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Book Talk

By Piper Castillo, Times Staff Writer
Published September 23, 2007


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Book Talk

Appearances

James Swain (Midnight Rambler), 6 p.m. Tuesday, Barnes and Noble Carrollwood, 11802 N Dale Mabry Highway.

Peter Meinke (Unheard Music and Other Stories), 7 p.m. Thursday, Inkwood Books, 216 S Armenia Ave., Tampa.

Debora M. Coty (The Distant Shore), 6:30 p.m. Friday, Brandon Sports and Aquatic Center, 405 Beverly Blvd. Proceeds from book sales will benefit Brett Reed, a Brandon teen with a neurological disorder.

Events

Cuban-American poet and novelist Pablo Medina will read from his novel The Cigar Roller and other works at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Reeves Theater in the Vaughn Center at the University of Tampa, 401 W Kennedy Blvd., Tampa.

The 15th annual St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading is Oct. 27 at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. To see a list of authors appearing at the event, reserve a booth in the book market or volunteer for the event, go to www.festivalofreading.com.

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 pcastillo@sptimes.com">href="mailto:pcastillo@sptimes.com" mce_href="mailto:pcastillo@sptimes.com">pcastillo@sptimes.com or mail to Piper Jones Castillo, St. Petersburg Times, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731.

[Last modified September 19, 2007, 15:54:32]


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