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Source: St.儲存 Louis Post-DispatchSept. 08--Observable Readings has changed venues, the St. Louis Literary Award is taking a sabbatical and one of the season's biggest author events is already sold out.If you are a parent hoping to taken children to hear Rick Riordon, you probably can't get tickets. But there are plenty of other authors coming to town this fall who can help cultivate a love of reading in young people. Among them: Jon Scieszka, Maggie Stiefvater, Jasper Fforde, Brandon Mull and Patrick Ness. Heather Brewer has also rounded up several more for a one-day young adult lit/conference on bullying.For adults, Michael Chabon will talk about "Telegraph Avenue," Amy Tan and Pat Conroy have new books, and suspense favorites such as Lee Child, Sue Grafton and Sara Paretsky are back.On the nonfiction front, Howard G. Buffett and Howard W. Buffett, son and grandson, respectively, of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, will be in St. Louis to discuss philanthropy, Ray Suarez examines "Latino Americans" and Elizabeth Kendall remembers the ballet of George Balanchine.Poetry lovers will no longer pour into Schlafly Bottleworks for Observable Readings. This fall, on the second Monday of the month, they will hit Llywelyn's Pub in the Central West End. In other news, the Library Associates of St. Louis University decided not to give a St. Louis Literary Award this year. The associates, who said they are reorganizing, plan to resume the award next year.Here are highlights of author events this fall. Check events.stltoday.com for more and to confirm times and dates, which are subject to change. Events are free unless otherwise indicated. Those requiring tickets are often listed at brownpapertickets.com. Events at the St. Louis County library are at headquarters unless a branch name is given.SEPTEMBER--Patricia Polacco, "The Blessing Cup." 6:30 p.m. Monday, St. Louis County Library.--Eric Lundgren, "The Facades." 7 p.m. Monday, Schlafly library branch.--Eula Biss, "Notes From No Man's Land." 7 p.m. Monday, Edison Theatre, Washington University.--Erin Belieu, "Infanta," and Lee Ann Roripaugh, "One Above & One Below." 8 p.m. Monday, Llywelyn's, 4747 McPherson Avenue.--Eleanor Sullivan, "Graven Images." 7 p.m. Monday, Left Bank Books CWE.--David Walsh, "Smart Parenting, Smarter Kids." 7 p.m. Tuesday. Mary Institute-Country Day.--Brian Floca, "Locomotive." 7 p.m. Tuesday, Central Library.--Andrew Vaughn, "John Hartford: Pilot of a Steam Powered Aereo-Plain." 6 p.m. Friday, Left Bank Books CWE.--Ray Suarez, "Latino Americans." 3 p.m. Sept. 15, Central Library.--Annie Finch, "Spells," and Joe Schuster, "The Might Have Been." 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16, Tavern of Fine Arts. $5.--Jasper Fforde, "Song of the Quarkbeast," Catherine Jinks, "How to Catch a Bogle," and Catherine Murdock, "Heaven Is Paved with Oreos." 7 p.m. Sept. 17, Central Library.--Sue Grafton, "W Is for Wasted." 7 p.m. Sept. 18, Maryville University auditorium. (Tickets required)--Michael Chabon, "Telegraph Avenue." 7 p.m. Sept. 18, St. Louis County Library.--Maggie Stiefvater, "Dream Thieves." 7 p.m. Sept. 19, Spencer Road library.--Mark Lee Gardner, "Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape." 7 p.m. Sept. 20, St. Louis County Library headquarters.--Karl Stuart, "Legend of Sea Bird." 1 p.m. Sept. 21, Main Street Books.--Patricia Simmons, "The Acquittal." 2 p.m. Sept. 21, Natural Bridge library branch.--Jonathan Stroud, "The Screaming Staircase." 7 p.m. Sept. 21, Daniel Boone library branch.--Arthur Geisert, "Thunderstorm." 10:30 a.m. Sept. 21, Left Bank Books Downtown.--Wenonah Hauter, "Foodopoly." 7 p.m. Sept. 23, Left Bank Books Downtown.--Richard Paul Evans, "Michael Vey: Battle of the Ampere." 7 p.m. Sept. 23, Central Library.--Patrick Ness, "A Monster Calls." 7 p.m. Sept. 24, Central Library.--Robert Santelli on "Rollin' and Tumblin': The Importance of Blues in American Music History." 7 p.m. Sept. 25, Peabody Opera House.--Lee Child, "Never Go Back." 7 p.m. Sept. 26, Ethical Society. (Tickets required)--John Van Kirk, "Song for Chance." 7 p.m. Sept. 26, Left Bank Books CWE.--Jennifer Sights, "Ravaged." 6 p.m. Sept. 26, Subterranean Books.--John Searles, "Help for the Haunted." 7 p.m. Sept. 27, St. Louis County Library.--Holly Gilliatt, "'Til St. Patrick's Day." 1 p.m. Sept. 28, Main Street Books.--Daniel Woodrell, "The Maid's Version." 7 p.m. Sept. 30, St. Louis County Library.OCTOBER--Brandon Mull, "Spirit Animals: Wild Born." 7 p.m. Oct. 2, Spencer Road library.--Terry McMillan, "Who Asked You?" 7 p.m. Oct. 新蒲崗迷你倉, venue undetermined.--Virginia Slachman, "The Lost Ode." 7 p.m. Oct. 2, Left Bank Books CWE.--James Greer, "Everything Flows." 7 p.m. Oct. 2, Subterranean Books.