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Booktalk

Author appearances and literary events.

By Times Staff
Published April 30, 2006


AUTHOR APPEARANCES

David Helvarg 50 Ways to Save the Ocean, 6 p.m., today, The Pier Aquarium, Second Floor, 800 Second Ave. NE, St. Petersburg.

June Casagrande (Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite), 6 p.m., Tuesday, Inkwood Books, 216 S Armenia Ave., Tampa.

Weslynn McCallister (Apache Springs, Prophecy of the Ancients and Wyatt's Deck), 1 p.m., Friday, Circle Books, 478 John Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.

Susan Dellinger (Red Legs and Blue Socks), 1 p.m., Saturday, Circle Books, Sarasota.

Steven Masley (Ten Years Younger), 2 p.m., Saturday, Barnes & Noble, 23654 U.S. 19 N, Clearwater.

EVENT

Author Richard Alfieri and director Todd Olson will discuss the upcoming production of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks on May 7 at 2 p.m. at the St. Pete Beach Library, 365 73rd Ave., St. Pete Beach. The cast from American Stage will be on hand to participate in readings. The event, sponsored by the Florida Humanities Council, is open to the public. For information, call (727) 552-1762.

To place an announcement in Book Talk, please send the author's name and book title, appearance time and date and the venue name, phone number and address to Piper Jones Castillo, Book Talk, St. Petersburg Times, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731-1121. You may also send submissions by fax to (727) 893-8675 or by e-mail to pcastillo@sptimes.com Deadline is 14 days before publication.

[Last modified May 1, 2006, 09:42:00]


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