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BOOKS The best local book events this week Boston-area author events Nov. 9-15 All author appearances are in person and free unless otherwise noted. SUNDAY, NOV. 9 Leah Koenig (“Portico: Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen”) discusses her new cookbook and demonstrates how to bake an Amaretti at 2 p.m. at JCC Greater Boston, sponsored by Hummingbird Books. Brian Lies ("Cat Nap“) reads his picture book at 2 p.m. at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore. Nicole Wong (“Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora”) discusses her book and guides mahjong gameplay at 3 p.m. at Parkside Bookshop. (Reservation is required.) Abby White (“D.J. Rosemblum Becomes the G.O.A.T.“), Emi Watanabe Cohen (”Golemcrafters“), and Sacha Lamb (“The Forbidden Book“) discuss their YA books as part of a Jewish kids literature panel at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) MONDAY, NOV. 10 Tim Bouverie ("Allies at War: How the Struggles Between the Allied Powers Shaped the War and the World“) discusses his book at 6 p.m. at Boston Athenaeum. (Tickets are free for members, $20 for non-members.) Niayesh Afshordi (“Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins“) is in conversation with Lisa Randall about his book at 6 p.m. at Harvard Science Center. (Tickets are free, $34.53 for admission and a copy of the book.) David Nasaw (“The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II”) is in conversation with Mike Barnicle about his new book at 6 p.m. virtually, sponsored by the Boston Public Library and American Ancestors. (Reservation is required.) Kendall Kulper (“A Time Traveler’s History of Tomorrow“) is in conversation with Kaliisha Cole as a special guest at Porter Square Books’ Young Adult Book Club at 6:30 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.) James Geary (“The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism, Second Edition“) discusses his new book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. Paul Scheufele (“Damaged Goods“) discusses his book at 7 p.m. at Hummingbird Books. (Tickets are $27 and include a copy of the book.) N.E. Davenport (“Our Vicious Oaths”) is in conversation with Jess Lee to celebrate the release of her new book at 7 p.m. at Lovestruck Books. (Tickets are $30.65 and include a copy of the book.) Alissa Lee (“With Friends Like These”) is in conversation with Katherine Sherbrooke about her debut book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Boston and virtually via Crowdcast, in partnership with GrubStreet. (Reservation is required.) Allie Tagle-Dokus (“Lucky Girl“) is in conversation with Annie Hartnett to celebrate the release of her debut book at 7 p.m. at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore. TUESDAY, NOV. 11 Emily Hurd ("Hello Broadway: A Young Person’s Guide to the World of Musical Theater“) reads her picture book at 4 p.m. at Beacon Hill Books & Cafe. (Reservation is required.) Nikolay Kukushkin ("One Hand Clapping: Unraveling the Mystery of the Human Mind“) discusses his new book at 6 p.m. at Harvard Science Center. (Tickets are free, $35.01 for admission and a copy of the book.) Theodora Goss ("Letters From an Imaginary Country“) is in conversation with Auston Habershaw about her new book at 6 p.m. at Trident Booksellers & Cafe. (Reservation is required.) David Gate (“A Rebellion of Care: Poems and Essays”) reads his poetry at 6:30 p.m. at Parkside Bookshop. (Reservation is required.) David Baldacci ("Nash Falls“) is in conversation with Hank Phillippi Ryan about his new book at 7 p.m. at Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center, sponsored by An Unlikely Story. (Tickets are $48.24 and include a copy of the book.) Alex Thayer ("Bad Cheerleader“) is in conversation with Adriana Mather to celebrate the release of her new book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) Joseph Luzzi ("The Innocents of Florence: The Renaissance Discovery of Childhood“) discusses his upcoming book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. Eliza Dumais (“Grape Juice”) is in conversation with Sierra Goodhue about her new book, followed by a wine tasting at 7 p.m. at Lovestruck Books. (Tickets are $23.18 and include a copy of the book, $60.54 for admission, a copy of the book, and a wine tasting.) Felice Frankel ("Phenomenal Moments: Revealing the Hidden Science Around Us“) discusses her new book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.) Kacey Ezell ("Magelight“) and Marisa Wolf ("A Plague of Magic“) discuss and celebrate their new books at 7 p.m. at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12 Enrique Vila-Matas ("Montevideo“) is in conversation