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BOOKS The best local book events this week Boston-area author events Nov. 2-8 All author appearances are in person and free unless otherwise noted. SUNDAY, NOV. 2 Yiscah Smith ("Planting Seeds of the Divine: Torah Commentaries to Cultivate Your Spiritual Practice“) discusses her book at 10:30 a.m. at Temple Israel of Boston, sponsored by Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) Raegan Revord (“Rules for Fake Girlfriends”) discusses their debut book at 3 p.m. at Lovestruck Books. (Tickets are $23.18 and include a copy of the book.) Catharina Coenen ("Unexploded Ordinance: What She Felt. What They Feared. How They Survived. What They Saw.“) is in conversation Grace Talusan about her new book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith as a part of the Transnational Literature Series. (Reservation is required.) Steven J. Zipperstein (“Philip Roth: Stung By Life”) is in conversation with Rachel Kadish at 7 p.m. at Hummingbird Books. (Tickets are free, $33 for admission and a copy of the book.) MONDAY, NOV. 3 Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders (“Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship”) discuss their new book at 2 p.m. virtually, sponsored by the Boston Public Library. (Reservation is required.) Steve Ramirez ("How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past“) discusses his new book at 6:30 p.m. at Harvard Science Center. Irin Carmon ("Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America“) is in conversation with Aziza Ahmed about her new book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. TUESDAY, NOV. 4 Tiffany Hammond ("A Day With No Words“) reads her picture book at 4 p.m. at Beacon Hill Books & Cafe. (Reservation is required.) Andrew Zimmern (“The Blue Food Cookbook: Delicious Seafood Recipes for a Sustainable Future“) is in conversation with Barton Seaver about his new cookbook at 6 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre, sponsored by Harvard Book Store. (Tickets are $12, $50 for admission and a copy of the book.) Tigest Girma (“Eternal Ruin”) is in conversation with Melissa Caruso about her new installment of her Immortal Dark series at 6 p.m. at An Unlikely Story. (Tickets are $25.52 and include a signed copy of the book.) Colin Woodard (“Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America”) discusses his book at 7 p.m. at Belmont Books. Amy Erdman Farrell (“Intrepid Girls: The Complicated History of the Girl Scouts of the USA“) is in conversation with Tiya Miles about her upcoming book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. Sarina Bowen (“Thrown For A Loop: A New York Legends Hockey Romance”) is in conversation with Kate Canterbary to celebrate the release of her new book at 7 p.m. at Lovestruck Books. (Tickets are $26.38 and include a copy of the book.) Chloe Gong (“Coldwire”) celebrates the release of her new book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Tickets are $23.36 and include a signed copy of the book.) WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5 Cedric Woods, Allison Taylor, and Phillip Granberry (“To Live and Thrive in Massachusetts: Native American Perspectives on Wealth“) discuss their new report at noon at the State Library. Damian Shiels ("Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861–1865“) is in conversation with Melanie McComb about his new book at 2 p.m. virtually via a live broadcast, sponsored by American Ancestors. (Tickets are $15.) David Tuch (“The Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade“) is in conversation with John D. Woodworth Jr. about his debut book at 6 p.m. at Trident Booksellers & Cafe. (Reservation is required.) Danielle Rousseau and Jo Michael Rezes (“Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food (with Recipes)”) are in conversation with Megan J. Elias and Alex D. Ketchum about their new anthology at 6:30 p.m. at Connexion United Methodist Church, sponsored by All She Wrote Books. (Tickets are $5, $35.76 for admission and a copy of the book.) Noel Rubinton (“Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee”) is in conversation with Cullen Murphy about his new book at 6 p.m. at Boston Athenaeum. (Member tickets are free, $20 for non-members.) Kate Woodworth ("Little Great Island“) is in conversation with Julie Carrick Dalton about her new book at 7 p.m. at Book Ends Winchester. (Reservation is required.) Mark Z. Danielewski (“Tom’s Crossing“) discusses his book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Public Library — Brookline Village, sponsored by Brookline Booksmith. Peter Balakian (“New York Trilogy”) reads his poetry and is in discussion with Susan Barba at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop and virtually via Zoom. (Tickets are $10.) Danny Rensch (“Dark Squares: How Chess Saved My Life”) is in conversation with Ben Mezrich to celebrate the release of his new book at 7 p.m. at Hummingbird Books. (Tickets are $39.19 and include a copy of the book.) Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman (“A Fate So Cold”) are in conversation with Rory Power about their new book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.) Adrienne Young (“Fallen City”) is in conversation with Carissa Broadbent at 7 p.m. at the Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center, sponsored by An Unlikely Story. (Tickets are $48.24 and include a signed copy of the book.) Charlie Mackesy (“Always Remember: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, The Horse, and the Storm“) discusses his book at 7:30 p.m. at the Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre, sponsored by Brookline Booksmith. (Tickets are $48.) THURSDAY, NOV. 6 Hilary Horder Hippely (“I Know How to Draw an Owl”), Randy Ribay (“Everything We Never Had”), and Candace Fleming (“Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown”), the 2025 winners of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, celebrate and sign their books at 5 p.m. at Cambridge Public Library, sponsored by the Horn Book. (Reservation is required.) Brigitte Dale ("The Good Daughters“) is in conversation with Kelly Colvin about her new book at 6:30 p.m. at Parkside Bookshop. (Reservation is required.) Christina Henry (“The Place Where They Buried Your Heart”) is in conversation with Christopher Golden to celebrate the release of her new book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) Miriam Udel (“Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature“) discusses her upcoming book at 7 p.m. at Temple Israel of Boston, sponsored by Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) Liz Gotauco ("F*cked Up Fairy Tales: Sinful Cinderellas, Prince Alarmings, and Other Timeless Classics“) discusses her book at 7 p.m. at Copper Dog Books. (Reservation is required.) Chloe Garcia Roberts (“Carne de Dios”) and Brad Fox (“Another Bone-Swapping Event”) are in conversation about their new books at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. Tom Piazza (“Living in the Present with John Prine”) is in conversation with Steve Yarbrough to celebrate the release of his new book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.) Delaney Nolan ("Happy Bad“) discusses her new book at 7:30 p.m. at All She Wrote Books. (Tickets are on a pay-what-you-can basis, $27.62 for admission and a copy of the book.) Susan Lee (“Julia Song Is Undateable”) is in conversation with Alexis Daria and Ali Hazelwood to celebrate the release of her new book at 8:45 p.m. at Lovestruck Books. (Tickets are $21.05 and include a signed copy of the book.) FRIDAY, NOV. 7 Eli Frankel ("Sisters in Death: The Black Dahlia, The Prairie Heiress, and Their Hunter“) discusses his new book at 7 p.m. at Belmont Books. Allison Adair (“The Clearing: Poems”) is celebrated as the Brookline’s new poet laureate and is reading her poems alongside previous poet laureates Jennifer Barber, Judith Steinbergh, Jan Schreiber, and Zvi Sesling at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) Atash Yaghmaian (“My Name Means Fire: A Memoir“) discusses her new memoir at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. Lara Ehrlich (“Bind Me Tighter Still”) and Kristin Bair (“Clementine Crane Prefers Not To“) discuss their books at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, in partnership with the Raging Women Collective. (Reservation is required.) Elin Hilderbrand (“The Academy“) discusses her book at 7 p.m. at Hyannis Arts Hall, sponsored by Titcomb’s Bookshop. (Tickets start at $39.19.) SATURDAY, NOV. 8 Iris G. Sokol ("Mudge and Lola in the Strollah: Based on a true story about two BFFs from Boston“) reads her new picture book at 10 a.m. at the Charlestown Branch of the Boston Public Library. A.J. Smith ("Catnip Mouse“) reads her picture book at 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at Parkside Bookshop. (Reservation is required.) Megan Litwin (“Gather Grateful“) reads her picture book at 11 a.m. at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore. Brian Lies (“Cat Nap”) reads his picture book at noon at An Unlikely Story. (Tickets are free, $23.29 for admission and a copy of the book.) Hannah Corbin (“Did You Stretch Tho: 52 Stretches to Increase Flexibility, Balance, and Performance“) signs her book at noon at Hummingbird Books. (Tickets are $32 and include a copy of the book.) Vanessa Lillie (“The Bone Thief”) and Christa Carmen (“How to Fake a Haunting”) are in conversation with Tracy Sierra about their new novels at 3 p.m. at An Unlikely Story. (Tickets are $5.) Pascale Sablan (“Greatness: Diverse Designers of Architecture”) discusses her book at 4:30 p.m. at Frugal Bookstore. (Tickets are free, $49.87 for admission and a copy of the book.) Atash Yaghmaian ("My Name Means Fire: A Memoir“) discusses her memoir at 6 p.m. at Papercuts Bookshop. (Reservation is required.) Advertisement
