* DAVID SEDARIS
"You know you're young when someone asks you for money and you take it as a compliment." Bailey/Coy Books, 414 S Main St, 624-6600, 2 pm, tickets required, sold out. (Also at Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free tickets available.)
* DAVY ROTHBART
Found is an anthology of the best weird shit printed in Found magazine. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 545-9230, 7 pm, free.
* GARY GROTH
The copublisher of Fantagraphics presents a slide-show about The Complete Peanuts (1950-1952). Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 7:30 pm, free.
FRIDAY 6/11
ADRIAN LEVY, CATHERINE SCOTT-CLARK
The authors discuss The Amber Room: Uncovering the Fate of the World's Greatest Lost Art Treasure. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
PERETZ KIDRON
Kidron is the editor of Refusenik! Israel's Soldiers of Conscience. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
JUDITH SKILLMAN, PAUL HUNTER, JAMES HOCH
The poets read from new work. Ravenna Third Place, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-23-47, 7:30 pm, free.
* BLACK TO THE FUTURE: A BLACK SCIENCE FICTION FESTIVAL
See Stranger Suggests, p. 25, and "Another Planet," page 30.
SATURDAY 6/12
DAVID PRICE
Threatening Anthropology: McCarthyism and the FBI's Investigation of American Anthropologists is an "expedition into the heart of academic darkness," says Alexander Cockburn. Elliott Bay Book Co, 624-6600, 2 pm, free.
BARBARA HUTMACHER MacLEAN
The author and activist talks about Strike a Woman, Strike a Rock: Fighting for Freedom in South Africa. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4:30 pm, free.
SUNDAY 6/13
* PETER DONAHUE AND JOHN TROMBOLD
They are the editors of Reading Seattle. Ravenna Third Place, 525-2347, 2 pm, free. (Also on June 14 at Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.)
ANA MARIA SPAGNA
Now Go Home: Wilderness, Belonging, and the Crosscut Saw is a memoir. Queen Anne Books, 1811 Queen Anne Ave N, 283-5624, 3 pm, free.
MONDAY 6/14
HELEN THAYER
The author of Polar Dream reads from Three Among the Wolves. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
JOHN DOUGLAS MARSHALL
The P-I guy signs Place of Learning, Place of Dreams: A History of the Seattle Public Library. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free. (Also on June 16 at Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.)
TUESDAY 6/15
ADAM LANGER
Crossing California is set in Chicago. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 5:30 pm, free.
KATHRYN HARRISON
The Mother Knot is a memoir. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.
JAMES HOCH AND PAUL HUNTER
The poets sign Breaking Ground and A Parade of Hands. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
PATRICK McGRATH
Port Mungo, set in Honduras, is a novel about a painter. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 8 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 6/16
* NICK LICATA
Princess Bianca and the Vandals: A Post Modern Tale of Two Kingdoms is a young adult novel. University Book Store, 634-3400 7 pm, free.
AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
The Time Traveler's Wife is a love story. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.