Shelf Life: Local author talks, events and book sales

Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.
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Apr. 21----The Read Queen book club will meet to discuss the April book "Demon Copperhead," by Barbara Kingsolver at 6 p.m. Friday at The Read Queen Bookstore; thereadqueen.com.

—JC Peterson will hold a teen writing workshop and sign copies of her books at 11 a.m. Saturday at The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop; twjbookshop.com.

—Cary Unkelbach will read from her book "Heartbreak Kennel" at 7 p.m. Saturday at Inkberry Books; inkberrybooks.com.

—The Bookworms middle school book club will meet to discuss "The Devil's Arithmetic," by Jane Yolen at 1 p.m. Sunday at Louisville Public Library; louisville-library.org.

—Tween graphic novel book club will meet to discuss "Guts," by Raina Telgemeier at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Meadows Branch of the Boulder Public Library; calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

—Leigh Campbell-Hale will speak about and sign her new book "Remembering Ludlow but Forgetting the Columbine: The 1927-1928 Colorado Coal Strike" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Emily France will speak about and sign her new book "Daughter Dalloway" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—From Our Shelves book club will meet to discuss the April book "Zorrie," by Laird Hunt at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Boulder Book Store; boulderbookstore.net.

—The FI book club will meet to discuss books about finance and business at 6 p.m. Thursday at Lafayette Public Library; lafayettepubliclibrary.libcal.com.

—Andrea Olsen will speak about and sign her new book "Moving Between Worlds: A Guide to Embodied Living and Communicating" at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Douglas Abrams will speak about and sign "The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World," which he co-authored with the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu at 7 p.m. Thursday at Boulder Public Library; calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

—Erika T. Wurth will speak about and sign her new book "White Horse" at 6 p.m. April 28, at Trident Booksellers and Café; tridentcafe.com.

—Stan Nicholas will read from his new book "Never Summer: A Thousand Rainbows" at 7 p.m. April 28 at Inkberry Books; inkberrybooks.com.

—Juliet Wittman will speak about and sign her new book "Again and Again" at 6:30 p.m. May 2, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—The Last Word book club will meet to discuss their May book at 11:30 a.m. May 3, at Lafayette Public Library; lafayettepubliclibrary.libcal.com.

—Louisville Middle School students will take to the stage to perform their latest poetry compositions from the May 2023 Treasure Trove Issue at 6:30 p.m. May 3, at Boulder Book Store; boulderbookstore.net.

—Bonnie Garmus will speak about and sign her book "Lessons in Chemistry" at 6:30 p.m. May 3, at First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder; $10; boulderbookstore.net.

—First Thursdays book group will meet to discuss "Brave Companions: Portraits in History," by David McCullough at 3:30 p.m. May 4, at Longmont Public Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—Pick up free comic books at 10 a.m. May 6, at Lyons Community Library; lyons.librarycalendar.com.

—Second Mondays book group will meet to discuss "The Dutch House" by Ann Patchett at 6:30 p.m. May 8, at Longmont Public Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—Tween book club will meet to discuss "Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment," by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein at 3:30 p.m. May 9, at Lyons Community Library; lyons.librarycalendar.com.

—Michael Knisely will speak about and sign his new book "The Good News" at 6:30 p.m. May 9, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Sci-Fi book club will meet to discuss the May book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?," by Philip K. Dick at 7 p.m. May 9, at Nederland Community Library; nederland.libcal.com.

—Book Queeries book club will meet to discuss "The Severed Thread," by Leslie Vedder at 6:30 p.m. May 10, at Out Boulder County; calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

—Neil King Jr. will speak about and sign his new book "American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal" at 6:30 p.m. May 10, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Sarah Pedry and David Obuchowski will speak about and sign their new book "How Birds Sleep" at 5:30 p.m. May 16, at Boulder Book Store; boulderbookstore.net.

—Jamie Siebrase will speak about and sign her new book "Mythbusting the Great Outdoors: What's True and What's Not?" at 6:30 p.m. May 17, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—From Our Shelves book club will meet to discuss the May book "The School for Good Mothers," by Jessamine Chan at 7 p.m. May 17, at Boulder Book Store; boulderbookstore.net.

—Kate Kripke will speak about and sign her new book "Reinventing Supermom: Support, Encouragement, and Strategies for New Mothers Who Feel Lost" at 6:30 p.m. May 18, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—The Books & Brews YA book club (for ages 21 and up) will meet to discuss their May book at 7 p.m. May 18, at Odd13 Brewing; lafayettepubliclibrary.libcal.com.

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.

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