TODAY: Senator Chuck Hagel discusses "America," at 3 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge. . . . Young-adult author Marissa Doyle and children's author M. P. Barker speak at 3 p.m., at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord.
TOMORROW: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jorie Graham reads from "Sea Change," at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline. . . . Elizabeth Strout reads from "Olive Kitteridge," at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge.
TUESDAY: Eileen Pollack reads from "In the Mouth," at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith. . . . Suzanne Strempek Shea discusses "Sundays in America," at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop.
WEDNESDAY: Susan Linn discusses "The Case for Make Believe," at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge. . . . Max Hastings discusses "Retribution," at 7 p.m., at Harvard Bookstore.
THURSDAY: Augusten Burroughs discusses "A Wolf at the Table," at 6 p.m., at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge; tickets available at Harvard Square Coop information desk. . . . Fiona Maazel and Josh Barkan read at 7 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville. . . . Franco and Gwen Romagnoli discuss "Italy, the Romagnoli Way," at 6 p.m., at the Globe Corner Bookstore, 90 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge.
FRIDAY: Lawrence Weinstein discusses "Grammar for the Soul," at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store. . . . Rusty Barnes, John Sheier, and Chad Reynolds read at 8 p.m., at Out of the Blue Gallery, 106 Prospect St., Cambridge.
SATURDAY: Kate Scarlata and Laura Einbinder sign "Real People Need Real Food," at 1 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith, 82 Central St., Wellesley.
For an expanded listing, visit boston.com/ae/books/blog.
Events are subject to change.
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