This week in the literary world serves up a smorgasboard of readings and book sales. Your wandering mind and/or the writing instrument of your choice will be given plenty of opportunities to peer into characters’ minds as well as those who penned them. With your soft n’ sumptuous brain being an active, absorbent organ, the goal is to minimize the curse of writer’s block, to keep any and all creative juices flowing, and to make more available that commodity termed optimism via expansion of your imagination.

• Coffee & Conversation | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 7:00 pm | Buena Vista Library - Map | Evan Kilgore - author of “The Children of the Black Valley” - and Eric Stone - author of “Grave Imports” - will be holding a pictorial discussion on the locations that have inspired the stages on which their characters’ thoughts and actions have acted out in respective narratives - in this case, the jungles of Africa and Asia. For more info, call (818) 238-5620.

• Reading, Discussion & Signing | Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 7:00 pm | Book Soup - Map | Dirk Wittenborn will be presenting and signing copies of his new book, “Pharmakon”, a tale of psycho-pharmacology set in post-WWII America, touching on family and how the broad and spacious road to hell is paved with good intentions - a simultaneous poison and cure. Thankfully, the telling is not without its humor. For more info, call (310) 659-3110.

• Otis Authors Read | Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 7:00 - 9:00 pm | Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station - Map | Otis College of Art and Design celebrates its 90th year as an establishment built on the foundation of the artist: instilling awareness of surroundings and culture, and the ability to tune in to the competitive spirit so as to achieve success in personal ventures. A showcase of works from more than 60 designers, artists, and writers has been on display since August 2nd, but this evening is special in that its focus is on the writers. This might be a good opportunity to collect some inspirational notes, if not to purely enjoy the colorful words of someone other than yourself. For more info, call (310) 264-4678.

And as promised, we’ve an influx of used book sales:

• Encino-Tarzana Branch Library | Friday and Saturday, August 22-23, 2008 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Map | (818) 343-1983
• Studio City Branch Library | Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm | Map | (818) 755-7873
• Loz Feliz Branch Library | Saturday, August 23, 2007 | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm | Map | (323) 913-4710

Books donated and priced as a steal between twenty-five cents and two dollars.

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