THURSDAY 6/1

MADELINE DEFREES, LUCIA PERILLO
The award-collecting poets read from new work. Open Books, 2414 N 45th St, 633-0811, 7:30 pm, free. (DeFrees also appears on 6/3 at Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4 pm, free.)

STEPHANIE COONTZ
She is the author of Marriage, A History. Seattle Children's Theatre, 201 Thomas St, 1-800-838-3006, 7 pm, $15–$18.

IVAN DOIG
The Whistling Season is a novel set in Montana's past. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.

FRIDAY 6/2

MARJANE SATRAPI
She talks about Persepolis, which everyone's reading. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.

CURTIS SITTENFELD
The author of Prep reads from her new novel, Man of My Dreams. Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 525-2347, 6:30 pm, free.

ROBERT ASAHINA
He reads from Just Americans: How Japanese Americans Won a War at Home and Abroad. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.

SATURDAY 6/3

LEE CHILD
The Hard Way is a mystery. Third Place Books, 525-2347, 6:30 pm, free.

MICHELLE TEA
The San Francisco memoirist reads from her first novel, Rose of No Man's Land. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.

SUNDAY 6/4

DENNIS REA
He reads from Live at the Forbidden City: Musical Encounters in China and Taiwan. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, 381-9066, 7 pm, free.

LESLIE LARSON
Slipstream is a novel of intersecting stories. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 4 pm, free.

IAN R. MACLEOD
Past Magic is the sci-fi writer's latest. Science Fiction Museum, 325 Fifth Ave N, 724-3428, 7:30 pm, $4.

MONDAY 6/5

JOHN VAILLANT
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed is about ecoterrorism. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, 525-2347, 7:30 pm, free.

FERENC MATE
Ghost Sea is a mystery involving sailing and Northwest natives. Third Place Books, 525-2347, 7 pm, free.

DAN WAKEFIELD
He talks about The Hijacking of Jesus: How the Religious Right Distorts Christianity and Promotes Prejudice and Hate. Seattle First Baptist, 1111 Harvard Ave, 624-6600, 7 pm, free.

TUESDAY 6/6

LAURA DAVE
London Is the Best City in America is a debut novel with a great title. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 6 pm, free.

SUGATA BOSE
The history professor holds forth on A Hundred Horizons: The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire. Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 E Prospect St, 624-6600, 7 pm, free.

WEDNESDAY 6/7

CALVIN TRILLIN
His new book of verses about the president is called A Heckuva Job. Third Place Books, 525-2347, 7 pm, free.

MARK PROTHERO
Gary Ridgeway's lawyer reads from Defending Gary: Unraveling the Mind of the Green River Killer. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 6 pm, free.