THURSDAY 11/3

DAVID WOLMAN
Left Hand Turn Around the World is about left-handedness. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.

JUNG CHANG, JON HALLIDAY
The authors discuss Mao: The Unknown Story. UW Allen Library, UW Campus, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.

RICHARD K. MORGAN
The cyberpunk noir author reads from Woken Furies. Science Fiction Museum, 325 Fifth Ave, 724-3428, 7 pm, free.

SETH
The comic artist talks about Wimbledon Green. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.

CATHERINE WING
Enter Invisible is a collection of poetry. Open Books, 2414 N 45th St, 633-0811, 7:30 pm, free.

PETER DONAHUE
Madison House is a historical novel. Ravenna Third Place, 6504 20th Ave N, 525-2347, 7:30 pm, free.

FRIDAY 11/4

DR. J. DOUGLAS BEASON, COL
The physicist discusses The E-Bomb: How America's New Energy Weapons Will Change the Way Future Wars Will Be Fought. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.

JENNIFER BLOWDRYER
Good Advice for Young Trendy People of All Ages is "a funny, loony, helpful book," says Jonathan Ames. Confounded Books, 315 E Pine St, 382-3376, 7 pm, free.

J. R. MOEHRINGER
The Tender Bar is a memoir. It's supposed to be excellent. Elliott Bay Books, 624-6600, 8 pm, free. (Also on Nov 7 at the College Inn Pub, 4006 University Way NE, 633-4441, 7 pm, free.)

SATURDAY 11/5

SUHEIR HAMMAD
The poet and performer reads from her new collection, ZaatarDiva. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.

SUNDAY 11/6

DENNIS ALTMAN
The professor talks about Gore Vidal's America. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 1 pm, free.

MONDAY 11/7

VIKRAM SETH
Two Lives is the novelist's memoir. University Book Store, 634-3400, 12 pm, free. (Also at Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.)

SUZY BECKER
I Had Brain Cancer, What's Your Excuse? is the cartoonist's memoir. Third Place Books, 366-3333, 7 pm, free.

OCTAVIA BUTLER
The sci-fi giant reads Fledgling. University Book Store, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.

JENNIFER HARBURY
The U.S.-policy critic discusses Truth, Torture, and the American Way. University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd, 632-5163, 7 pm, free.

TUESDAY 11/8

JOSHUA WOLF SHENK
Shenk reads from Lincoln's Melancholy. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.

MARY OLIVERThe prize-winning poet reads from New and Selected Poems. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 652-4255, 7:30 pm, $5.

WEDNESDAY 11/9

JOAN DIDION
See Stranger Suggests, p. 25, and above. Seattle Public Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave, 386-4650, 7 pm, free.

CHARLES BURNSThe brilliant comic artist talks about his series Black Hole. CoCA,410 Dexter Ave N, 728-1980, 7 pm, free.

GREG CRITSERGeneration Rx is about what prescription drugs are doing to us. Town Hall, 652-4255, 7:30 pm, $5.