Some authors visiting Triangle bookstores this week:

Quail Ridge Books & Music, 3522 Wade Ave., Raleigh:

Sunday at 3 p.m.: Keith Flynn, “Colony Collapse Disorder.”

Thursday at 7:30 p.m.: Bob Thompson: “Born on a Mountaintop: On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier.”

Friday at 7:30 p.m.: James Salzman, “Drinking Water: A History.”

Info: 919-828-1588 or quailridgebooks.com

At Barnes & Noble, 5400 New Hope Commons, Durham:

Saturday at 1 p.m.: Sarah Patzold, “The Goblet.”

Info: 919-489-3012 or barnesandnoble.com