Barnes & Noble, Littleton
8136 W. Bowles Ave.
Fri: 7-9 p.m. Jeffrey Leever will read from and sign “Dark Friday.”
Sat: 1 p.m. Lisa Ray Turner and Kimberly Field will discuss and sign “Mitt Romney: The Man, His Values and Vision.”
Belmar Center, Lakewood
405 S. Teller St.
Wed: 7 p.m. Alexander McCall Smith is the featured author of the fourth annual InSight & InPerson Distinguished Author Series. Smith has written more than 60 books and is the author of the “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” series. The program is free. Call 303-275-2203.
Borders – Southgate, Colorado Springs
2120 Southgate Blvd.
Tue: 7 p.m. Debbie Price will discuss and sign “The Devil’s Right-Hand Man: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert Charles Browne.”
Borders – Colorado Mills, Lakewood
14500 W. Colfax Ave., Suite 145
Sat: 2 p.m. Jeffrey Leever signs “Dark Friday.”
Borders – Chapel Hills Mall, Colorado Springs
1710 Briargate Blvd., No. 209
Sat: 2 p.m. Sherri Devers signs “Stone Queen.”
Borders – Stapleton
8230 E. 49th Ave., Suite 1370
Sat: 2 p.m. Jeff Wells signs “All My Patients Have Tales.”
Borders – Northglenn
241 W. 104th Ave.
Sat: 2 p.m. Jo Myers will discuss and sign “Good to Go, ABCs of Death and Dying.”
Borders – Aurora
6606 S. Parker Road
Sat: 1:30 p.m. Hilari Bell will read from and sign “The Farsala Trilogy: Forging the Sword.” This book is a finalist in the Young Adult category of the Colorado Book Awards.
Boulder Book Store, Boulder
1107 Pearl St.
Mon: 7:30 p.m. Richard Moss signs “The Mandala of Being.”
Tue: 7:30 p.m. Penelope Purdy signs “Hiking Colorado’s Roadless Trails.”
Denver Woman’s Press Club
1325 Logan St.
Sat: 9:30 a.m.-noon and 1-3:30 p.m. Hosting the next two programs in a series of seminars on how to become an award-winning writer with various authors, teachers and writers. Sally Kurtzman will present “Writing and Contest Tips” in the morning and Joey Porcelli will discuss “Award-Winning Business Writing” in the afternoon. The cost is $35 per session or $30 for two or more sessions. Call Joy at 303-526-9086, e-mail joy.of.travel@comcast.net or visit for information.
Murder by the Book, Denver
1574 S. Pearl St.
Thu: 5:30 p.m. Mike Befeler signs “Retirement Homes Are Murder.”
One Book, One Denver
Deadline: Nov. 5 “Articles of War,” by Nick Arvin, is the 2007 selection for the One Book, One Denver reading program where Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper encourages residents to read the same book and participate in community events centered on the novel and its author. The Lighthouse Writers Workshop is sponsoring an Essay, Poetry and Short Story Contest for Teens in which teenagers are invited to write about something that refers to an event or person from history. Short stories or essays should be marked as fiction or nonfiction and should be no more than 1,000 words in length. All entries must be typed and double-spaced. Poems can be single-spaced. Finalists will be announced by Nick Arvin Nov. 14. E-mail entries to info@lighthousewriters.org or mailed to 2123 Downing St., Denver, CO 80205. Entries must include name, age, current grade and name of school, e-mail, address and phone number.
Tattered Cover, Colfax
2526 E. Colfax Ave.
Mon: 7:30 p.m. Debbie Price will discuss and sign “The Devil’s Right-Hand Man: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert Charles Browne.”
Tue: 7:30 p.m. Eva Hodges Watt will discuss and sign “Papa’s Girl: The Fascinating World of Helen Bonfils.”
Thu: 7:30 p.m. Phil Gonring and Paul Teske will discuss and sign “Pay-for-Performance Teacher Compensation: An Inside View of Denver’s Procomp Plan.”
Fri: 7:30 p.m. Cai Emmons will read from and sign “The Stylist.”
Tattered Cover, Highlands Ranch
Highlands Ranch Parkway at Lucent Boulevard
Wed: 7:30 p.m. Michael Gates Gill will read from and sign “How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else.”
Fri: 7:30 p.m. Karen Kelly will discuss and sign “The Secret of ‘The Secret’: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Runaway Bestseller.”
Tattered Cover, LoDo
1628 16th St.
Mon: 7:30 p.m. Dr. David Clarke will discuss and sign “They Can’t Find Anything Wrong! 7 Keys to Understanding, Treating and Healing Stress Illness.”
Tue: 7:30 p.m. Marina Lewycka will read from and sign “Strawberry Fields.”
Wed: 7:30 p.m. Kim Long will discuss and sign “The Almanac of Political Corruption, Scandals & Dirty Politics.”
Thu: 7:30 p.m. Stephen Trimble will present a slide show and sign “Talking with the Clay: The Art of Pueblo Pottery in the 21st Century” as part of the Rocky Mountain Land Series.
Fri: 7:30 p.m. Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll will present a slide show and sign “Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway: A Road Trip Through the Best of the Prehistoric American West” as part of the Rocky Mountain Land Series.
Sat: 2 p.m. Robert Adler will discuss and sign “Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems” as part of the Rocky Mountain Land Series.
