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Book talk

By Piper Castillo, Times staff writer
Published January 13, 2008


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Appearances

Patricia Gussin (Twisted Justice), 2 p.m. Saturday, Books A Million, 4225 14th St. W, Bradenton.

Burton Hersh (Bobby and J. Edgar), noon Saturday, Haslam's Book Store, 2025 Central Ave., St. Petersburg.

Bob Truluck (Art of Redemption), 3 p.m. Saturday, Haslam's Book Store, St. Petersburg.

Lisa Hein (I'm Doing the Best I Can - They Won't Always Be Cute and Adorable), 2 p.m. Saturday, Pinellas Park Public Library, 7770 52nd St. N.

 

Events

The University of South Florida University Lecture Series presents author Maya Angelou at 7 p.m. Monday at the Sun Dome Arena, 4202 E Fowler Ave., Tampa. Tickets are free for USF students, $5 for faculty, staff and alumni (valid USF ID required), and $10 for the public. Information: www.ctr.usf.edu/uls.

Lisa Birnbaum, fiction editor of the Tampa Review, will read from her work at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Safety Harbor Library, 101 Second St. N.

The Four Seasons Authors Series of the Friends of the Library of Tampa/Hillsborough County presents thriller author Lisa Unger (Sliver of Truth) as speaker at a luncheon at noon Friday at the University Club, 1 Tampa City Center, Tampa. Cost is $25. For reservations, call (813) 273-3616.

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. The deadline is 14 days before publication date.

[Last modified January 9, 2008, 18:09:53]


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