Jonathan Kellerman to Talk, Sign

Bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman will speak at the fifth annual Mental Health Conference and Resource Fair on Thursday at the Hyatt Regency Alicante Hotel in Garden Grove.

Kellerman, author of “When the Bough Breaks” and “Billy Straight,” will speak after a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. He’ll also sign copies of his books after his talk.

The event is co-sponsored by the Mental Health Assn. of Orange County, PacificCare and Aspen Community Services. A resource fair will begin at 10:30 a.m., and workshops are scheduled for the afternoon.

General admission for the day, including the lunch, is $55; $35 for students with ID cards.

For reservations and more information, call (714) 547-7559.

Also Coming Up:

* Barbara Demarco Barrett will interview poet Diane Wakoski on Writers on Writing at 6 p.m. today on KUCI (88.9 FM) in Irvine.

* Earleane Fowler will sign “Mariner’s Compass” at 7 p.m. Thursday at Murder in the Gallery, 115 N. Glassell St., Orange. Fowler also will sign a 7 p.m. Friday at Borders Books and Music, 25222 El Paseo, Mission Viejo and at 11 a.m. Saturday at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange.

* Janet Eastman will discuss and sign “Simple Indulgence: Easy, Everyday Things to Do for Me” at 7 p.m. Thursday at Borders Books and Music, 1890 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa.

* Children’s author Marilyn Gold will sign and read “Xavier’s Promise” at 7 p.m. Friday at Barnes & Noble, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine.

* Joyce Chapman, author of “Journaling for Joy,” will discuss “Where is that book inside you?” at 7 p.m. Friday at Barnes & Noble, 13712 Jamboree Road, Irvine.

* Poet Millicent C. Borges and Chapman University creative writing students will read at 8 p.m. Saturday in Argyros Forum, room 208, at Chapman, 333 N. Glassell St., Orange. Admission: $4.

* T. Jefferson Parker will sign “The Blue Hour” at 2 p.m. Saturday at Latitude 33 Bookshop, 311 Ocean Ave., Laguna Beach.

* Nancy Robison will discuss and sign her wedding guides, “Dear Son, About Your Wedding” and “Dear Daughter, About Your Wedding,” at 2 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble in Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

* Flory Van Beek will sign “Flory: Survival in the Valley of Death” at noon Saturday at Barnes & Noble in Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

* Stephen Saylor will sign “Rubicon” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange.

Send information about book-related events at least 10 days before event to: Dennis McLellan, O.C. Books & Authors, Southern California Living, The Times, 1375 Sunflower Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626.