Bookings
TODAY: Joe Kahn, Neil Swidey, and Bella English discuss “Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy,’’ at 3 p.m., Hingham Town Hall Auditorium ($5) . . . Barbara Lynch discusses “Stir,’’ at 3 p.m., Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St. MONDAY: Poets Henri Cole and Marilyn Chin read at 8 p.m., Blacksmith House, 56 Brattle St., Cambridge; tickets ($3) . . . Michael Sandel discusses “Justice,’’ at 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store, Cambridge. TUESDAY: Dorothy Crawford reads from “Windfall of Musicians,’’ at 7 p.m., Porter Square Books, Cambridge . . . Charles Pierce discusses “Idiot America,’’ at 7 p.m., Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Ave. . . . Jessica Shattuck (“Perfect Life’’) and Juliette Fay (“Shelter Me’’) read at 5:30 p.m., Stellina Restaurant, 47 Main St., Watertown.
WEDNESDAY: Jonathan Safran Foer reads from “Eating Animals,’’ at 7:30 p.m., Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard St., Brookline ($5) . . . Beth Teitell (“Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth’’) speaks at 5:30 p.m., Kernwood Country Club, 1 Kernwood St., Salem (advance registration required). THURSDAY: Henry Louis Gates discusses “Colored People,’’ at 7:30 p.m., Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge; for ticket information, visit harvard.com . . . John Connolly reads from “The Gates,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books . . . Daniel and Dina Nayeri discuss “Another Faust,’’ at 7 p.m., at Concord Free Library, 129 Main St.
FRIDAY: Robert Strassler discusses “The Landmark Xenophon’s Hellenika,’’ at 3 p.m., Harvard Book Store . . . Susan Shapiro (“Speed Shrinking’’) and Abby Sher (“Amen, Amen, Amen’’) read at 7 p.m., at Borders, 300 Boylston St., Chestnut Hill.
SATURDAY: Kate St. Vincent Vogl reads from “Lost and Found,’’ at 4 p.m., Book Rack, Newburyport.
