12:00 AM CST on Sunday, February 5, 2006

Emily Kaufman, author of Travel Mom's Ultimate Book of Family Travel: Planning, Surviving, and Enjoying Your Vacation Together, will sign copies at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borders, 10720 Preston Road.

Montre Bible will read from his debut novel, Heaven Sent, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Barnes & Noble, 7700 W. Northwest Highway.

Koren Zailckas, author of Smashed: The Story of a Drunken Girlhood, will speak at 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at Highland Park High School, 4200 Emerson Ave.

Jackie Collins, best-selling author of Lovers & Players, will sign copies at 7 p.m. Feb. 14 at Borders, 10720 Preston Road.

Jill Conner Browne will discuss and sign copies of her new book, Sweet Potato Queens' Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at Borders, 10720 Preston Road.

Star Jones Reynolds, author of Shine: A Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Journey to Finding Love, will sign books at 7 p.m. Feb. 17 at Books A Million, Grapevine Mills Malls.

Gail Caldwell will discuss and sign her autobiography, A Strong West Wind, at 7 p.m. Feb. 20 at Barnes & Noble, 616 Preston Royal Shopping Center. Ms. Caldwell grew up in the Texas Panhandle during the 1950s.

Elizabeth Crook, whose latest is titled The Night Journal, will sign copies at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 at Borders, 10720 Preston Road.

Kimberla Lawson Roby, author of Changing Faces, will sign copies at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 at Barnes & Noble, 7700 W. Northwest Highway.

Dominic Smith, author of The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre, will sign copies at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Barnes & Noble, 7700 W. Northwest Highway.

Joni Rodgers, author of The Secret Sisters, will do a reading and signing at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at Borders, 10720 Preston Road.

Anthony Rapp, star of the Broadway musical Rent, will sign copies of Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at Barnes & Noble, 616 Preston Royal Shopping Center.

Rod Dreher, author of Crunchy Cons, will sign copies of his new book at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at Borders, 10720 Preston Road.

Elaine Taylor, author of Final Betrayal, will have a book signing at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at Borders, 1601 Preston Road, Plano.

Charles Ealy