Barnes & Noble, Loveland
5835 Sky Pond Drive, 970-663-9473
Oct. 18: Noon-3 p.m. Don Morreale will discuss and sign “Cowboys, Yogis, and One-Legged Ski Bums: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Coloradans.”
Book Bar Denver
4280 Tennyson St., 720-443-2227, bookbardenver.com
Oct. 17: 7 p.m. Poetry reading with Oregon poet and Lighthouse Writers Workshop teacher John Brehmn, who will read from “Sea of Faith” and “Help is on the Way.”
Oct. 18: 7 p.m. Book-launch party with Cara Lopez Lee and her new memoir, “They Only Eat Their Husbands.”
Boulder Book Store
1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074, boulderbookstore.net
Oct. 14: 7:30 p.m. Nicholas Carr will discuss and sign “The Glass Cage: Automation and Us.” Vouchers, $5, include $5 coupon.
Oct. 15: 7:30 p.m. David Rome will discuss and sign “Your Body Knows the Answer: Using Your Felt Sense to Solve Problems, Effect Change, and Liberate Creativity.” Vouchers, $5, include $5 coupon.
Oct. 18: 5 p.m. James Mills will discuss and sign “The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors.” Vouchers, $5, include $5 coupon.
First Congregational Church 1128 Pine St., Boulder, boulderbookstore.net
Oct. 13: 7:30 p.m. The Boulder Book Store presents Garth Stein (“The Art of Racing in the Rain”) who will discuss and sign his latest book, “A Sudden Light.” Vouchers are $10 and are good for $5 off the purchase of “A Sudden Light” or a purchase on Oct. 13.
Fort Collins Hilton
425 W. Prospect Road, Fort Collins, 970-484-7898, oldfirehousebooks.com Oct. 15: 7 p.m. Old Firehouse Books presents a free program with Clive Thompson who will discuss and sign “Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better,” part of Colorado State University’s Touring Author Series.
Ruth Memorial Chapel
19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker, parkerhistory.org
Oct. 14: 6:30 p.m. Dick Kreck will discuss and sign “Hell on Wheels: Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad.” Refreshments included.
Tattered Cover, Colfax
2526 E. Colfax Ave., 303-322-7727, tatteredcover.com
Oct. 13: 7 p.m. Michaela Carter will read from and sign “Further Out Than You Thought.” Oct. 14: 7 p.m. Sandra Dallas will read from and sign “A Quilt for Christmas.”
Oct. 15: 7 p.m. Matt Bai will discuss and sign “All the Truth is Out: The Week that Politics Went Tabloid” with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner Colorado Public Radio.
Oct. 16: 7 p.m. Paolo Giordano reads from and sign “The Human Body.”
Oct. 18: 2 p.m. Judy Chicago will discuss and sign “Institutional Time: A Critique of Studio Art Education.”
Tattered Cover, Highlands Ranch
9315 Dorchester St., 303-470-7050
Oct. 12: 2 p.m. Robie Harris will read from and sign her book for young readers, “What’s So Yummy? All About Eating Well and Feeling Good.”
Oct. 13: 7 p.m. Matthew Inman will discuss and sign “The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances.”
Oct. 16: 6 p.m. James Frey presents his first novel for young readers, “Endgame: The Calling.” Free numbered tickets for a place in the signing line are available at any Tattered Cover location with the purchase of the book.
University of Denver
Sturm Hall, 2000 E. Asbury Ave., tatteredcover.com
Oct. 12: 7 p.m. The Tattered Cover presents author Garth Stein who will discuss and sign “A Sudden Light” as part of the university’s Enrichment Program. Tickets, $35, include a copy of the book.
Oct. 17: 7 p.m. The Tattered Cover presents author Gary Shteyngart who will discuss and sign “Little Failure: A Memoir” as part of the University of Denver’s Enrichment Program. Tickets are $25 and include a copy of the book.
YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park
Oct. 17-19:The “Writer’s Retreat in the Rockies” offers author Peter Heller as the keynote speaker along with panels, sessions and workshops for fiction, nonfiction and memoir writers.
