BookBar
4280 Tennyson St., 720-443-2227
Jan. 25: Noon. Children’s author Maria Sevilla will host a bilingual storytime and read from and sign “Manuela’s Bread Doll.”
Jan. 29: 4:30 p.m. Children’s author Emily Townsend will read from and sign “One Whale of a Tale.”
Jan. 29: 7 p.m. Kathryn White, associate director of Facing History and Ourselves, will lead a discussion of “To Kill a Mockingbird” as part of a new BookBar BookTalk Series.
Jan. 30: 7 p.m. David Nichol will discuss and sign “The One Minute Meditator.”
Jan. 31: 7 p.m. Michelle Theall will discuss and sign “Teaching the Cat to Sit.”
Boulder Book Store
1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074,
Jan. 25: 2 p.m. “An Afternoon with Local Authors” with readings and discussions will feature Ari Carol (“If I Only Had a Thumb”), Mary Kathleen Rose (“The Children’s Tarot: The Road is a River”) and Darren Roebuck (“Amelia Lives Happily Ever After.”)
Jan. 27: 5:30 p.m. Bad Kitty is the guest of honor at a Bad Kitty Storytime with readings from “Bad Kitty’s Very Very Bad Boxed Set (#2),” “Bad Kitty Meets the Baby,” “Bad Kitty for President” and “Bad Kitty School Daze.”
Jan. 29: 7:30 p.m. Deborah Frazier will read from and sign “Colorado’s Hot Springs.” Vouchers, $5, include $5 coupon.
Jan. 31: 2-4 p.m. “Travel Writing: A Writing Workshop with Jayme Moye.” $40. Reservations required.
Denver Public Library
10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, ,
Jan. 28: 7:30 p.m. Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Kirk Ellis (John Adams) will serve as moderator for the Western Writers of America’s inaugural James Ersfeld Western Writing Symposium. Panelists include local best-selling author Sandra Dallas, historian and author Mark Lee Gardner, juvenile nonfiction author Nancy Plain and novelist Johnny D. Boggs. The goal of the free symposium is to encourage writers to focus on the Western genre.
Old Firehouse Books
232 Walnut St., Fort Collins, 970-484-7898, Jan. 25: 3:30-6 p.m. “Smart Self-Publishing: An Author & Bookseller Perspective” with Kerrie Flanagan, director of the Northern Colorado Writers and author of “Write Away: A Year of Musings and Motivations for Writers,” and Kelsey Myers, event coordinator and consignment director of Old Firehouse Books. The cost is $35. Register at .
Oxford Hotel
1600 17th St.,
Jan. 31: The Tattered Cover presents its annual “Writers Respond to Readers” all-day event with authors Chris Bohjalian, Dinaw Mengestu, Jennifer McMahon and Mary Helen Specht. Tickets, $75, include a continental breakfast, boxed lunch, reception and book signing. Activities begin at 8:45 a.m. Reservations required, visit the website.
Tattered Cover, Colfax
2526 E. Colfax Ave., 303-322-7727,
Jan. 26: 7 p.m. Philip Anschutz will discuss and sign “Out Where the West Begins: Profiles, Visions & Strategies of Early Western Business Leaders.” Jan. 27: 7 p.m. Cara Swanson will read from and sign “The Long Journey: Tales of a World to Come.”
Jan. 28: 7 p.m. James Nestor will discuss and sign “Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves.”
Tattered Cover, Highlands Ranch
9315 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch, 303-470-7050
Jan. 27: 7 p.m. Danica Favorite will read from and sign “Rocky Mountain Dreams.”
Tattered Cover, LoDo
1628 16th St., 303-436-1070
Jan. 29: 7 p.m. Don Liebich will discuss and sign “Fault Lines: The Layman’s Guide to Understanding America’s Role in the Ever-Changing Middle East.”
