Shelf life: Zoom with Blake Crouch, the Newbery Film Fest and a pop-up children's book sale

Jun. 17—Events

Boulder Public Library is hosting a pop-up used children's book sale that will sell board books, picture books, early readers, intermediate level books and teen books for $1; runs through Monday at the main branch (library is closed for Juneteenth on Sunday); calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

Longmont Book Club will discuss "The Blind Assassin" by Margaret Atwood at 10:30 a.m. June 18 at Barbed Wire Books; meetup.com/thelongmontbookclub.

Nina de Gramont will discuss "The Christie Affair" at 6:30 p.m. June 22 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

From Our Shelves fiction book club will discuss "Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro at 7 p.m. June 22 in the Boulder Book Store; boulderbookstore.net.

Erika Krouse will discuss "Tell Me Everything" with Boulder Book Store's Arsen Kashkashian and KGNU's Maeve Conran in a KGNU Radio Bookclub live recording at 9 a.m. June 23 on the air; boulderbookstore.net.

CU Grad School Summer Book Club will discuss "GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance" by Angela Duckworth at 3 p.m. June 23 at Rayback Collective, 2775 Valmont Road, Boulder; calendar.colorado.edu.

Nina Shope will discuss "Asylum" at 6:30 p.m. June 23 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

Stacy Gold will discuss "Wild at Heart" at 6 p.m. June 24 at Read Queen Bookstore; thereadqueen.com.

Sue Wang will discuss "Messages from the Black Recliner" at 7 p.m. June 24 at Inkberry Books; inkberrybooks.com.

The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival is a screening that features kid filmmakers telling the stories of Newbery-winning books in 90 seconds; 3 p.m. June 25 in the Canyon Theater at the main branch of Boulder Public Library; free; registration suggested; boulderlibrary.org.

The Seniors Book Club will discuss "The Devil's Highway" by Luis Alberto Urrea at 1 p.m. June 28 at Louisville Recreation & Senior Center; 900 Via Appia Way, Louisville; louisvilleco.gov.

Zoe Hana Mikuta will discuss "Godslayers" at 6:30 p.m. June 28 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

Longmont Book Club will discuss "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons at 10:30 a.m. July 2 at Barbed Wire Books; meetup.com/thelongmontbookclub.

First Thursdays Book Group will discuss "The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After" by Clemantine Wamariya at 2 p.m. July 7 at Longmont Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont; bit.ly/3yntJIT.

Sarah V. Barnes will discuss "She Who Rides Horses" at 6:30 p.m. July 7 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

Second Mondays Book Group will discuss "Alias Grace" by Margaret Atwood at 6:30 p.m. July 11 at the Longmont Library; bit.ly/3yntJIT.

Alan O'Hashi will discuss "Beyond Heart Mountain" at 6:30 p.m. July 13 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

Mary Childs will discuss "The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All" at 6:30 p.m. July 14 at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

Virtual events

The Living Poets Society will discuss "Luxury" by Philip Schultz at 5 p.m. June 21 via Zoom; boulderbookstore.net.

Classics club, World's Best Books Bookclub, will discuss "Ulysses" by James Joyce at 7 p.m.June 30 via Zoom; boulderbookstore.net.

Longmont librarians will discuss "The Bride Test: A Novel" by Helen Hoang on the Book Chatter Podcast on July 8; via podcast apps; bit.ly/3yntJIT.

The Living Poets Society will discuss "Constellation Route" by Matthew Olzmann at 5 p.m. July 12 via Zoom; boulderbookstore.net.

Blake Crouch will discuss "Upgrade," in conversation with Amor Towles, at 6 p.m. July 12 via Zoom; $28-$40 includes a hardcover copy with a signed bookplate; boulderbookstore.net.

Public libraries

Boulder Public Library has four local branches: 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 Cafe, 129 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, thereadqueen.com, new and used titles

Trident Booksellers and Cafe, 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 with "book event" in the subject line.