--Elizabeth Kendall, "Balanchine and the Lost Muse." 7 p.m. Oct. 3, Left Bank Books CWE.--Marshall Cohen, "Rough Cuts." 7 p.m. Oct. 3, Schlafly library branch.--Ann Leckie, "Ancillary Justice." 6 p.m. Oct. 3, Subterranean Books.--Elizabeth Strout, "The Burgess Brothers." 5:30 p.m. Oct. 4, St. Louis Women's Club. Fundraising dinner for Heritage Account. $75. 314-367-6923.--Anton Piatigorsky, "The Iron Bridge." 7 p.m. Oct. 8, Left Bank Books CWE.--Thomas Cathcart, "The Trolley Problem." 7 p.m. Oct. 9, Left Bank Books CWE.--Nicholas Sparks, "The Longest Ride." 7 p.m. Oct. 9, Central Library. (Ticketed event; auditorium is sold out. Tickets available to watch via video in Carnegie Room.)--Lawrence Lessig, "Republic Lost." Lecture. Noon, Oct. 10, Anheuser-Busch Hall, Washington University.--Paul French, "Midnight in Peking." 7 p.m. Oct. 10, St. Louis County Library.--Richard Burgin, "Hide Island," and Michael Nye, "Strategies Against Extinction." 7 p.m. Oct. 10, Left Bank Books CWE.--Rick Riordan, "The House of Hades." 7 p.m. Oct. 12, St. Louis County Library. (Tickets required: sold out)--Graeme Simsion, "The Rosie Project." 7 p.m. Oct. 11, Left Bank Books Downtown. (Free; reservations required.)--Matthew Goodman, "Eighty Days." 7 p.m. Oct. 14, Left Bank Books CWE.--Lisa Ampleman, Ansel Elkins, Erika Sanchez, poetry. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14, Llywelyn's Pub.--Simon Winchester, "The Men Who United the States." 7 p.m. Oct. 16, St. Louis County Library.--Sally Barr Ebest, "The Banshees: A Literary History of Irish American Women." 6 p.m. Oct 17, Subterranean Books.--Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin, "Five Days in November." 7 p.m. Oct. 18, Central Library.--Less Than Three conference on bullying. Various young adult authors, including Heather Brewer, Rachel Caine, Ellen Hopkins, Jennifer Brown, Andrew Smith. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 19, Spencer Road library. $10 (lessthanthreeconference.com/tickets).--Mem Fox, "Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug!" 6 p.m. Oct. 21, Central Library.--A. Scott Berg, "Wilson." 7 p.m. Oct. 21, St. Louis County Library.--John Dalton, "The Inverted Forest," and Holly Goddard Jones, "The Next Time You See Me." 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21, Tavern of Fine Arts. $5.--Michael Buckley, "Nerds: Attack of the Bullies." 7 p.m. Oct. 22 Central Library.--V.E. Schwab, "Vicious." 6 p.m. Oct. 22, Subterranean Books.--Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett, "Battle Bunny." 6:30 p.m. Oct. 23, St. Louis County Library.--Bill Ayers, "Public Enemy." 7 p.m. Oct. 23, Left Bank Books CWE.--Ellen Stimson, "Mud Season." 6:30 p.m. Oct. 25, Barnes & Noble, Ladue; 7 p.m. Oct. 28. Left Bank Books CWE.--Jeffrey Stout, "Blessed Are the Organized: Grassroots Democracy in America." 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28, Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church.--Sara Paretsky, "Critical Mass." 7 p.m. Oct. 29, St. Louis County Library.--Bennett Sims, "A Questionable Shape." 7 p.m. Oct. 30, Central Library.NOVEMBER--Harvey Fierstein, "The Sissy Duckling." 7 p.m. Nov. 3. Fierstein is keynote speaker for St. Louis Jewish Book Festival. The two-week festival also includes Martin Fletcher, Rebecca Rosen, Lynn Povich, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Neil Barofsky, and more. (Series ticket, $95; stljewishbookfestival.org)--Wally Lamb, "We Are Water." 7 p.m. Nov. 4, St. Louis County Library.--Kathryn Davis, "Duplex." 7 p.m. Nov. 6, Left Bank Books CWE.--Robert Darnton, speaks on "Books, Libraries, and the Digital Future." 5 p.m. Nov. 7, Women's Building, Washington University.--Elaine Viets, "Fixing to Die." 6 p.m. Nov. 8, Festus Public Library; 10 a.m. Nov. 9, Windsor library branch, Barnhart; 1 p.m. Nov. 9, Barnes & Noble, Ladue.--Howard G. Buffett and Howard W. Buffett, "40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World." 7 p.m. Nov. 11, St. Louis County Library.--Dora Malech and Shane McCrae, poetry. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11, Llywelyn's Pub.--Pat Conroy, "The Death of Santini." 7 p.m. Nov. 15, Ethical Society.--Amy Tan, "The Valley of Amazement." 7 p.m. Nov. 16, St. Louis County Library. (Tickets required; slcl.org after Oct. 1.)--Martin Cruz Smith, "Tatiana." 7 p.m. Nov. 18, St. Louis County Library.--Katy Didden, "The Glacier's Wake," and Chinelo Okparanta, "Happiness, Like Water." 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, Tavern of Fine Arts. $5.--Peter Lerangis, "Seven Wonders: Lost in Babylon." 7 p.m. Nov. 20, Left Bank Books Downtown.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Visit the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at .stltoday.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage