Arapahoe Library District Writing Contest
Writers age 5 to 105 are invited to enter “The Write Gift” contest. Stories will be judged in five categories, from grades K-2, grades 3-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12 and adult. Winning stories will be published in the district’s monthly newsletter and there will be a reception April 27. Contest deadline is 5 p.m. March 15. Visit arapahoelibraries.org for more information.
Barnes & Noble
COLORADO SPRINGS | 1565 Briargate Blvd.
SA 10 A.M. | James Christ signs “Battalion of the Damned: The 1st Marine Paratroopers at Guvutu and Bloody Ridge, 1942.”
Bemis Public Library
LITTLETON | 6014 S. Datura St.
TU 7 P.M. | Authors Lisa Ray Turner and Kimberly Field will present the history of the Denver Mint, “The Denver Mint: 100 Years of Gangsters, Gold and Ghosts.” Free.
Englewood Public Library
ENGLEWOOD | 1000 Englewood Parkway.
TH-SA | The Friends of the Englewood Public Library present its “Spring 2007 Book Sale.” Hours are 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Falcon Police Station
COLORADO SPRINGS | 7850 Goddard St.
2-5 P.M. | Pikes Peak Romance Writers are hosting a program with Mario Acevedo and Jeanne Stein, who will present “Creating Characters for the Multi-genre Market.” $5, free for PPRW members. Visit pprw.org for more information.
High Crimes Mystery Bookshop
BOULDER | 946 Pearl St.
TH 7 P.M. | Leslie Caine signs “Killed by Clutter.”
SA 3 P.M. | Janice Kaplan signs “Looks to Die For.”
Koelbel Library
CENTENNIAL | 5955 S. Holly St.
F 7-8:30 P.M. | Members of the Friends of the Arapahoe Library District are presenting a program on the reputation of “trashy” romance novels and the high numbers of those who read them. Alice Kober, a Library District Readers’ Advisory Librarian, will share her thoughts on this “misunderstood genre” and provide some reading recommendations.
Tattered Cover Colfax
2526 E. Colfax Ave.
M 7:30 P.M. | Ishmael Beah will discuss and sign “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.”
TU 7:30 P.M. | Mark Foster will discuss and sign “Citizen Quigg: A Mayor’s Life of Civic Service.”
W 7:30 P.M. | Sophie Kinsella will read from and sign “Shopaholic and Baby.”
TH 7:30 P.M. | James Prosek will discuss and sign “The Day My Mother Left.”
F 7:30 P.M. | David Nasaw will discuss and sign “Andrew Carnegie.”
Tattered Cover Highlands Ranch
Highlands Ranch Parkway
at Lucent Boulevard
W 7:30 P.M. | Chris Carmichael will discuss and sign “5 Essentials for a Winning Life: The Nutrition, Fitness and Life Plan for Discovering the Champion Within.”
TH 7:30 P.M. | Amy Stewart will discuss and sign “Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers.”
Tattered Cover LoDo
1628 16th St.
TU 7:30 P.M. | Sean Swarner will discuss and sign “Keep Climbing: How I Beat Cancer and Reached the Top of the World.”
SA 2 P.M. | Robert Henson will present a slideshow based on his new book, “The Rough Guide to Climate Change” as part of the Rocky Mountain Land Series.
