Author Events, Aug 19-25

Stefanie Freele presents 'Surrounded by Water', a collection of short stories, on Wednesday August 22 at River Reader.

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SUNDAY (Aug 19)

Third Sunday Poetry Open Mic, 12:30 p.m.
Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol. Open mic only. Hosted by Sher and John Christian: lusciouspoetry.typepad.com/sherlianne

TUESDAY (AUG 21)

Selden Edwards, “The Lost Prince,” 1 p.m.
Eleanor Burden must find the courage of her deepest convictions and decide whether she will allow history to unfold — or use her extrordinary gifts to bend history to her will and deliver to her the life she knows she is meant to have. This lunch hour event includes dessert for book lovers who attend.
Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa, 578-8938, copperfieldsbooks.com

WEDNESDAY (Aug 22)

Stefanie Freele, “Surrounded by Water,” 7 p.m.
A collection of short stories by the Wisconsin author.
River Reader, 16355 Main Street, Guerneville, 869-2240.

THURSDAY (Aug 23)

Gail Tsukiyama, “A Hundred Flowers,” 7:30 p.m.
A powerful new novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary times at the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Readers’ Books, 130 E. Napa St., Sonoma. 939-1779.

FRIDAY (Aug 24)

Colleen Busch, “Fire Monks,” 6:30 pm
“Fire Monks” recounts the 2008 wildfire that swept down on California’s Tassajara Hot Springs, home to the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery in North America, and the five determined monks who stayed behind to battle the inferno, saving nearly all of the  Center’s historic stone buildings and wooden cabins.
Gallery Bookshop, Main & Kasten Streets, Mendocino, 937-2665, gallerybookshop.com

SATURDAY (Aug 25)

Doug Fine, “Too High to Fail,” 6:30 pm
NPR contributor Doug Fine reports on his year in Northern California researching the hazy world of medical marijuana. Fine examines the potential of the legal cannabis industry via profiles of cannabis farmers, law enforcement officials, medical marijuana patients, and a cloned female cannabis plant (later named Lucille) during the 2011 growing season in Mendocino County. Fine uses the county as an experiment to advocate for an America where cannabis is legal, regulated, and taxed.
Gallery Bookshop, Main & Kasten Streets, Mendocino, 937-2665, gallerybookshop.com

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.