Shelf Life: 'Couch Potato to Endurance Athlete,' 'Cycling in Alaska' and more are on book lovers' calendars

Lauren Farrauto, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.
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Feb. 17—Here are some Boulder County author talks, book signings and book club events.

—Hilary Topper will sign her book "From Couch Potato to Endurance Athlete" at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Boulder Barnes & Noble; stores.barnesandnoble.com.

—Dale Bridges will speak about and sign his new book, "The Mean Reds," at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Kay Allison will speak about and sign his new book, "Juicy AF*: Stop the Drinking Spiral, Create Your Future," at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Read Queen book club will discuss "Trust," by Hernan Diaz at 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at The Read Queen Bookstore; thereadqueen.com.

—Tween Graphic Novel Book Club will discuss "New Kid," by Jerry Craft at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Meadows Branch of the Boulder Public Library; calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

—The Bookworms middle school book club will meet to discuss their February book at 1 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Louisville Library; louisville-library.org.

—Women of the West and Beyond discussion group will discuss "The Great Stewardess Rebellion," by Nell McShane Wulfhart at noon Feb. 27 at Boulder Public Library; boulderlibrary.org.

—C. K. Durham will speak about and sign her new book, "Lotus," at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Newcomer's Book Club will meet to discuss their February book at 10 a.m. March 1 at the Lafayette Library; lafayetteco.gov.

—Ahmed White will speak about and sign his new book, "Under the Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers," at 6:30 p.m. March 1 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—The Last Word Book Club will meet to discuss their February book at 11:30 a.m. March 1 at Lafayette Library; lafayetteco.gov.

—Olivia Meikle will sign her new book "The Book of Sisters" at 7 p.m. March 2 at The Read Queen Book Store; thereadqueen.com.

—First Thursday's Book Group will discuss "Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth," by Bryan Burrough at 2 p.m. March 2 at Longmont Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—Jessica Cherry will speak about and sign her new book, "Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska," at 6:30 p.m. March 2 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Good Solve true crime discussion group will meet to discuss their March book at 6:30 p.m. March 6 at Louisville Library; louisville-library.org.

—Paul Levitt will speak about and sign his new book, "A Love Beyond Grievance," at 6:30 p.m. March 7 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Book Queeries will discuss "Taproot," by Keezy Young at 6:30 p.m. March 8 at Out Boulder County; boulderlibrary.org.

—Shelley Read will speak about and sign her new book, "Go as a River," with Boulder Bookstore's Arsen Kashkashian and KGNU's Maeve Conran in a live recording of the Boulder Book Store and KGNU Radio Book Club at 6:30 p.m. March 9 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Second Mondays Book Group will meet to discuss "Anxious People," by Fredrik Backman at 6:30 p.m. March 13 at Longmont Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—Scott Graham and Kathleen Donnelly will speak about and sign their new books, "Saguaro Sanction" and "Chasing Justice," at 6:30 p.m. March 15 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

Public libraries

Boulder Public Library: Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave.; Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road; George Reynolds, 3595 Table Mesa Drive and NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway; 303-441-3100; boulderlibrary.org.

Carnegie Branch Library for Local History: 1125 Pine St., Boulder; open by appointment only; localhistory.boulderlibrary.org.

National Science Digital Library: 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder; nsdl.oercommons.org.

Norlin Library: University of Colorado Boulder, 1720 Pleasant St., Boulder; colorado.edu/libraries.

Lafayette Public Library: 775 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette; lafayetteco.gov/library.

Longmont Public Library: 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont; longmontcolorado.gov/library.

Louisville Public Library: 951 Spruce St., Louisville; louisville-library.org.

Lyons Community Library: 405 Main St., Lyons; lyons.colibraries.org.

Nederland Community Library: 20 Lakeview Drive, Nederland; nederland.colibraries.org.

Book stores

Barbed Wire Books: 504 Main St., Longmont, barbedwirebooks.org, new and used titles

Barnes and Noble: 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, barnesandnoble.com, new titles

Beat Book Shop: 1200 Pearl St., Boulder, beatbookshop.com, used and antique titles

Blue Owl Books: 176 CO-119, Nederland, facebook.com/BlueOwlBooks, used titles

The Bookworm: 3175 28th St., Boulder, boulderbookworm.com, used titles

Boulder Book Store: 1107 Pearl St., Boulder; boulderbookstore.net, new titles

Inkberry Books: 7960 Niwot Road, Suite B-3, Niwot, inkberrybooks.com; new and used titles

Juniper Books: 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Boulder, juniperbooks.com; hand-assembled new titles

Lighthouse Bookstore: 1201 Pearl St. Mall, Boulder, lighthousebookstoreofboulder.com; metaphysical titles

Little Horse Vintage: 820 Main St., Louisville, littlehorsevintage.com, rare and collectable books

The Read Queen Bookstore and Café: 129 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, thereadqueen.com, new and used titles

Trident Booksellers and Café: 940 Pearl St., Boulder, tridentcafe.com, new and used titles

Used Book Emporium: 346 Main St., Longmont, usedbookemporium.net, new and used titles

The Wandering Jellyfish: 198 2nd Ave., Niwot, twjbookshop.com, young adult and children's new titles

Interested local authors can submit new books to the Author Spotlight at bit.ly/BoulderCountyAuthors. Book stores can submit book events to features@prairiemountainmedia.com with "book event" in the subject line.