Liza Dalby (Geisha) talks about her latest book, East Wind Melts the Ice, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Info: (510) 548-0585.

Gail Tsukiyama reads from her latest novel, The Street of a Thousand Blossoms, on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 4th St., Berkeley. Info: (510) 559-9500.

Susan Ito, a contributor to Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion, a collection of essays, will appear with contributor Pam Houston and editor Karen Bender on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness, San Francisco. Info: (415) 776-1111.

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