LITERATURE BOOKSIGNING. The Book Mark. 5001 E. Speedway. 881-6350. Derrick Neill signs Adventures in Space Time, a sci-fi novel, from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, December 14. BOOKSIGNING. Borders Books & Music. 4235 N. Oracle Road. 292-1331. Demetria Martínez signs her acclaimed novel Mother Tongue at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 14. An interview with the author appears in this week's Review section. BOOKSIGNING. Clues Unlimited. 123 S. Broadway Village. 326-8533. James Crumley signs Bordersnakes from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, December 13. Crumley will also give a signing at 1:30 p.m. Friday, December 13, at Borders Books & Music, 4235 N. Oracle Road. Call 292-1331 for information. BOOKSIGNING. Hotel Congress lobby. 311 E. Congress St. 882-8848. A holiday booksigning with free punch and cookies gets underway at 5 p.m. Saturday, December 14, with a signing by cartoonist Max Cannon and photographer Steven Meckler for their respective works, Red Meat: A Collection of RED MEAT Cartoons and Steven Meckler Photographs. Special musical guest Calexico performs. BOOKSIGNING. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Margarita Kay signs Healing with Plants in the American and Mexican West at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 14. COLLECTOR'S CORNER. Bookman's Used Books. 1930 E. Grant Road. 325-5767. Bookman's Collector's Corner lecture series continues with Robin and Kathryn Smiley, owners and operators of Firsts, The Book Collector's Magazine. The Smileys will tell you what you need to know about identifying and collecting modern and not-so-modern first editions. CALL FOR ENTRIES. Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum is accepting entries for its Distinguished Poet Awards. Thirty-four cash prizes are offered, including a $1,000 grand prize. Enter one poem only, 20 lines or less, on any subject and in any style. Deadline for entries is January 31, 1997. Submissions will be considered for publication in Treasured Poems of America, a hardcover anthology. Winners will be announced March 31. Send entries to: Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum, Dept. N, 609 Main St., P.O. Box 193, Sistersville, WV 26175-0193. LITERACY VOLUNTEERS. For the love of literacy, become a tutor. Free reading instruction and English help for adults. Call Literacy Volunteers of Pima County at 884-8337 for information.

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