Santa Monica Pier Aglow | Photo by biskuit via Flickr Monday The Call of the Wild by Jack London film review & book discussion 6:30pm @ Vroman's Diahann Carroll presents The Legs Are the Last to Go 7pm @ Book Soup Tuesday Michael Connelly presents The Brass Verdict 7pm @ Vroman's Christopher Paolini presents Brisingr 7pm @ Beckman Auditorium, Caltech Orson Bean signs M@il for Mikey 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade......

Coming up on Sunday, June 29 at UCLA is Jewish Geography: Place, Design, Memory, Imagination, a festival presented by Nextbook, an online magazine that also produces events showcasing Jewish culture. Details are available at Nextbook.org, as are $15 passes for the day (no reserved seats for panels, so get ready to stand in line). Among the many notable literary sorts appearing that day are graphic novelist Ben Katchor (Julius Knipl: Real Estate Photographer) and......

Monday Shalom Auslander presents Foreskin's Lament 7pm @ Vroman's Valerie Plame Wilson presents Fair Game 7pm @ Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Long Beach Barbara Firestone presents Autism Heroes 7pm @ Dutton's Slash presents Slash 7pm @ Borders, Torrance Lawrence Wright presents The Looming Tower 7:30pm @ UCLA Tuesday David Plante, with host Mark Danielewski, presents ABC 7pm @ Book Soup Michael Lent presents Christmas Letters from Hell 7pm @ Vroman's Tommy Lasorda & Bill Plaschke......