Bo Caldwell, a Cupertino author, is scheduled to speak 3:30 p.m. April 6 at the Los Altos main library as part of the Fourth Annual “Speaking Volumes” series by leading contemporary authors.

Sponsored by the Los Altos Library Endowment, the presentation will be held in the Program Room of the library, 13 N. San Antonio Road.

Caldwell’s novel “The Distant Land of My Father” was published in hardcover by Chronicle Books in October 2001 and in paperback by Harcourt in September 2002. The book was a national best-seller and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001.

The endowment arm of the Los Altos library has current assets in excess of $2 million. The endowment seeks generous gifts and bequests to perpetuate the financial strength and stability of the library.

For more information, visit www.lalendow.org.