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    Boston area author events October 12

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    Boston area author events October 12

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    The best local book events this week
    Boston-area author events October 12 – 18
    All author appearances are in person and free unless otherwise noted.
    SUNDAY, OCT. 12
    Isabelle Popp (“Let’s Give ‘Em Pumpkin to Talk About“) discusses and signs her debut book at 1 p.m. at Lovestruck Books. (Tickets are free, $18.91 for admission and a copy of the book.)
    MONDAY, OCT. 13
    Pat Lipsky (“Brightening Glance: Art and Life”) is in conversation with Louis Menand about his new book at 6:30 p.m. at Parkside Bookshop. (Reservation is required.)
    TUESDAY, OCT. 14
    Ken Liu (“All That We See or Seem“) is in conversation with R.F. Kuang at 6 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre, sponsored by Harvard Book Store. (Tickets are $40 and include a copy of the book.)
    Suzanne Warye (“The Sober Shift: A Modern-Day Guide to Living an Abundant Sober Life“) is in conversation with Gill Tietz about her debut book at 6 p.m. at Trident Booksellers & Cafe. (Tickets are $33 and include a copy of the book.)
    Elizabeth Melampy (“Forget the Camel: The Madcap World of Animal Festivals and What They Say About Being Human”) is in conversation with E.B. Bartels about her new book at 6:30 p.m. at All She Wrote Books. (Tickets are on a pay-what-you-can basis, $28.68 for admission and a copy of the book.)
    Rami Khouri (“Understanding Hamas: And Why That Matters“) is in conversation with Khury Petersen-Smith about his book at 6:30 p.m. at JustBook-ish. (Reservation is required.)
    Ellen T. Crenshaw (“Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter: A Graphic Novel”) discusses her graphic novel and latest addition to her The Baby-sitters Club series at 7 p.m. at Belmont Books.
    Polina Chesnakova (“Chesnok: Cooking from My Corner of the Diaspora: Recipes from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia“) is in conversation with Andrew Janjigian to celebrate the release of her new cookbook at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.)
    Stephanie Burt (“Taylor’s Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift“) is in conversation with Elizabeth Ambrose about her new book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.
    Francesca Wade (“Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife”) is in conversation with Chloe Garcia Roberts to celebrate the release of her new book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.)
    WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15
    Katherine Picarde (“The Little Ouch”) reads her picture book at 10:30 a.m. at Moon and Back Bookstore.
    Mary Roach (“Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy“) is in conversation with Elizabeth Preston about her new book at 6 p.m. at Harvard Science Center, in partnership with Harvard Book Store. (Tickets are free, $40 for admission and a copy of the book.)
    Chuck Collins (“Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet”) discusses his book at 6 p.m. at Papercuts Bookshop.
    Hank Phillippi Ryan (“All This Could Be Yours”) discusses her new book at 6 p.m. at Osterville Village Library, sponsored by Titcomb’s Bookshop. (Reservation is required.)
    Carla Sosenko (“I’ll Look So Hot In A Coffin: And Other Thoughts I Used to Have About My Body“) is in conversation with Anna Ardelean about her new memoir at 6:30 p.m. at All She Wrote Books. (Tickets are on a pay-what-you-can basis, $30 for admission and a copy of the book.)
    Katharina Galor (“Out of Gaza: A Tale of Love, Exile, and Friendship“) is in conversation with Arash Azizi about her new book at 7 p.m. at United Parish in Brookline, sponsored by Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.)
    Hester Kaplan (“Twice Born: Finding My Father in the Margins of Biography“) is in conversation with Megan Marshall about her new book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.
    Iman Hariri-Kia (“Female Fantasy”) celebrates the release of her new book at 7 p.m. at Lovestruck Books. (Tickets are $27.45 and include a copy of the book.)
    Karin Wulf (“Lineage: Genealogy & the Power of Connection in Early America”) is in conversation with Laurel Thatcher Ulrich at 6 p.m. virtually, sponsored by Massachusetts Historical Society. (Tickets are $15, $48 for virtual admission and a mailed copy of the book.)
    Michael Brownstein and Alex Madva (“Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change”) are in conversation with Mahzarin Banaji at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.)
    Cait Jacobs (“The Princess Knight“) is in conversation with Betty Cayouette to celebrate the release of their new novel at 7 p.m. at Trident Booksellers & Cafe. (Tickets are $25 and include a copy of the book.)
    THURSDAY, OCT. 16
    Brandel France de Bravo (“Locomotive Cathedral“) and Jenny Molberg (“The Court of No Record: Poems“) read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith. (Reservation is required.)
    Jake Tapper (“Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War“) is in conversation with Scott Tong at 7:30 p.m. at WBUR CitySpace, in partnership with Brookline Booksmith. (Tickets start at $10, $50 for admission and a copy of the book.)
    Jennifer Jean (“Where Do You Live?”), Dzvinia Orlowsky (“Those Absences Now Closest”), and V. Penelope Pelizzon (“A Gaze Hound That Hunteth by the Eye: Poem”) are in discussion with January Gill O’Neil and read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop and virtually via Zoom. (Tickets start at $5.)
    Amber Sparks (“Happy People Don’t Live Here“) is in conversation with Steve Himmer about her upcoming book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.
    Kanza Javed (“What Remains After a Fire: Stories”) is in conversation with Marjan Kamali about her new short story collection at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.)
    FRIDAY, OCT. 17
    Joanne Lee Molinaro (“The Korean Vegan: Homemade: Recipes and Stories from My Kitchen“) is in conversation with Amory Sivertson about her upcoming cookbook at 6 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre, sponsored by Harvard Book Store. (Tickets are $12, $45 for admission and a copy of the book.)
    Susan Orlean (“Joyride: A Memoir“) is in conversation with Deborah Becker about her new memoir at 6:30 p.m. at WBUR CitySpace, in partnership with Brookline Booksmith. (Tickets start at $10.)
    Vanessa Grubbs (“Negligent by Design: Anti-Blackness in American Medicine and How to Address It”) discusses her new book at 6:30 p.m. at Frugal Bookstore. (Reservation is required.)
    Brandon Taylor (“Minor Black Figures: A Novel“) is in conversation with Namwali Serpell about his upcoming book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.
    SATURDAY, OCT. 18
    Alison Goldberg and Selina Alko (“The Remembering Candle“) read their picture book at 11 a.m. at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. (Reservation is required.)
    Susan Orlean (“Joyride: A Memoir”) is in conversation with Leigh Haber about her new memoir at 11 a.m. at Cotuit Center for the Arts, sponsored by Titcomb’s Bookshop. (Tickets are $20.)
    Vicky Fang (“The Boo Crew and the Pumpkin Patch Rescue”) and Emilie Boon (“We Want Leaves!: A Fall Chant”) read and discuss their picture books at 11 a.m. at Newtonville Books.
    Susan Mara Bregman (“New England Sweets: Doughnuts, Bonbons & Whoopie Pies”) signs her new book at 1 p.m. at Rozzie Bound Co-op.
    Maddie Frost (“Cats on Cats on Cats“) launches and reads her new picture book at 2 p.m. at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore.
    Laurette Folk (“Eleison“) and Timothy Gager (“Joe the Salamander“) read and discuss their books at 6 p.m. at I Am Books, in partnership with Italian American Writers Association.
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