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What's coming up?

Looking for reader and author events in Hampton Roads this week? Here's a sampling:

•Newport News author Aaron Caleb Carter will sign copies of "His Apropos Desire" (nonfiction, 2014) on Saturday from 2-4 p.m. at the Newport News Barnes & Noble, 12170 Jefferson Ave.

•The Friends of the Newport News Public Library will hold a book sale on Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the lower level of the Virgil I. Grissom Library, 366 DeShazor Drive. Email friendsnewportnews@yahoo.com for additional information.

•The Barnes & Noble at Hampton's Peninsula Town Center kicks off "Get Pop Cultured" this weekend. It's a month-long celebration of pop culture in books for all ages. Call 757-827-1118 for information.

•Mary Wakefield Buxton of Urbanna, author of "The Private War of William Styron," will speak at the Middlesex Kiwanis Club on Monday, July 21, at 6:45 p.m. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. The club meets at the Urbanna United Methodist Church meeting hall, 221 Marston Ave.

Writing contest deadline

Hampton Roads Writers is sponsoring a writing contest in conjunction with its annual conference which is scheduled for Sept. 18-20 at the Westin Town Center in Virginia Beach. Cash prizes will be awarded in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. It's free to enter, but you must be registered for the conference. The deadline is Friday, July 25. Go to hamptonroadswriters.org for information.

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