Arts Listings

A GREAT GOOD PLACE FOR BOOKS Joshua Braff, June 9, 7 p.m. The author talks about "Peep Show.'' Katherine A. Briccetti, June 10, 7 p.m. The author talks about "Blood Strangers.'' Kristin Craven, June 11, 7 p.m. The author talks about "Perfectly Revolting: My Glamorous Cartooning Career.'' Kristen Chandler, June 12, 4 p.m. The author talks about "Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me.'' 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 339-8210, www.greatgoodplace.indiebound.com.< 

BOOKS INC., ALAMEDA Mary Stutts, June 8, 7:30 p.m. The author talks about "Missing Mentor: Women Advising Women on Power, Progress and Priorities.'' Free. Readings at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 1344 Park St., Alameda. (510) 522-2226, www.booksinc.net.< 

BOOKS INC., BERKELEY Jonathan Balcombe, June 7, 7 p.m. The author talks about "Second Nature.'' T.J. Stiles, June 10, 7 p.m. The author talks about "The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt.'' Neil Landau, June 11, 6 p.m. The author talks about "101 Things I Learned in Film School.'' 1760 4th Street, Berkeley. (510) 525-7777, www.booksinc.net.< 

MOE'S BOOKS Sin Soracco, June 8, 7:30 p.m. The author talks about "Low Bite.'' Paul Hoover and Nguyen Do, June 9. The author talks about "Sonnet 56.'' Maxine Chernoff, Rachel Loden & Donna de la Perriere, June 10. Chernoff talks about "The Turning,'' Loden talks about "Dick of the Dead'' and de la Perriere talks about "True Crime.'' 10 a.m.-11 p.m. daily. 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. (510) 849-2087, www.moesbooks.com.< 

MRS. DALLOWAY'S Suzanne Gordon, June 4, 7:30 p.m. The author talks about "When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough.'' Elizabeth Jones, June 5, 4 p.m. The author talks about "Awaken to Healing Fragrance.'' Bernardo Atxaga, June 9, 5:30 p.m. The author talks about "The Accordionist's Son.'' Jake Silverstein, June 10, 7:30 p.m. The author talks about "Nothing Happened, Then it Did.'' Michael Sledge, June 11, 7:30 p.m. The author talks about "The More I Owe You.'' 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley. (510) 704-8222.< 

NEFELI CAFI Tom Odegard, Marc Hofstadter, Judith McCombs, June 11, 7 p.m. The authors read their poetry. 1854 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley. (510) 841-6374.< 

UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOKS Marina Levina and Grant Kien, June 10, 6 p.m. The author talk about "Post-Global Networkd and Everyday Life.'' 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. (510) 548-0585, www.universitypressbooks.com.<