Shelf Life: Local author talks, events and book sales

Mar. 17—Here are some Boulder County author talks, book signings and book club events.

—Ana Crespo will read from her new book "Lia and Luís: Puzzled!" at 11 a.m. Saturday at The Wandering Jellyfish book store; twjbookshop.com.

—From Our Shelves book club will discuss "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida," by Shehan Karunatilaka at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Boulder Book Store; boulderbookstore.net.

—FI book club will meet to discuss books about finance and business at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Lafayette Library; lafayetteco.gov.

—Poet and novelist J.P. Greene will read from his work, take questions and do a book signing at 6 p.m. Thursday at Trident Booksellers and Café; tridentcafe.com.

—Read Queen book club will discuss "The Bandit Queens," by Parini Shroff at 6 p.m. March 24, at The Read Queen Bookstore; thereadqueen.com.

—Julie Kaewert will give a presentation on her books in the Plumtree Series of Mysteries for Booklovers at 7 p.m. March 24, at Inkberry Books; inkberrybooks.com.

—Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai will speak about and sign her new book "Dust Child" at 4 p.m. March 25, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Tween Graphic Novel book club will meet to discuss "El Deafo," by Cece Bell at 3:30 p.m. March 26, at the Meadows Branch of the Boulder Library; calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

—Get Lit(erary) book club will discuss "Dark Matter," by Blake Crouch at 1 p.m. March 26, at Louisville Library; louisville-library.org.

—Women of the West and Beyond discussion group will discuss "The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans," by Catherine Grace Katz at noon March 27, at Boulder Public Library; boulderlibrary.org.

—Brad Wetzler will speak about and sign his new book "Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing" at 6:30 p.m. March 28, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Busy Reader's book club will discuss "The Dictionary of Lost Words," by Pip Williams at 11 a.m. March 30, at Lyons Regional Library; lyons.librarycalendar.com.

—The Great Ideas reading group will discuss "Great Books of the Western World Vol. 2" at 3 p.m. March 30, at Longmont Public Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—Mac McGregor will speak about and sign his new book "Positive Masculinity Now: A Heart-Led Guide For Growth Toward a Conscious, Emotionally Intelligent & Inclusive Masculinity" at 6:30 p.m. March 30, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Travis Macy, Mark "Mace" Macy, Patrick Regan, Annie Fenn and Cindy Weinstein will speak about their new books in an author summit on Alzheimer's, adventure and brain health at 6:30 p.m. April 4, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Newcomer's book club will meet to discuss its April book at 10 a.m. April 5, at the Lafayette Library; lafayetteco.gov.

—The Last Word book club will meet to discuss its April book at 11:30 a.m. April 5, at Lafayette Library; lafayetteco.gov.

—Barb Colombo will speak about and sign her new book "The Many Stages of Love: A Collaboration between a Grandmother and Granddaughter" at 6:30 p.m. April 5, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—First Thursdays book group will discuss "You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism," by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar at 2 p.m. April 6, at Longmont Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—Julia Gao will speak about and sign her new book "Charlotte Lexington and the Dungeon of Unknown Doom" at 3 p.m. April 8, at Boulder Book Store; free; boulderbookstore.net.

—The Second Mondays book group will meet to discuss "Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper," by Phaedra Patrick at 6:30 p.m. April 10, at Longmont Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—Sci-Fi book club will discuss "Blindsight," by Peter Watts at 7 p.m. April 11, at Nederland Community Library; nederland.libcal.com.

—Tim Z. Hernandez will speak about and sign his new book "Some of the Light: New and Selected Poems" at 6:30 p.m. April 11, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Book Queeries will discuss "The Feeling of Falling in Love," by Mason Deaver at 6:30 p.m. April 12, at Out Boulder County; boulderlibrary.org.

—Christopher Preston will speak about and sign his new book "Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals" at 6:30 p.m. April 12, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Alice McGinty will read from her books "Pancakes to Parathas: Breakfast Around the World" and "Bathe the Cat" at 10:15 a.m. April 15, at the Boulder Public Library; calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

—Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin and Giovanni Rigano will speak about and sign their new book "Global" at 2 p.m. April 16, at Boulder Book Store; free; boulderbookstore.net.

—The Lafayette Friends of the Library book sale will run from April 15-23, during library hours at Lafayette Library; lafayetteco.gov.

—Ramona Ausubel will speak about and sign her new book "The Last Animal" at 6:30 p.m. April 18, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Fonda Lee will speak about and sign her new book "Untethered Sky" at 6:30 p.m. April 19, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Books & Brews YA book club will meet to discuss their April book at 7 p.m. April 20, at Odd13 Brewing; lafayettepubliclibrary.libcal.com.

—Blair Austin will speak about and sign his new book "Dioramas" at 6:30 p.m. April 20, 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.