Books Inc. presents novelist Anna Bliss, celebrating the launch of her debut book, Bonfire Night, a deeply touching historical novel that spans England's anti-fascist protests in 1936 through the aftermath of World War II, Books Inc. Alameda, 1344 Park Street, Alameda, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.booksinc.net/events)
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)