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The Book Group Expo, coming to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center this weekend, is part literary salon, part mass book signing and part marketplace with vendors offering all manner of book-related things to buy.

Geared for book clubs, the event will bring in dozens of authors working in a broad range of literary genres, from crime novels to Christian-oriented topics to short stories. There is a heavy focus on those who live and work in the Bay Area. Just a few of the notable writers scheduled:

  • Kristin Billerbeck, a San Jose State University graduate, will talk about her Ashley Stockingdale-Christian chick-lit series. 10 a.m. Sunday, Salon C.

  • Kirsten Brandt, associate artistic director of the San Jose Rep, will discuss Shakespeare at 1:45 p.m. Sunday in Salon C.

  • Janelle Brown will discuss her bestselling “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything” — set in Silicon Valley — at 1:45 p.m. Saturday in Salon A.

  • Brian Copeland, Bay Area comedian and television host, will chat with readers about his “Not A Genuine Black Man” at 1:10 p.m. Saturday, Salon C.

  • Former Mercury News reporter Frances Dinkelspiel will delve into her family history with a discussion of her “Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California.” She’ll speak at 11:15 a.m. Saturday in Salon C.

  • Staying in the family theme, Gilroy writer Erika Mailman will talk about her “The Witch’s Trinity” in Salon C at 1:45 p.m. Saturday. While researching the book, she discovered an ancestor who was tried twice for witchcraft in 1600s Massachusetts — and was acquitted both times.

  • Bestselling novelist Terry McMillan will talk about her work, including the new “The Interruption of Everything,” at 3 p.m. Sunday in Salon B.

  • Diane Spechler, a former Steinbeck Fellow at San Jose State, will discuss her first novel — “Who By Fire,” a commentary on guilt, grief and the inescapable bonds of family — at 10 a.m. Saturday in Salon C.

    For more information on the Book Group Expo — and to buy tickets — go to www.bookgroupexpo.com.

    Book Group Expo

    When: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
    Where: San Jose McEnery Convention Center, 150 W. San Carlos St., San Jose
    Tickets: $55 for a two-day pass; $42 for single day; 15 percent group discounts available. www.bookgroup
    expo.com

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