sunday/7
Are you there, Judy? It’s me, Molly. Judy Blume, the prolific children’s and young adult author, will be interviewed onstage by longtime fan and teen-movie icon Molly Ringwald about her 46-year writing career, the books that spurred controversy and Blume’s new novel for adults, “In the Unlikely Event.”
6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 7 at Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., S.F. $20-$45. www.commonwealthclub.org
“The Book of Aron.” National Book Award finalist Jim Shepard discusses his novel about a child working as a smuggler in the Warsaw Ghetto. Part of the Bay Area Book Festival. At the David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley. 1 p.m. Free but registration recommended. www.baybookfest.org. Also June 15 at Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. 7:30 p.m. Free with advance registration. www.paloaltojcc.org
thursday/11
“Leonardo’s Brain” and Six-Word Memoirs. Bay Area filmmaker Tiffany Shlain talks to JCC East Bay CEO Amy Tobin about her late father’s book on Leonardo da Vinci. Followed by a Six-Word Memoir exercise. Co-sponsored by Reboot. At JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. 7:30 p.m. $8-$10. www.jcceastbay.org