MONDAY: Novelist Elizabeth Strout (“Olive Kitteridge’’) and artist Anthony Kirk speak at 7 p.m., Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St., Provincetown.
TUESDAY: Christine Lehner (“Absent a Miracle’’) and Brigid Pasulka (“Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True’’) read at 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline . . . Nick Flynn (“Another B. . . Night in S. . . City’’), Marie Ponsot (“Springing’’), and artist Linda Bond speak at 7 p.m., Fine Arts Work Center.
WEDNESDAY: Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski discuss “Dormia,’’ at 7 p.m., Brookline Book-smith . . . Abigail Yasgur discusses “Max Said Yes! The Woodstock Story,’’ at 11 a.m., Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge . . . Glenn Cooper reads from “Secret of the Seventh Son,’’ 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge . . . Marie Howe (“Kingdom of Ordinary Time’’) and Richard McCann (“Mother of Sorrows’’) read at 7 p.m., Fine Arts Work Center.
FRIDAY: Alex Newman presents a birthday tribute to Frank McCourt at 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith . . . Concert violinist Gerald Elias discusses “Devil’s Trill’’ and plays at 5:30 p.m., Stellina Restaurant, 47 Main St., Watertown.
For an expanded listing, visit www.boston.com/ae/books/blog. Announcements must arrive at globebookmaking@hotmail.com two weeks before publication date. Events are subject to change. 
