Book talk
By Piper Jones Castillo, Times Staff Writer
Published November 11, 2007
Appearances
Janis Benson (From Sweden to Mallorca: The Personal Log of Tina III and Her Crew), 11 a.m. Wednesday, Gulf Beaches Public Library, 200 Municipal Drive, Madeira Beach.
Mike Vitel (Charlie's Paradise, 1967-68), 2 p.m. Wednesday, St. Pete Beach Library, 365 73rd Ave.
Tim Dorsey (Hurricane Punch), 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dunedin Public Library, 223 Douglas Ave.
Ronde Barber (Kickoff!), 6 p.m. Friday, Borders South Tampa, 909 N Dale Mabry Highway.
Aurea McGarry (I Won't Survive . . . I'll Thrive: How I Overcame Domestic Violence, Cancer, and Much More), 4 p.m. Friday, Haslam's Book Store, 2025 Central Ave., St. Petersburg.
Marshall Frank (The Latent, Dire Straits and Brutally Frank), 11:30 a.m. Saturday, New Port Richey Public Library, 5939 Main St.
Deborah Frethem (Ghost Stories of St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Pinellas County), 3 p.m. Saturday, Haslam's Bookstore, St. Petersburg.
Bruce Hunt (Florida Then & Now), 3 p.m. Saturday, Inkwood Books, 216 S Armenia Ave., Tampa.
Events
Jewish Book Day at the Tampa Jewish Community Center, 13009 Community Campus Drive, Tampa, will begin at 10 a.m. today. A brunch with Gloria Goldreich (Leah's Journey and Dinner With Anna Karenina) is at 11 a.m. The book fair and Hanukkah Shopping Bazaar, along with children's events, are free. The brunch is $36. For information, call the center at (813) 264-9000.
As part of its Presidential Events Series, Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave. S, St. Petersburg, presents "An Evening with Nikki Giovanni" at 7 p.m. Thursday in Fox Hall. The event is open to the public. Giovanni's work includes Gemini, Blues: For All the Changes, Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Rosa and Acolytes. She is a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech University. For information, go to www.eckerd.edu.
"An Evening With the Authors" will be held Friday at the Clearwater Main Library, 100 Osceola Ave. The featured author is Jeff Klinkenberg, St. Petersburg Times columnist and author of Seasons of Real Florida. The event benefits the Clearwater Library Foundation and programs of the Clearwater Library system. Cost ranges from $20 to $40. For information, go to www.clearwatercwc.org.
To place an item in Book Talk, send author's name and book title, appearance time and date, and venue name and address to pcastillo@sptimes.com or mail to Piper Castillo, St. Petersburg Times, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731.