Literary guide
3 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland.
California Writers Club Conference “The Writers Life.”
Anger and Mourning on the American Right.
4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
Bianca Bosker “Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste.”
The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right.
7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
Mary Smathers “Fertile Soil.”
7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
Augusten Burroughs “Lust & Wonder.”
Michael DeForge “Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero.”
Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth Hangs Theater, 5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara.
The Secret History of the U.S. Government’s Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis.
1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
Annie Jacobsen, Barry Eisler “Phenomena.”
Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
7 p.m. Mayer Theatre, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara.
7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
Dean Rader “Self-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry.”
Augusten Burroughs “Lust and Wonder: A Memoir.”
Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
7 p.m. Santa Clara City Library, Central Park Branch, 2635 Homestead Rd., Santa Clara. www.booksinc.net.
Alyssa Mastromonaco, Dan Pfeiffer “Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House.”
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
6 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. borderlands-books.com.
Chris Felver Tending the Fire:
Native Voices and Portraits.
7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland.
John Oates “Change of Seasons: A Memoir.”
Book signing and live music. 7:30 p.m. Swedish American Hall, 2174 Market St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com.
7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
Poetry Flash Carolyn Miller and Lola Haskins. 7:30 p.m. Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. www.moesbooks.com.
Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Ruin Good Things Fan fiction based on George Orwell’s “1984.”
Vivek Wadhwa “The Driver in the Driverless Car.”
7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
Meg Fleming “Ready, Set, Build!” 6 p.m. Diesel, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.
Wei Yang Chao “Red Fire.”
7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
Gennifer Choldenko “Dad and the Dinosaur.”
3 p.m. Books Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View.
Image Comics “Black Cloud #1” reading, singing and BBQ&A. 1-4 p.m. Excapist Comic Bookstore, 3090 Claremont Ave., Berkeley.
Reinventing Physics From the Bottom Down.
4 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.
Alexandria Romero, Amy Stewart “Where Is My Daddy?” 4 p.m. Green Apple Books 506 Clement St., S.F. (415) 387-2272. www.greenapplebooks.com.
See/Saw Contributors of the literary magazine read. 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com.
11 a.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.