Author events, Aug. 5 to Aug. 11

TODAY

Shawn Colvin, “Diamond in the Rough,” 4 p.m., Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa, 578-8938, copperfieldsbooks.com.

Bruce Aidells talks to food writer Michele Anna Jordan about his upcoming book, “The Great Meat Cookbook,” 2 p.m.,

Mimi Luebbermann’s Windrush Farm, 2263 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma. Benefit for the Sonoma County Book Festival, scheduled for September 22. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/258915.

TUESDAY

Shakespearean actor Barry Kraft reads from “The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin,” 7 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960, bookpassage.com.

WEDNESDAY

Monica Wood, “When We Were the Kennedys,” 6 p.m., Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa, 578-8938, copperfieldsbooks.com.

Charlotte Wyatt, who was awarded a fellowship for fiction to the Tin House Summer Literary Seminars, and Mike Tuggle, Sonoma County Poet Laureate 2008-2009, at Center Literary Café, 7 p.m. Healdsburg Senior Center, 133 Matheson St., Healdsburg. For more info, call Cynthia Beecher, 696-1111.

THURSDAY

Poets Iris Dunkle, Terry Ehret, Katherine Hastings and more read Poet Laureate Summer Poetry Series, 6 p.m. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, 551 Broadway, Sonoma. For more information, call the 939-7862.

Eric Newcastle, “Family Values,” 7 p.m., River Reader, 16355 Main St., Guerneville, 869-2240.

To submit book events for consideration in this column, contact Sara Peyton at sara.peyton@gmail.com at least three weeks in advance of the event.