Husband-and-wife writers Paul and Grace Dooris of Williamsport will participate in a book signing 7 p.m. Saturday at Webster's Bookstore Café, 128 S. Allen St.

The couple will also perform original poetry readings and live acoustic music to promote their two most recent works.

"I'd like to see a large college crowd," Paul Dooris said.

Paul emphasized that the event will be an authentic coffee shop experience.

"State College has a lot of stimulating ideas and I'm excited to visit again," he said.

Webster's owner Elaine Meder has known the couple for four years and said that attending the performance will be worthwhile.

"Grace has performed here twice and it is always a good experience," Meder said.

Meder also said Webster's will be open for normal business hours during the performance, which she said will add a lot to the store's creative atmosphere.

Joe Anuta (sophomore-engineering), a Webster's customer, said he is excited to see some unique events in State College.

"Authors coming to State College is pretty uncommon," he said.

Paul's most recent work is a novel titled Piercing the Fine Linen, chronicling a psychological journey to a spiritual realm. The reader is carried along as the character searches for this mysterious world.

Paul explained the novel as an exploration and discourse of schizophrenia.

"Most of my writing deals with an academic discourse of psychology," he said.

Grace Dooris will be promoting her recent book of poetry and photography, Voices in the Trees, which focuses on nature.

After meeting each other in a coffee shop in Arizona, the couple fell in love and married. They explored starting their own publishing company to distribute their photography and literature. Grace Arts Press was the result, and now Paul and Grace have full artistic range.

"It opened up a lot of creative avenues, but it's still a lot of work," Paul said.

Paul and Grace have expanded their artistic expressions into comprehensive art exhibitions, such as Saturday's showcase.

"Grace and I have a lot of performance-level poetry to share," Paul said.

The Dooris' books are available at Webster's or on their Web site (www.graceartspress.com).