Writers Read Ukiah presents short story writer Dan Hibshman, launching his new book, Of a Lifetime: Stories 1963-2023, followed by an open mic reading, six minutes per reader, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, free/$5 suggested donation, 7:00 pm PST (Email Michael Riedell at innisfreeriedell@gmail.com for more information)
Fourth Saturdays Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Nancy Lynée Woo, poet and teaching artist, and Ron Koertge, Pandora's Kitchen: Poems, award-winning poet and young adult novelist, Helen Renwick Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm (www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)