Shelf Life: Author visits, book club meetings and literary events coming to Boulder County

Aug. 17----Jaye Viner will speak about "Elaborate Lives" at 11 a.m. Saturday at Boulder Barnes & Noble; stores.barnesandnoble.com.

—Tween Book Club will meet to discuss "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," by Brian Selznick at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday at Lyons Community Library; lyons.librarycalendar.com.

—Bruce Schoenfeld will speak about and sign his new book "Game of Edges: The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Max Borax will speak about his book "The Ruby Heart of the Dragon" at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at Trident Café; tridentcafe.com.

—Alan Prendergast and Silvia Pettem will speak about and sign their new books "Gangbuster" and "In Search of the Blonde Tigress" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—From Our Shelves book club will meet to discuss "The Immortal King Rao," by Vauhini Vara at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Boulder Book Store; boulderbookstore.net.

—The FI Book Club will meet to discuss books about finance and business at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Lafayette Public Library; lafayettepubliclibrary.libcal.com.

—Alan O'Hashi will speak about and sign his new book "Views from Atop My Bedpan: Living Seven Decades Through the Healthcare Industrial Complex" at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Nick Gregorio, Claire Hopple, Kevin Sampsell, Kathy Fish and Hilary Leftwich will speak about "Launch Me to the Stars, I'm Finished Here," by Nick Gregorio at 6 p.m. Aug. 26, at Trident Café; tridentcafe.com.

—Tween Graphic Novel Book Club will meet to discuss "Be Prepared," by Vera Brosgol at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 27, at the Meadows Branch of the Boulder Public Library; calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

—Brad McLain will speak about and sign his new book "Designing Transformative Experiences: A Toolkit for Leaders, Trainers, Teachers, and Other Experience Designers" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 29, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Jamie Siebrase will speak about and sign her new book "Mythbusting the Great Outdoors: What's True and What's Not?" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 30, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Flint Whitlock will speak about and sign his new book "10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 31, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop will host an adult book fair at 5 p.m. Sept. 1; twjbookshop.com.

—Gabriela Mistral will speak as part of the World Literature lecture series at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5, at Boulder Book Store; boulderbookstore.net.

—Newcomers Book Club will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 6, at Lafayette Public Library; lafayettepubliclibrary.libcal.com.

—Last Word Book Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 6, at Lafayette Public Library; lafayettepubliclibrary.libcal.com.

—James T. Costa will speak about and sign his new book "Radical by Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace" at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—First Thursdays Book Group will meet to discuss "The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America," by Russell Shorto at 2 p.m. Sept. 7, at Longmont Public Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—The Great Ideas Group will meet to discuss "Great Books of the Western World, Vol. 3" at 3 p.m. Sept. 7, at Longmont Public Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—Book Queeries will meet to discuss "A Million to One," by Adiba Jaigirdar at 5 p.m. Sept. 7, at Out Boulder County, 3340 Mitchell Lane; calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

—Annika Paradise, Julie Frieder and Angela Heisten will speak about and sign their new book "Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family Travel and Worldschooling" at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 7, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

—Brus Westby will speak about his new book "Letters Home: Lessons from the Great Hippie Trail" at 7 p.m. Sept. 8, at Inkberry Books; inkberrybooks.com.

—Second Mondays Book Group will meet to discuss "Demon Copperhead," by Barbara Kingsolver at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11, at Longmont Public Library; longmontcolorado.gov.

—Second Avenue Book Club will meet to discuss "The First Bright Thing," by J. R. Dawson at 6 p.m. Sept. 12, at The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop; $30; twjbookshop.com.

—Sci-Fi Book Club will meet to discuss "Death's End," by Cixin Liu at 7 p.m. Sept. 12, at Nederland Community Library; nederland.libcal.com.

—Boulder Book Store employees will share their favorite books for book clubs at the Between the Covers event at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14, at Boulder Book Store; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

Public libraries

Boulder Public Library: Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave.; Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road; George Reynolds, 3595 Table Mesa Drive and NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway; 303-441-3100; boulderlibrary.org.

Carnegie Branch Library for Local History: 1125 Pine St., Boulder; open by appointment only; localhistory.boulderlibrary.org.

National Science Digital Library: 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder; nsdl.oercommons.org.

Norlin Library: University of Colorado Boulder, 1720 Pleasant St., Boulder; colorado.edu/libraries.

Lafayette Public Library: 775 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette; lafayetteco.gov/library.

Longmont Public Library: 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont; longmontcolorado.gov/library.

Louisville Public Library: 951 Spruce St., Louisville; louisville-library.org.

Lyons Community Library: 405 Main St., Lyons; lyons.colibraries.org.

Nederland Community Library: 20 Lakeview Drive, Nederland; nederland.colibraries.org.

Book stores

Barbed Wire Books: 504 Main St., Longmont, barbedwirebooks.org, new and used titles

Barnes and Noble: 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, barnesandnoble.com, new titles

Beat Book Shop: 1200 Pearl St., Boulder, beatbookshop.com, used and antique titles

Blue Owl Books: 176 CO-119, Nederland, facebook.com/BlueOwlBooks, used titles

The Bookworm: 3175 28th St., Boulder, boulderbookworm.com, used titles

Boulder Book Store: 1107 Pearl St., Boulder; boulderbookstore.net, new titles

Inkberry Books: 7960 Niwot Road, Suite B-3, Niwot, inkberrybooks.com; new and used titles

Juniper Books: 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Boulder, juniperbooks.com; hand-assembled new titles

Lighthouse Bookstore: 1201 Pearl St. Mall, Boulder, lighthousebookstoreofboulder.com; metaphysical titles

Little Horse Vintage: 820 Main St., Louisville, littlehorsevintage.com, rare and collectable books

The Read Queen Bookstore and Café: 129 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, thereadqueen.com, new and used titles

Trident Booksellers and Café: 940 Pearl St., Boulder, tridentcafe.com, new and used titles

Used Book Emporium: 346 Main St., Longmont, usedbookemporium.net, new and used titles

The Wandering Jellyfish: 198 2nd Ave., Niwot, twjbookshop.com, young adult and children's new titles

Interested local authors can submit new books to the Author Spotlight at bit.ly/BoulderCountyAuthors. Book stores can submit book events to features@prairiemountainmedia.com with "book event" in the subject line.