Week of April 20

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SUNDAY

Ibn Warraq (“Why I Am Not a Muslim,” “Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said’s Orientalism”) discusses the Koran and radical Islamic thought, the Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles, 4773 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 11 a.m. $6. (323) 666-979 ; and at Costa Mesa Community Center, 1845 Park Ave., Costa Mesa, 4:30 p.m. $6. www.cfiwest.org

MONDAY

Marya Hornbacher signs “Madness: A Bipolar Life,” Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7 p.m. (626) 449-5320 or www.vromansbookstore.com.

Andrea Portes reads from “Hick,” Covina Public Library, 234 N. Second Ave., Covina, 7 p.m. (626) 967-3935.

TUESDAY

Brian Antoni signs “South Beach,” Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 7 p.m. (310) 659-3110 or www.booksoup.com.

Brendan Constantine reads his poetry, the Coffee Cartel, 1820 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, 8 p.m. (310) 316-6554 or www.redondopoets.com.

WEDNESDAY

Billy Mernit signs “Imagine Me & You,” Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades, 7:30 p.m. (310) 454-4063 or www.palivillagebooks.com.

Anne Perry signs “Buckingham Palace Gardens” Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7 p.m. (626) 449-5320 or www.vromansbookstore.com.

Used-books sale, Northridge Library, 9051 Darby Ave., Northridge, 2 to 7 p.m. (818) 886-3640.

Mindy Weiss signs “The Wedding Book: The Big Book for Your Big Day,” Borders Books & Music, 1072 Camino Del Rio North, San Diego, 6 p.m. (619) 295-2201.

THURSDAY

Andrew Foster Altschul signs “Lady Lazarus,” Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7 p.m. (626) 449-5320 or www.vromansbookstore.com.

Akashic Books authors Elizabeth Crane (“You Must Be This Happy to Enter”), Mike Farrell (“Just Call Me Mike”), Nina Revoyr (“The Age of Dreaming”) and Abraham Rodriguez signs (“South by South Bronx”) sign their books, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 7 p.m. (310) 659-3110 or www.booksoup.com.

Suzanne Finnamore reads from “Split: A Memoir of Divorce,” Barnes & Noble, 1201 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, 7 p.m. (310) 260-9110.

Cookie Grimes signs “A New Year’s Family,” Borders Books & Music, 1072 Camino Del Rio North, San Diego, 7 p.m. (619) 295-2201.

Margaret Peterson Haddix signs “Found,” Children’s Book World, 10580 1/2 Pico Blvd., 10:30 a.m. (310) 559-2665.

Libby Fischer Hellman signs “Easy Innocence,” Mysteries to Die For, 2940 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks, 1 p.m. (805) 374-0084 or www.mysteriestodiefor.com.

Bill Minor signs “Trek: Lips, Sunny, Pecker and Me,” Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades, 7:30 p.m. (310) 454-4063 or www.palivillagebooks.com.

Ann Patchett (“Run,” “Bel Canto”) discusses her work at the Fallbrook Library luncheon fundraiser, Pala Mesa Resort, 2001 Old Highway 395, Fallbrook, 11 a.m. $35. (760) 451-8686.

Ariana Reines (“The Cow,” “Coeur de Lion”) talks with Michael Silverblatt on “Bookworm,” 2:30 p.m. KCRW-FM (89.9).

J. Peter Scoblic discusses “U.S. vs. Them: How a Half-Century of Conservatism Has Undermined America’s Security,” Pasadena Public Library, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, 7 p.m. Reservations: (626) 449-5320 or www.vromansbookstore.

FRIDAY

Mario Acevedo (“The Undead Kama Sutra”) and Harry Shannon (“Daemon”) sign their books, Dark Delicacies, 4213 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank, 7 p.m. (888) 327-5335 or www.darkdel.com.

Katharine Holabird signs “Angelina’s Invitation to the Ballet,” Children’s Book World, 10580 1/2 Pico Blvd., 3:30 p.m. (310) 559-2665.

Chip Jacobs discusses “Wheeling the Deal: The Outrageous Legend of Gordon Zahler, Hollywood’s Flashiest Quadriplegic, Huntington Beach Library, 7111 Talbert Ave., Huntington Beach, 7 p.m. (714) 842-4481.

Santa Monica Review editor Andrew Tonkovich hosts a 20th anniversary party for the literary journal, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, 7:30 p.m. $7. (310) 822-3006 or www.beyondbaroque.org.

Book prizes

SATURDAY 4/26

Laurel Ann Bogen (“Washing a Language”), Ellyn Maybe (“Praha and the Poet”) and others reinterpret the Haggadah in poetry at a Passover seder, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, 7:30 p.m. $7. (310) 822-3006 or www.beyondbaroque.org.

Steve Hockensmith signs “Black Dove,” Mysteries to Die For, 2940 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks, 2 p.m. (805) 374-0084 or www.mysteriestodiefor.com.

Louis Komzsik signs “Social Terrorism,” Borders Books & Music, 1905 Calle Barcelona, Carlsbad, 1 p.m. (760) 479-0242.