Shelf Life: Upcoming local author talks include Anne Waldman, Joe Neguse, Peter Heller and more

Jul. 19----Boulder author Tenderbastard's (Scott Mastro) ebooks ("Poof — Eric Foster's Happytime Hot Springs and Unusual Event Center Boulder Colorado Summer Adventure" and "Two Chimps and a Chump") will be free to download through the end of July; smashwords.com.

—Tween Book Club will discuss "Holes," by Louis Sacher at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, at Lyons Community Library; lyons.librarycalendar.com.

—Jill Carnahan will speak about and sign her new book "Unexpected: Finding Resilience through Functional Medicine, Science, and Faith" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—R. M. Romero will speak about and sign her new book "A Warning about Swans" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Boulder Book Store; boulderbookstore.net.

—From Our Shelves book club will discuss "Violeta," by Isabel Allende at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Boulder Book Store; boulderbookstore.net.

—Summer Book Club will meet to discuss "Lei and the Fire Goddess," by Malia Maunakea at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at The Wandering Jellyfish Book Store; twjbookshop.com.

—FI Book Club will meet to discuss books about finance and business at 6 p.m. Thursday at Lafayette Library; lafayettepubliclibrary.libcal.com.

—Amelie Honeysuckle will speak about and sign their new book "What Once Was an Inside Out Rainbow" at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Teen Book Club will meet to discuss "The Inheritance Games," by Jennifer Lynn Barnes at 5:30 p.m. July 28, at The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop; twjbookshop.com.

—Chris Chandler will speak about her book "Stay Sweet: Tales of Quirky Southern Love" at 7 p.m. July 29, at Inkberry Books; inkberrybooks.com.

—Tween graphic novel book club will meet to discuss "Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor," by Nathan Hale at 3:30 p.m. July 30, at the Meadows branch of the Boulder Public Library; calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

—Jerry Kopack will speak about and sign his new book "The World Spins By: A Gift of Time, Love, and the Long Bike Ride Back to Myself" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 1, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Newcomers Book Club will meet at 10 a.m. Aug. 2, at Lafayette Library; lafayettepubliclibrary.libcal.com.

—Last Word Book Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 2, at Lafayette Library; lafayettepubliclibrary.libcal.com.

—Rep. Joe Neguse will speak about his new book "Courage in The People's House: Nine Trailblazing Representatives Who Shaped America" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 2, at First United Methodist Church; $10; boulderbookstore.net.

—First Thursdays book group will meet to discuss "We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year," by Charles Wheelan at 2 p.m. Aug. 3, at Longmont Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—Book Queeries will meet to discuss "Like a Love Story," by Abdi Nazemian at 5 p.m. Aug. 3, at Out Boulder County; calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

—Erin Agee will speak about and sign her new book "Let Us Be So Familiar" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 3, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Nandhini Manikhavel will speak about her debut children's book "Oscar's Very Grateful Day at 11 a.m. Aug. 5, at Barnes & Noble; stores.barnesandnoble.com.

—Good Solve: True Crime Book Discussion will meet at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 7, at Louisville Public Library; louisville-library.org.

—Anne Waldman will speak about and sign her new books "New Weathers: Poetics from the Naropa Archive" and "Bard, Kinetic" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Ruth Backstrom will speak about and sign her new book "Igniting a Bold New Democracy: Empowering Citizens Through Game-Changing Reforms" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Mary Taylor Young will speak about and sign her new book "Bluebird Seasons: Witnessing Climate Change in My Piece of the Wild" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 10, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Amelie Honeysuckle will discuss their debut collection of poetry "What Was Once an Inside Out Rainbow" at 11 a.m. Aug. 12, at Barnes & Noble; stores.barnesandnoble.com.

—The Bookworms Middle School Book Club will meet at 1 p.m. Aug. 13, at Louisville Public Library; louisville-library.org.

—Sci-Fi Book Club will discuss "The Dark Forest," by Cixin Liu at 7 p.m. Aug. 15, at Lyons Community Library; nederland.libcal.com.

—Finn Murphy will discuss his new book "Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17, at Longmont Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—Peter Heller will speak about and sign his new book "The Last Ranger" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Books & Brews YA Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. Aug. 17, 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.