Authors reading, discussing books at local venues

Area book events over the coming week include:

• Eastern Washington University instructor Christopher Howell will read from his latest poetry collection, “Light’s Ladder,” on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. (838-0206).

• Phil Condon, director of the University of Montana’s Environmental Writing Institute, will read from his debut novel, “Clay Center” — a Vietnam-era story which won the William Faulkner Prize — on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore.

• Seventh- and eighth-graders from Spokane’s Trinity Catholic School, with teacher Dan Hill, will read from their original works on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore.

• Mystery writers Denise Hamilton and Julia Spencer-Fleming will read from their new novels, “Last Lullaby” and “Out of the Deep I Cry,” on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore.

• Laura Kasischke, creative writing instructor at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Pushcart Prize-winning author of five novels and three poetry collections, will read from her poetry on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Spokane City Council Chambers, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. (623-4221).

• Nutritionist Ann Louise Gittleman will discuss her books “The Fat Flush Plan” and “The Fat Flush Cookbook” on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Auntie’s Bookstore.