Book Notes

Abell to present New Dominion

New Dominion Bookshop will host Sam Abell, who will present slides and discuss his new National Geographic publication, “The Life of a Photograph,” at 6 p.m. Thursday.

For more information, call 295-2552.

Libraries will offer groups and more

Here’s what’s happening at libraries in the coming week:

l The Monday Evening Book Club meets 7 p.m. Monday at Crozet Library. “All the Kings Men” by Robert Penn Warren is the topic.

l Book Discussion Group meets 7 p.m. Thursday at Green County Library. “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia” by Elizabeth Gilbert is featured.

l The Literary Masterpiece Book Group gathers at 10 a.m. Friday at Gordon Avenue Library with “The Expedition of Humphry Clinker” by Tobias Smollett. For details, call 979-7151, Ext. 211.

Channing will discuss colorful topic

Local author and intuitive consultant Lee Channing discusses her new book, “Intuitive Color Awareness Guide,” at 6 p.m. Friday at Paintings and Prose on the Downtown Mall.

There will be a book reading and signing.  Channing’s work is about the role color plays in people’s energy centers.

The event is free. For information, call 220-3490.

From staff reports

Michie Tavern’s Wednesday Fireside Lecture Series will host Coy Barefoot and military specialist Ed Lengel from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Wednesdays in the Tavern’s Ordinary.

The series is free. For information, call 977-1234.

VSA Arts of Charlottesville Albemarle announces the release of its eighth poetry book, “Hold On To Your Dreams.”

The book can be purchased for a $10 donation at the Charlottesville Parks and Recreation Department in the City Hall Annex on East Market Street or by calling 970-3264.