Bookings
TODAY: Dick Lehr reads from “The Fence,’’ 3 p.m., Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord . . . Christopher Lydon, X.J. Kennedy, and F.D. Reeve present a “Salute to John Updike,’’ 4 p.m., Longfellow National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge . . . Roxana Robinson (“Cost’’) and Joan Wickersham (“The Suicide Index’’) read, 2 p.m., Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville . . . Walter Littell, Joel Johnson, and others read, 3 p.m., followed by an open mike session, Concord Poetry Center, Emerson Umbrella for the Arts, 40 Stow St., Concord.
MONDAY: Steve Early reads from “Embedded with Organized Labor,’’ 7 p.m., Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge . . . Dick Lehr discusses “The Fence,’’ 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline . . . Poet Cynthia Huntington and artist Rebekah Tolley speak, 7 p.m., Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St., Provincetown.
TUESDAY: Elijah Wald discusses “How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ’n’ Roll,’’ 7 p.m., Porter Square Books . . . Joan Wickersham discusses “The Suicide Index,’’ 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith . . . Gregg Hurwitz discusses “Trust No One,’’ 7 p.m., Borders Back Bay, 511 Boylston St. . . . Novelist Jayne Anne Phillips and artist Joel Janowitz speak, 7 p.m., Fine Arts Work Center.
WEDNESDAY: Jennifer Haigh reads from “The Condition,’’ 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith . . . Larry Tye discusses “Satchel,’’ 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge . . . Poet Henri Cole and artist Connie Imboden speak, 7 p.m., Fine Arts Work Center.
THURSDAY: Susan Barry discusses “Fixing My Gaze,’’ 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store.
For an expanded listing, visit boston.com/ae/books/blog. 
