Events: Mike Doughty to discuss, sign his memoir

Book Talk

Musician Mike Doughty (The Book of Drugs) will discuss and sign his memoir at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Inkwood Books, 216 S Armenia Ave., Tampa.

Investigative journalist Cynthia Barnett (Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis) will discuss and sign her book at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Davis Hall, Room 104, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, 140 Seventh Ave. S.

Historian Keith Kohl (Florida's Civil War Years) will discuss and sign his book at 2 p.m. Friday at the Tarpon Springs Library, 138 E Lemon St.

The University of South Florida creative writing MFA program presents Blank Page, a symposium on creative writing, Thursday and Friday at USF's Marshall Center, 4202 E Fowler Ave., Tampa. For a schedule of readings and panels, go to www.facebook.com/events/353101431381900/.