Book talk

By Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published February 25, 2001

AUTHORS AT THE ISLAND FESTIVAL: The second annual Pass-a-Grille Island Festival showcasing writers, historic walks, mini-plays, crafts shows, book sales and storytelling will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Pass-a-Grille Park at Tenth Ave., St. Pete Beach. Local authors Peter Meinke (Zinc Fingers), Frank Hurley (Pass-a-Grille Vignettes), Charles Fontenay (Modal), Carolyn Travis Laskey (Poetry to Heal Your Inner Self) and Monica Brandies (Herbs and Spices in the Florida Garden) will read from and sell copies of their books.

AUTHOR APPEARANCES: Les Standiford (Deal With the Dead), 2 p.m. today, Inkwood Books, 216 S Armenia Ave., Tampa.

Michael Sterns (Kokopelli & The Butterfly), 6:30 p.m. Monday, Borders, 909 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa; 11 a.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble, 213 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa and 2 p.m. Saturday, WaldenBooks in ParkSide Mall, 7200 U.S. 19 N, Pinellas Park.

Peggy Nolan (The Spy Who Came in from the Sea), 11 a.m. Tuesday, Gulf Beaches Public Library conference room, 200 Municipal Drive, Madeira Beach.

bell hooks (Salvation: Black People and Love andAll About Love: New Visions), 7 p.m. Tuesday, Inkwood Books, Tampa.

Kim Davies (Me, Amazon Woman), 7 p.m. Tuesday, Barnes & Noble, 23654 U.S. 19 N, Clearwater.

Skip and Chipper Carey (Jungle Paradise, Almost: Our Adventures in Costa Rica), 11 a.m. Friday, WaldenBooks in Tyrone Square, St. Petersburg and 1 p.m. Saturday, WaldenBooks in Countryside Mall, Clearwater.

Marian Coe (Marvelous Secrets), 2 p.m. Friday, Largo Public Library, 351 East Bay Drive.

Genevieve (Memoirs of a Papillon: The Canine Guide to Living with Humans without Going Mad), 6 p.m. Friday, Barnes & Noble, 122 Brandon TownCenter Drive, Brandon.

Elizabeth B. Walter (Barefoot in the Rubble), 7 p.m. Friday, Barnes & Noble, 2501 Tyrone Blvd. N, St. Petersburg.

Lynn Homan and Thomas Reilly (Black Knights: The Story of the Tuskeegee Airmen), 1 p.m. Saturday, Haslam's Book Store, 2025 Central Ave., St. Petersburg.

M. Diane Vogt (Justice Denied and Silicone Solution), 3 p.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble, 11802 N Dale Mabry Highway, Carrollwood.

Parvathy (Heavenly Father Speaks), 6 p.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble, Brandon.

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