Boulder Book Store
1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074, boulderbookstore.com
Mon: 7:30 p.m. Laird Hunt will discuss and sign “Kind One.” Tickets, $5, include $5 coupon.
Wed: 7:30 p.m. Anyen Rinpoche will discuss and sign “Journey to Certainty: The Quintessence of the Dzogchen View: An Exploration of Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty.” Tickets, $5, include $5 coupon.
Thu: 7:30 p.m. Mirabai Starr will discuss and sign “God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.” Tickets, $5, include $5 coupon.
Cielo at Castle Pines
485 W. Happy Canyon Road, | Castle Rock, 303-791-7323, DouglasCountyLibraries.org
Sat: 6 p.m. Nicholas Sparks, author of 16 New York Times bestsellers, will discuss and sign his books as part of a Douglas County Libraries’ Project: LIVE! program. A reception begins at 6 p.m. followed by the presentation at 7. Tickets are $20.
Denver Women’s Press Club
1325 Logan St., 303-839-1519,
Thu: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Hosting a Holiday Showcase and Book Sale with members of the Colorado Author’s League who will discuss and sign their books including Kent Ira Groff (“Honest to God Prayer Spirituality as Awareness, Empowerment, Relinquishment and Paradox”), Barbara Sparks (“Far Flung Places: The Photography of Barbara Sparks”) and Mindy Sink (“Walking Denver”). Admission is $5 and includes refreshments.
Jewish Community Center
350 S. Dahlia St., maccjcc.org
Sun: 11:30 a.m. Cynthia Drew will discuss and sign “City of Slaughter.”
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
1213 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-277-0377, rmqm.org
Sun: 2-4 p.m. Janet Finley will discuss and sign “Quilts in Everyday Life 1855-1955: A 100-Year Photographic History.” The signing is included with museum admission.
Park Hill Bookstore
4620 E. 23rd Ave., 303-355-8508
Sat: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Phil Goodstein will discuss and sign “Park Hill Promise: The Quest for an Idyllic Denver Neighborhood.”
Printed Page Bookshop
1416 S. Broadway, 303-777-7653, printedpagebookshop.com
Through Dec. 31: Those who donate non-perishable food or cash to benefit East Denver FISH receive a free book. FISH is a volunteer-operated food bank that delivers to the homebound.
Tattered Cover, Colfax
2526 E. Colfax Ave., tatteredcover.com
Sun: 12:45 p.m. Hosting a Starz Denver Film Festival reception with Serge Bloch following a presentation of his animated shorts on screen at the Starz Denver Film Festival at 11:45 a.m. Bloch is an editorial illustrator and has written several children’s books.
Wed: 7:30 p.m. Daniel Grandbois will read from and sign “Unlucky Lucky Tales.”
Thu: 7:30 p.m. Randall Stross will discuss and sign “The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s Most Exclusive School for Startups.”
Fri: 7:30 p.m. Susan Elia MacNeal will read from and sign her new Maggie Hope novel “Princess Elizabeth’s Spy.”
Tattered Cover, Highlands Ranch
9315 Dorchester St.
Sun: 3 p.m. Jennifer Chiaverini will read from and sign “The Giving Quilt.”
Sat: 10:30 a.m. Children’s author Elaine Pease and illustrator Anna-Maria Crum will read from and sign “Tallie’s Christmas Light Surprise!” Children can make candy cane striped hats and enter to win a special t-shirt.
