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Book talk

By Piper Castillo, Times Staff Writer
Published December 9, 2007


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Appearances

Floyd Fellows (An Angel of Courage), 7 p.m. Thursday, Sarasota News & Books, 1341 Main St.

Barbara Birenbaum (Quipnotes About Moms; Candle Talk (Hanukkah); The Lighthouse Christmas), 7 p.m. Friday, Dillard's at Westfield Countryside, 27001 U.S. 19 N, Clearwater.

Michael and Karan Feder (Joy of Liberace: Retro Recipes from America's Kitschiest Kitchen), 7 p.m. Saturday, Sarasota News & Books.

Events

Merl Reagle Day in St. Pete Beach takes place today. At 11 a.m. at the Beach Theater, 315 Corey Ave., Reagle will discuss "How I Drive You Crazy: Confessions of a Crossword Constructor." At 2 p.m., at the St. Pete Beach Library, 365 73rd Ave., the 2006 documentary film Wordplay, featuring Reagle, will be shown. Proceeds from the event will benefit the library. For information, call (727) 552-1762.

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">href="mailto:pcastillo@sptimes.com" mce_href="mailto:pcastillo@sptimes.com">pcastillo@sptimes.com or mail to Piper Castillo, St. Petersburg Times, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731. The deadline is 14 days before publication date.

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