Barnes & Noble, Colorado Springs
1565 Briargate Blvd.
Thu: 7 p.m. Donis Casey signs “The Drop Edge of Yonder.”
Sat: Noon. P.A. Ritzer signs “7 Ox 7 (Part One, Escondido Bound): A Story of Some Ways in the West.”
Barnes & Noble, Littleton
8136 W. Bowles Ave.
Sat: 2 p.m. Dr. Jane Mountain will discuss and sign “Beyond Bipolar: Seven Steps to Wellness.”
Borders, Colorado Springs
1710 Briargate Blvd., #209
Sun: 6 p.m. Paco Ahlgren signs “Discipline.”
Borders, Englewood
9515 E. County Line Road
Sat: 2 p.m. J. Troy Seate signs “Descent Into Darkness.”
Borders, Aurora
6606 S. Parker Road
Sat: 2 p.m. Patsy Swendson will discuss and sign “Penny’s from Heaven: Stories of Healing.”
Boulder Book Store, Boulder
1107 Pearl St.
Mon: 7:30 p.m. Tim Freke signs “The Gospel of the Second Coming.”
Tue: 7:30 p.m. Lynda Hilburn signs “The Vampire Shrink.”
Wed: 7:30 p.m. Frances Moore Lappe signs “Getting a Grip.”
Thu: 7:30 p.m. Jake Page signs “Dogs: A Natural History.”
Colorado College, Colorado Springs
Armstrong Theatre, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Sun: 7 p.m. Salman Rushdie will read from his works including “Midnight’s Children,” “The Satanic Verses” and others. The program is free.
Denver Athletic Club
1325 Glenarm Place
Mon: Noon. Rick Atkinson will discuss and sign “The Day of the Battle: The War in Sicily & Italy.”
Denver Book Mall
32 Broadway
Sun: 3 p.m. Robert Greer will discuss and sign “The Mongoose Deception.”
Louisville Public Library,
Louisville
951 Spruce St.
Thu: 7 p.m. Lynda Hilburn will discuss and sign “The Vampire Shrink.”
Murder by the Book, Denver
1574 S. Pearl St.
Wed: 5:30 p.m. John Hart signs “Down River.”
Sat: 12:30 p.m. Robert Greer signs “The Mongoose Deception.”
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 in which Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper encourages residents to read the same book and participate in community events on the novel and its author.
The Lighthouse Writers Workshop is sponsoring an essay, poetry and short story contest 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 Arvin on Nov. 14. Send e-mail entries to info@lighthousewriters.org, or mail entries to 2123 Downing St., Denver, CO 80205. Entries must include name, age, current grade and name of school, e-mail, address and phone number.
Sun: 2 p.m. Signing with Arvin at the Cultural Legacy Book Store, 3633 W. 32nd Ave.
Thu: 4 p.m. The University of Colorado at Denver presents a reading and discussion with Arvin at the Kenneth King Academic & Performing Arts Center, 855 Lawrence Way.
Sat: 10 a.m. Colorado Humanities and the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs will present World War II veterans and American History scholars in a two-hour discussion panel. Readers are invited to bring comments and questions to discuss at the Tattered Cover in LoDo, 1628 16th St.
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Tattered Cover, Colfax
2526 E. Colfax Ave.
Mon: 7:30 p.m. Rick Atkinson will discuss and sign “The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944.”
Tue: 7:30 p.m. Frances Moore Lappé will discuss and sign “Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad.”
Wed: 7:30 p.m. Wayne Sheldrake will read from and sign “Instant Karma: The Heart and Soul of a Ski Bum.”
Fri: 7:30 p.m. Authors Donis Casey and Mara Purl will host a discussion, “Writing Western Women’s Lives.” Casey is the author of “The Drop Edge of Yonder: An Alafair Tucker Mystery” and Purl’s latest book is “Child Secrets.”
Tattered Cover, Highlands Ranch
Highlands Ranch Parkway at
Lucent Boulevard
Mon: 7 p.m. David Clement-Davies will read from and sign “Fell.”
Wed: 7:30 p.m. John Hart will read from and sign “Down River.”
Thu: 7:30 p.m. Gary Schanbacher will read from and sign “Migration Patterns: Stories.”
Tattered Cover, LoDo
1628 16th St.
Mon: 7:30 p.m. Richard Russo will read from and sign “Bridge of Sighs.” Free tickets for the signing will be available at 6:30 p.m.
Wed: 7:30 p.m. Timothy Freke will discuss and sign “The Gospel of the Second Coming.”
Thu: 7:30 p.m. Carolyn Jessop will discuss and sign “Escape.”
Sat: 2 p.m. Congressman Jay Inslee from Washington will discuss “Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean Energy Economy” as part of the Rocky Mountain Land Series.
