and Presidential candidate in conversation. 6:30 p.m. $10$45. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org

SATURDAY

Sarah Gailey “Magic for Liars.” 3 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. borderlands-books.com

Obi Kaufmann “The State of Water: Understanding California’s Most Precious Resource.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510-649-1320. www.pegasusbookstore.com

Susan Slusser, Ken Korach “If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Oakland A’s Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box.” 7 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. 510-653-9965. www.ebbooksellers.com