• New York Times bestselling author E. Lynn Harris will sign and discuss his latest book, Just Too Good To Be True (Doubleday, $16.47), at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 4345 Barclay Downs Dr. This novel has all the makings for a hot summer read: a celibate college football player headed for the NFL, a beautiful cheerleader, and one overprotective mamma!

• Publisher Press 53 wishes this to be a summer of eating, drinking and being merry. In the local publishing company's release Angels, Thieves and Winemakers ($12.00), N.C. author Joseph Robert Mills explores through poetry the beauty, sorrow and happiness of life from the bottom of a wine bottle.

• Every fourth Tuesday of the month, RealEyes Bookstore, 3306 North Davidson St., presents "Let's Talk Sex Tuesdays," featuring open discussions on sex, sexual health and everything about sex we aren't supposed to say in public. Lectures are free and start at 6 p.m.