ENTERTAINMENT

Victor Gischler (Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse) and Anthony N. Smith (Yellow Medicine) will appear at 2 p.m. Sunday at Barnes & Noble, 7700 West Northwest Highway.

Alisa Valdes Rodriguez will sign Dirty Girls on Top at 7 p.m. Monday at Borders, Preston Road at Royal Lane.

Emma Sweeney, author of Tulipa and As Always, Jack, will speak at noon Tuesday at Maggiano's, 305 NorthPark Center. As a literary agent, she has represented, among others, Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants. Tickets for the event, a benefit for The American Foundation for the Blind's Center on Vision Loss, are $25, or $50 with lunch, and available at 214-559-4140.

Jesse Duplantis will sign The Everyday Visionary at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Borders, 5615 Colleyville Blvd., Colleyville.

Ridley Pearson will read from and sign Killer View at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borders, Preston Road at Royal Lane.

Authors Will Clarke, Harry Hunsicker and Melanie Wells will join musician Trish Murphy for "Writers in the Round," at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Bar Belmont, 901 Fort Worth Ave. at Sylvan.

David Siorta will discuss and sign Uprising at 7 p.m. Thursday at Borders, Preston Road at Royal Lane.

Michael Dowd will discuss Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 5801 W. Plano Parkway, Plano. He'll appear again at 2 p.m. Saturday at Unity Church of Dallas, 6552 Forest Lane.

D.G. Fulford will discuss and sign Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years With Mom at 8 p.m. Thursday at Borders, Preston Road at Royal Lane.

Jim Dent will discuss and sign Twelve Mighty Orphans

at 7 p.m. Friday at Borders, Lovers Lane at Greenville Avenue.