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Books

Book Talk

A look at what's happening around the area.

By TIMES STAFF WRITER
Published July 23, 2006


AUTHOR APPEARANCES

Joe Nolfo Bone Key, 1 p.m., Saturday, Barnes & Noble, 23654 U.S. 19 N, Clearwater.

Peter Meinke (The Contracted World: New and More Selected Poems), 2 p.m., Saturday, Haslam's Book Store, 2025 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. EVENTS

* Photojournalist John Moran will discuss his new book, Journal of Light: A Photographer's Search for the Soul of Florida, at noon Wednesday at the Dunedin Public Library, 223 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. Along with an author signing, the event includes a slide presentation. For information, call Elizabeth White, (727) 298-3080, ext. 224.

 

* In conjunction with the release of Remembering St. Petersburg, Florida, Sunshine City Stories, Scott Taylor Hartzell will discuss Edwin H. Tomlinson and the pioneer's impact on St. Petersburg at 7 p.m. Thursday at the St. Petersburg Museum of History, 335 Second Ave. NE. The wine and cheese event costs $5 for members of the museum and $10 for nonmembers. For reservations, call Rinita Anderson, (727) 894-1052, ext. 205.

 

 

To place an item 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. Items also may be sent by fax to (727) 893-8675 or by e-mail to pcastillo@sptimes.com Deadline is 14 days before publication.

[Last modified July 22, 2006, 11:37:35]


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