MONDAY: Editors John Callahan and Adam Bradley discuss Ralph Ellison’s “Three Days Before the Shooting,” at 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge . . . Kevin O’Hara reads from “A Lucky Irish Lad,” at 7 p.m., Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge.
TUESDAY: Rebecca Stead discusses “When You Reach Me,” at 6 p.m., Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington St., Wellesley . . . Karen Pryor discusses “Reaching the Animal Mind,” 7 p.m., Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge . . .Dwayne Raymond discusses “Mornings with Mailer,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline . . . Shankar Vedantam discusses “The Hidden Brain,” at 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store.
WEDNESDAY: Rebecca Skloot discusses “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” at 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store . . . John Brockman and others discuss “This Will Change Everything,” at 7 p.m., Harvard Square Coop . . . Nancy Kehoe discusses “Wrestling with Our Inner Angels,” at 7:30 p.m., Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard St., Brookline . . . Alex R. Goldfeld discusses “Slavery and Freedom,” at 6:30 p.m., Boston Public Library, Copley Square.
THURSDAY: Poet Tony Hoagland reads, 6 p.m., Kevin Bright Screening Room, Paramount Center at Emerson College, 555 Washington St. . . . Sarah Blake reads from “The Postmistress,” noon,
FRIDAY: Jim Hirsch discusses “Willie Mays,” at 7 p.m., Borders, 255 Grossman Drive, Braintree.
For an expanded listing, visit boston.com/ae/books/blog. 
