Tova Mirvis
The Ladies Auxiliary tales a look at what happens when a sexy young woman joins a close-knit, Orthodox Jewish Community. ANNIE BLOOM'S BOOKS, 7834 SW Capitol Highway, 246-0053, 7:30 pm, Free
Margaret Coel
The author reads from her latest, The Spirit Woman. MURDER BY THE BOOK, 3210 SE Hawthorne, 232-9995, 6:30 pm, Free
Brenda Peterson
Singing to the Sound: Visions of Nature, Animals & Spirit goes beyond superficial environmental arguments to raise the really frustrating questions, focusing in particular on the Makah whale hunt. POWELL'S BOOKS ON HAWTHORNE, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm, Free
Simon Singh
The Code Book: Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography is the kind of history we should all study. Intrigue, analysis, secrecy, and a hidden challenge too. POWELL'S CITY OF BOOKS, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm, Free
Greg Nagan
The Five Minute Iliad and Other Instant Classics. A "pleasantly twisted re-visitation." TWENTY-THIRD AVENUE BOOKS, 1015 NW 23rd Ave, 224-6203, 7:30 pm, Free
Kathleen Tyau
Portland author Tyau will read from her new book, Makai. ANNIE BLOOM'S BOOKS, 7834 SW Capitol Highway, 246-0053, 7:30 pm, Free
* Rodger Larso
The Literary Triangle series this month features Larson, author of What I Know Now. Larson will read from his first novel, and his work in progress. BARNES & NOBLE NE, 1231 NE Broadway, 335-0201, 7 pm, Free
Amy Schutzer
Schutzer's first novel, Undertow, is the story of two women, a nurse and a patient, who fall in love just as the past begins to tear them apart. IN OTHER WORDS, 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 232-6003, 7:30 pm, Free
Thomas Farber
A Lover's Question collects stories from the author's previous works. Come see what won Farber three National Endowment for the Arts Awards, among other honors. POWELL'S CITY OF BOOKS, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm, Free
Governor Jesse Ventura
Picking up where his last book, I Ain't Got Time to Bleed left off, the Governor's most recent, Do I Stand Alone, is sure to find a following. POWELL'S CITY OF BOOKS, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 12:30 pm, Free
* Dewey Mahood ad Coor McCa
Celebrate the release of The Unspeakable Cog, a limited edition, handmade and self-published book, and enjoy a Balinese-style shadow puppet show based on the book. Refreshments too! READING FRENZY, 921 SW Oak, 274-1449, 7:30 pm, Free
Judith Kan
Essays From The Heart attempts to blend the wisdom of two cultures, Chinese and American. ANNIE BLOOM'S BOOKS, 7834 SW Capitol Highway, 246-0053, 5 pm, Free
* Jae Medehleso
Innocence steps out of the mainstream depiction of teenage life to show readers a more true view of the struggle. Dark, compelling, lovely. POWELL'S CITY OF BOOKS, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm, Free
T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle always has his fan club. He's prolific, with a cultivated eccentricity and a eye toward the absurd. He'll be taunting and perhaps siding with radical environmentalists, reading from A Friend of the Earth. POWELL'S CITY OF BOOKS, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm, Free
Ketzel Levine
Another Portland author, also heard nationally on NPR, Ketzel Levine will read from Plant This: Best Bets for Year-Round Gorgeous Gardens. BROADWAY BOOKS, 1714 NE Broadway, 284-1726, 7 pm, Free
* Ruthae Lum McCu
The Moon Pearl looks at the frightening meaning of marriage in 19th century China, and the lives of three girls who choose to resist. TWENTY-THIRD AVENUE BOOKS, 1015 NW 23rd Ave, 224-6203, 7:30 pm, Free
Andrew Vachss
Vachss, famous for his chilling books of an abused child turned career criminal, will read from Dead and Gone. Creepy, dark, compelling, and set in Portland. BORDERS-TIGARD, 16970 SW 72nd Ave, 968-7576, 7 pm, Free
Michael Burgess
Prize winning journalist and author of Letters to Uncle Mike and now More Letters to Uncle Mike will reading and signing copies of his latest. LOOKING GLASS BOOKSTORE, 318 SW Taylor, 227-4760, 7 pm, Free
Sandy Boucher
A terrifying, true story of how the sudden diagnosis of colon cancer changed the author's life, and the Buddhist outlook that helped her through it. POWELL'S BOOKS ON HAWTHORNE, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm, Free
* Larry Colto
We've been waiting a long time to see this book...Counting Coup tells the story of girls' basketball in Crow, Montana. Powerful, beautiful, and true. POWELL'S CITY OF BOOKS, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm, Free
