Greater Boston author readings March 2-8
SUNDAY: Bill Alberti (“Once Upon a Sunrise”) and Louise Dery-Wells read at
12:45 p.m. at the Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North St., Plymouth … Michael
Quinlin (“Irish Boston: A Lively Look at Boston’s Colorful Irish Past”) reads at 2
p.m. at Lawrence Heritage State Park, 1 Jackson St., Lawrence … Dory Codington
(“Cardinal Points”) reads at 2 p.m. at Book Ends, 559 Main St., Winchester … Susan
Minot (“Thirty Girls”) reads at 3 p.m. at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord …
Jeffrey Bolster (“The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail”) reads at 4
p.m. at the Paul Pratt Memorial Library, 35 Ripley Rd., Cohasset
MONDAY: Claire Messud ("The Woman Upstairs") reads at 4:30 p.m. at Wellesley
College, Newhouse Center for the Humanities, 106 Central St., Wellesley … Barbara
Helfgott Hyett (“Rift”) and Wendy Mnookin (“To Get Here”) read at 7 p.m. at
Harvard Yenching Library, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge … Emily Parker (“Now I Know
Who My Comrades Are: Voices from the Internet Underground”) reads at 7 p.m. at
Harvard Book Store
TUESDAY: Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen (“Thanks for the Feedback: The
Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well”) read at 6 p.m. at the Brattle
Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge ($5 tickets at http://www.harvard.com/event/
douglas_stone_and_sheila_heen/) … Marie Rutkoski (“The Winner's Curse”) reads
in conversation with Kristin Cashore at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Megan
Marshall (“Margaret Fuller: A New American Life”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline
Booksmith … John Clark Levin (“Private Anti-Piracy Navies: How Warships for Hire
Are Changing Maritime Security”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop … Shannon
Hale (“Dangerous”) reads at 7 p.m. at Wellesley Books, 82 Central St., Wellesley
WEDNESDAY: Michio Kaku (“The Future of the Mind”) reads at 6 p.m. at
the Coolidge Corner Theatre (tickets $5 or free with book pre-order; visit
brooklinebooksmith.com/tickets or call 617-566-6660) … Kim Harrison (“The
Undead Pool”) reads at 6 p.m. in the Commonwealth Salon at the Boston Public
Library, Copley, 700 Boylston St. … Andrea Raynor (“Incognito: Lost and Found
at Harvard Divinity School”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop … Adam Wilson
(“What’s Important Is Feeling”) and Paul Rome (“We All Sleep in the Same Room”)
read at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Mireille Guiliano (“French Women Don’t
Get Facelifts”) reads at 7 p.m. at Wellesley Books, 82 Central St., Wellesley ($5
ticket may be used as coupon) … Kenneth Calhoun (“Black Moon”) reads at 7 p.m.
at Newtonville Books … Peniel Joseph (“Stokely: A Life”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter
Square Books
THURSDAY: Denis Kitchen (“The Art of Harvey Kurtzman”) and Paul Hornschemeier
(“Mother Come Home”) speak about legendary cartoonist Will Eisner at 6 p.m. at the
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge … Christopher Klein (“Strong
Boy: The Life and times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero”) reads
at 6 p.m. in Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, Copley, 700 Boylston St. …
Kathleen Hirsch (“A Home in the Heart of a City”) reads at 6:15 p.m. at the Jamaica
Plain Branch of BPL, 12 Sedgwick St. … Maxim D. Shrayer (“Leaving Russia: A Jewish
Story”) reads at 6:30 p.m. at the Driscoll School, 64 Westbourne Terrace, Brookline
… Alan Lightman (“The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew”)
reads at 7 p.m. at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord … Aaron Their (“The
Ghost Apple”) reads at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books … Peniel Joseph (“Stokely: A
Life”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Terry Kitchen (“Next Big Thing”) and
Rob Siegel (“Memoirs of a Hack Mechanic”) read at 7 p.m. at the Somerville Public
Library, 79 Highland Ave., Somerville … Kate Alcott (“The Daring Ladies of Lowell”)
reads at 7 p.m. at Tufts Library, 46 Broad St., Weymouth … Andrew Knapp (“Find
Momo: A Photography Book”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith …
FRIDAY: David Christopher (“The Holy Universe: A New Story of Creation for the
Heart, Soul, and Spirit”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop … Vivien Shotwell
(“Vienna Nocturne”) in conversation with Margot Livesey at 7 p.m. at Harvard
Book Store … Eamon Loingsigh (“Light of the Didicoy”), Don Hussey (“Chesapeake
Station”), and Gregory LeStage (“Small Gods of Summer”) read at 8 p.m. at Out of the
Blue Art Gallery, 106 Prospect St., Cambridge
SATURDAY: Helen Oyeyemi (“Boy, Snow, Bird”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline
Booksmith
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