with Xita Rubert to celebrate the release of his new book at 1 p.m. virtually via Zoom as part of the Transnational Literature Series, sponsored by Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) Ray Madoff ("The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy“) discusses his book at 6 p.m. at Boston Athenaeum. (Tickets are free for members, $20 for non-members.) Alma Katsu (“Fiend”) discusses her book at 6:30 p.m. at Union Church, sponsored by the Boston Public Library. Vanessa Lillie (“The Bone Thief“) is in conversation with Elizabeth Gonzalez James about her new book at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) Anselm Berrigan (“Don’t Forget to Love Me”) and Marcella Durand (“A Winter Triangle: Poems”) read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop and virtually via Zoom. (Tickets start at $5.) Lacey N. Dunham (“The Belles”) and Laura Venita Green (“Sister Creatures”) are in conversation about their debut books at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.) THURSDAY, NOV. 13 Kelly Cervantes ("The Luckiest: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Motherhood, and the Pursuit of Self“) is in conversation with Broadway star Miguel Cervantes and Marianne Leone about her new book, followed by a performance from Cervantes, at 7 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre, sponsored by Harvard Book Store. Linda Yael Schiller ("Ancestral Dreaming: Heal Generational Wounds Through Dreamwork“) is in conversation with Julie Leavitt about her new book at 7 p.m. at Belmont Books. Hamid Ismailov ("We Computers: A Ghazal Novel“), and translator Shelley Fairweather-Vega are in conversation with Sunil Sharma to celebrate the release of his new book at 7 p.m. as a part of the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) Serhii Plokhy (“The Nuclear Age: An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival“) is in conversation with Mykhailo Soldatenko about his new book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. Matt Donovan (“The Dug-Up Gun Museum"), Nathan McClain ("Previously Owned“), and Iain Haley Pollock (“All the Possible Bodies”) read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.) FRIDAY, NOV. 14 Lama Rod Owens ("The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors“) discusses his new book at 6 p.m. at JustBook-ish. (Reservation is required.) Anthony Amore (“The Rembrandt Heist: The Story of a Criminal Genius, a Stolen Masterpiece, and an Enigmatic Friendship”) discusses his book at 7 p.m. at An Unlikely Story. (Tickets are $34.40 and include a copy of the book.) Mary Bonina (“My Way Home“) is in conversation with Louie Cronin about her book at 7 p.m. at Belmont Books. Monika Herceg (“Closed Season“) is in conversation with Ellen Elias-Bursać to celebrate the release of her new poetry collection at 7 p.m. as a part of the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.) John Samuel Harpham (“The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery: English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic World“) discusses his new book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store. Eleri Harris and Shay Sarah Mirk (“Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative”) celebrate the release of their new book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Boston, in partnership with Boston Comic Arts Foundation. (Reservation is required.) SATURDAY, NOV. 15 Kathleen Choi ("Giving Thanks with Halmoni“) reads her picture book at 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at Parkside Bookshop. (Reservation is required.) Cassandra Federman (“Gray Squirrel Loses It“) reads her picture book at 11 a.m. at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore. E.B. Bartels (“Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter”) and Sy Montgomery (“The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle”) discuss their books at 11 a.m. at West Newton Cinema as a benefit for the Turtle Survival Alliance, sponsored by Newtonville Books. (Tickets are $15.) Nicky Gonzalez (“Mayra”) discusses her new book at 1 p.m. at Rozzie Bound Co-op. Eoin Colfer (“Firefox Moon“) is in conversation with Jenny L. Howe about his new addition to his ”Juniper Lane" series at 2 p.m. at An Unlikely Story. (Tickets are $5, $21.24 for admission and a copy of the book.) Kamala Harris ("107 Days“) discusses her book and presidential campaign at 2 p.m. at Chevalier Theatre, sponsored by Brookline Booksmith. (Tickets start at $113.74.) Whitni Irving (“Letters to Ms. 1000: Words of Wisdom from African American Women Architects″) discusses her new book at 4:30 p.m. at Frugal Bookstore. (Tickets are free, $44.52 for admission and a copy of the book.) Advertisement
