Here’s what we have for you on the readings front in the first two weeks of April.

Wednesday, April 1, 7 PM
Walter Mosley – The Long Fall – Sponsored by M is for Mystery – books for sale at event. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Belmont.

Saturday, April 4th and Sunday, April 5th
8th Annual Pleasanton Poetry, Prose and Art Festival

Rare appearances by guests Dana Gioia (recent Chair for the National Endowment for the Arts) and Floyd Salas (Tattoo the Wicked Cross, Buffalo Nickel). The public is invited to attend the PAL Fine Arts Exhibit, the Reception and Book Signing, and Literary Row from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM on Saturday, April 4

The Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd., Pleasanton, CA. Full program online.

Saturday, April 4, 3:00 PM
Kris Saknussemm – Private Midnight at Borderlands Books 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco.

Sunday, April 5, 3:00 PM
L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – Imager: The First Book of the Imager Portfolio & Viewpoints Critical at Borderlands Books 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco

Monday, April 6, 7:30 PM
YA author Russ Woody – The Wheel of Nuldoid. The Avid Reader at the Tower, 1600 Broadway in Sacramento.

Monday, April 6, 7:30 PM
L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – Imager: The First Book of the Imager Portfolio & Viewpoints Critical at Books Inc. in Mountain View, 301 Castro Street, Mountain View.

Wednesday, April 8, 7:00 PM
YA author Russ Woody – The Wheel of Nuldoid at Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street, Sacramento.

Friday, April 10, 7:30 PM
Mary Roach – Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex at Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley.

Saturday, April 11, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Nick Mamatas – You Might Sleeps plus T.A. Pratt, aka Tim Pratt – Spell Games at Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco.

Monday, April 13, 7:00 PM
Robert J. Sawyer – WWW: Wake at Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco.