Bear Valley Library
5171 W. Dartmouth Ave., 720-865-0975
Thu: 6:30 p.m. The Mystery Book Club will meet and discuss “Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel” by Louise Penny. The selection for Oct. 25 is “The Keeper of Lost Causes” by Jussi Adler-Olsen.
Boulder Book Store
1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074,
Wed: 7:30 p.m. Doyce Testerman will discuss and sign “Hidden Things.” Tickets, $5, include $5 coupon.
Sat: 4 p.m. Colin Meloy, singer and songwriter for the band The Decemberists, and illustrator Carson Ellis will discuss and sign their new book, “Under Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book II.” Guests must purchase the book to attend the event. Books may be purchased in advance, over the phone or at the door. Colin will sign one piece of Decemberists’ memorabilia per person with the purchase of the book.
Business of Art Center
513 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs,
Fri & Sat: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. “A Community of Words” is the theme for the seventh annual Author Fest of the Rockies featuring several award-winning authors including Stephen Coonts, Barbara Wright, R.A. Nelson and Stephen Graham Jones. Tickets are $75 and include breakfast and lunch. Courses are also available, visit the website for details.
Denver Press Club
1325 Glenarm Place,
Sat: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Pen & Sword Literary Festival featuring a dozen member-authors who will read from and sign their books. The Denver Post’s Kevin Vaughan (“The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier”), Post contributor Dusty Saunders (“Heeere’s Dusty: Life in the TV & Newspaper World”) and Robert Greer (“Astride a Pink Horse”) are among the guests. The program is free.
Durango Public Library
1900 E. Third Ave., Durango, 970-375-3387,
Fri & Sat: The third annual Literary Festival opens with a reception at 5:30 p.m. Friday and is followed by a presentation and book signing with Ellen Hopkins, “Crank, Identical, and Triangles,” at 7 p.m. Festivities continues Saturday with storyteller Indiana Bones at 10 a.m., a Local Authors Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and a Censorship Panel Discussion at 2 p.m. with Hopkins and Chris Finan, Presidents of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression.
Ross-University Hills Library
4310 E. Amherst Ave.
Thu: 6:45 p.m. The monthly Thursday Night Book Club continues. Call 720-865-0955 for this month’s title. The next club gathering is Oct. 25.
Schlessman Library
100 Poplar St., 720-865-0000
Mon: 6:30 p.m. Barry Fey will discuss and sign “Backstage Past.”
Tattered Cover, Colfax
2526 E. Colfax Ave.,
Mon: 7:30 p.m. Jonathan Evison will read from and sign “The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving.”
Thu: 7:30 p.m. Michael Ennis will read from and sign “The Malice of Fortune.”
Fri: 7:30 p.m. Rosie Sultan will read from and sign “Helen Keller in Love.”
Tattered Cover, Highlands Ranch
9315 Dorchester St.
Mon: 7:30 p.m. Tom Mauser will discuss and sign “Walking in Daniel’s Shoes: A Father’s Journey Through Grief, Controversy, Activism, and Healing Following His Son’s Death at Columbine.”
Tattered Cover, LoDo
1628 16th St.
Fri: 7 p.m. Colin Meloy, singer and songwriter for the band The Decemberists, and illustrator Carson Ellis will read from and sign their new book, “Under Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book II.” Free tickets for the signing will be available at 6 p.m. Colin will sign one piece of Decemberists’ memorabilia per person with the purchase of the book.
