Books

Book Talk

Literary appearances and events of note

By PIPER JONES CASTILLO
Published April 15, 2007

APPEARANCES

Ward Larsen (The Perfect Assassin), Martha Powers (Death Angel), Patricia Gussin (Shadow of Death), Bob Gussin (Trash Talk), Meredith Anthony and Lawrence Light (Ladykiller), 2 p.m. today, Borders South Tampa, 909 N Dale Mabry Highway.

Bobby Braddock (Down in Orburndale: A Songwriter's Youth in Old Florida), 6 p.m. Monday, Inkwood Books, 216 S Armenia Ave., Tampa.

Ann O'Farrell (Norah's Children), 1 p.m. Thursday, Circle Books, 478 John Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.

Scott Deitche (The Silent Don: The Criminal Underworld of Santo Trafficante Jr.), 7 p.m. Thursday, Borders South Tampa, 909 N Dale Mabry Highway; 6 p.m. Saturday, Borders Clearwater, 2683 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd.

Rick Martin (Circus Tricks for Your Dog), 1 p.m. Saturday, Barnes and Noble Clearwater, 23654 U.S. 19 N.

EVENTS

• Brandon Regional Library, 619 Vonderburg Drive, holds its seventh annual Poetry and Jazz Reading at 2 p.m. today. Poets include Silvia Curbelo, Donald Morrill, Rhonda J. Nelson and Martha Serpas. Call (813) 273-3652, ext. 2.
• Dr. Joan Kaywell (Dear Author: Letters of Hope) discusses young adult books and signs her book at 7 p.m. Thursday at Inkwood Books, Tampa. Call (813) 253-2638.
• Eckerd College presents Gary B. Nash (The Forgotten Fifth) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fox Hall, Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave. S., St. Petersburg. Nash, the director of UCLA's National Center for History in the Schools, will speak on "Could Slavery Have Been Abolished in the Revolutionary Era?" For information, go to www.eckerd.edu.

To place an item in Book Talk, send author's name and book title, appearance time and date, and venue name, phone number and address to Piper Jones Castillo, Book Talk, St. Petersburg Times, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731-1121.

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