Literary Calendar

Among the other local literary events over the coming week (free unless otherwise indicated):

Get Lit! Children’s Book Drive - Support children’s literacy by donating new children’s books at Get Lit! festival locations and Numerica Credit Union branches through April 30. All books collected during the drive will be distributed to children in need through Page Ahead’s Book for Kids Program. Festival locations include: Aunties Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave.; The Bing Crosby Theatre, 901 W. Sprague Ave.; INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.; and Hotel Lusso, 808 W. Sprague Ave. (509) 536-1696

Come One, Come All Community Reading - Writers of all ages are invited to share up to 10 minutes of their work. Part of the Get Lit! festival. Today, registration 1:30 p.m, readings 2 p.m., Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. www.ewu.edu/getlit

Susan Armitage and Laurie Mercier - Signing copies of their book “Speaking History: Oral Histories of the American Past, 1865-Present.” Monday, 5-7 p.m. BookPeople, 521 S. Main, Moscow. (208) 882-7957

“Dramatizing Ordinary Experience through Poetry” - With poets Gregory Dunne, Greg Pape and Willa Schneberg. Tuesday, 7 p.m., Spokane Community College, Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities, second floor, 1810 N. Greene St. Free. (509) 533-8017

OSG Readers Club - “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold. Wednesday, 1 p.m., On Sacred Grounds, 12212 E. Palouse Highway, Valleyford. (509) 747-6294

Spokane Valley Book Discussion Club - “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracy Kidder. Wednesday, 2 p.m., Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave., Spokane Valley. (509) 893-8400

Inland Northwest Writers Guild - Join with other aspiring writers to discuss the latest news about the publishing industry and get support from your peers. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. (509) 838-0206

Local authors’ reading - With Jean Flanigen, “The Zhombie Conspiracy” and “The Zhombie Connection”; Penny Rundle, “The Last Caravan”; Frank Scalise, “All that Counts”; Vern Hopkins, “It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.” Friday, 6-8 p.m., Olive It Cafe, 3402 N. Crestline St. (509) 413-1589

Jess Walter - Spokane author, part of the Chapman Endowed Reading series. Friday. 7 p.m., Whitworth University, Weyerhauser Hall’s Robinson Teaching Theatre. Free. (509) 777-3253.

William Danish - Former worker in the Idaho jail and prison system presents his novel “The Other Side of the Bars.” Friday, 7 p.m., Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. (509) 838-0206

Yvonne Palka - Reading from her book “Dragon Fire, Ocean Mist,” with a Sumi-e (Japanese brush painting) demonstration. Part of Japan Week. Saturday, 11 a.m., Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. (509) 838-0206

Sharon Cramer - Signing her book “Cougar Cub Tales: Lost and Alone.” Saturday, 1-3 p.m., Hastings, 2512 E. 29th Ave. (509) 535-4342

Trenton Lee Stewart - Pizza and a phone conversation with the author of “The Mysterious Benedict Society.” Limited to 25 people. Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Auntie’s Bookstore, children’s section, 402 W. Main Ave. (509) 838-0206

Frank Zafiro – Signing his River City Series books “Beneath a Weeping Sky,” “Heroes Never Fail” and “Under a Raging Moon.” Saturday, 4-7 p.m., Hastings, 15312 E. Sprague Ave., Spokane Valley. (509) 924-0667