Saturday, July 11
Liese Greensfelder: The freelance science writer discusses “Accidental Shepherd: How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Mountain Farm in Norway,” her account of how, at age 20 and with no experience, she overtook operation of a remote Norwegian farm in 1972.
11 a.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera
Wayne Feinstein: The San Mateo retiree, a former investment banker and head of Jewish service organizations, discusses his debut novel “Turning,” about a successful real estate developer who must come to terms with himself as his son is dying of cancer.
1 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera
Joanna Choi Kalbus: The Moraga author speaks about “The Boat Not Taken,” her decades-in-the-making memoir about her journey with her mother from North Korea in search of a better life in the United States.
2 p.m., Moraga Public Library, 1500 St. Mary’s Road, Moraga
Phil Cousineau: The San Francisco cultural historian shares “The Wisdom of the Odyssey: Twenty-Four Life Lessons from Homer’s Epic,” described as “an accessible companion to Homer’s Odyssey that illuminates its timeless lessons on change, resilience and the search for home.”
4 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera
Sunday, July 12
John M. Adler: The San Francisco law-professor-turned author shares his debut novel “Second Chance,” about a doctor who, upon being summoned by his godfather, returns to the small New Mexico town he thought he left behind and uncovers long buried family secrets.
1 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera
Wednesday, July 15
Parini Shroff: The South Bay author of bestselling “The Bandit Queens” launches her second novel “Some People” — about what happens when an injured woman must accept nursing care in her home from her daughter’s soon-to-be-ex-husband — with Kate Schatz, feminist author of the “Rad Women” books.
7 p.m., Books Inc., 317 Castro St., Mountain View
Thursday, July 16
Holly Larsen: The Bay Area writer speaks about her second novel “Lucky, Lucky People: A Comedy of Bad Manners,” an Alameda-set about following the misadventures of four couples: a disillusioned coach, a viral busboy, a conflicted entrepreneur, a self-sabotaging artist, and their partners.
6:30 p.m. Books Inc., 1344 Park St., Alameda
Greg Sarris: The Sonoma writer, who’s serving his 17th term as chairman of Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria discusses his new novel “The Last Human Bear,” a coming-of-age story following a Native Pomo woman from the Great Depression to 21st century (and inspired by the Native women elders he knew in his youth), with writer Rebecca Solnit in a event presented by Copperfield’s Books; registration requested.
6:30 p.m., Finley Community Center, 2060 W. College Ave., Santa Rosa
Phil Cousineau: The San Francisco cultural historian shares “The Wisdom of the Odyssey: Twenty-Four Life Lessons from Homer’s Epic,” described as “an accessible companion to Homer’s Odyssey that illuminates its timeless lessons on change, resilience, and the search for home.”
7 p.m., Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley