Boston area author visits, week of Dec. 3

SUNDAY: Rabbi Joseph Telushkin discusses “A Code of Jewish Ethics,” at 7 p.m., at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton St., Newton ($12); for ticket information, call 617-965-5226 … Fred Snyder signs “Ezekiel’s Vision,” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Israel Book Shop, 410 Harvard St., Brookline.

MONDAY: Charlie Pierce discusses “Moving the Chains,” at 6:30 p.m., at Hong Kong, 1236 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … Joan Houlihan and other New England Poetry Club prize winners read at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Yenching Library, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge … Lindsay Pollack discusses “The Girl with the Gallery,” at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University, Kenmore Square … Max Boot discusses “War Made New,” at 12:30 p.m., at Borders Downtown Crossing, 10-24 School St. … Rabbi Dan Judson discusses “Jewish Holidays: A Brief Introduction for Christians,” at 7:30 p.m., at the Striar Jewish Community Center, 445 Central St., Stoughton; preregister by Dec. 3 by calling 781-341-2016 x 279.

TUESDAY: Suzanne Berne reads from “The Ghost at the Table,” at 7:30 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville … Leora Lev (“Enter at Your Own Risk”) and Brandon Stosuy (“Up Is Up, but So Is Down”) read at 7 p.m., at the Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St., Brookline … Alicia Shepard discusses “Woodward and Bernstein,” at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University … Charles Pierce discusses “Moving the Chains,” at 7 p.m., at the Hingham Public Library, 66 Leavitt St., Hingham … Dan Andelman discusses “Phantom Gourmet Guide to Boston’s Best Restaurants,” at 7:30 p.m., at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center ($7.50); for ticket information, call 617-965-5226 … Harold S. Kushner discusses “Overcoming Life’s Disappointments,” at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, 1 Worcester Rd., Framingham.

WEDNESDAY: Zoe Trodd, Howard Zinn, and John Stauffer discuss “American Protest Literature,” at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University … Elizabeth Berg reads from “The Handmaid and the Carpenter,” at 7 p.m., at the Brookline Booksmith … Ian Toll discuses “Six Frigates,” at 7:30 p.m., at Newtonville Books … Fred Snyder discusses “Ezekiel’s Vision,” at 11 a.m., at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center[[note: not part of Jewish book fair, so no phone number needed]] …Emerson College hosts a Small Press Publishing and Poetry Reading at 7 p.m., in the Emerson Room, 80 Boylston St.

THURSDAY: Charles Pierce discusses “Moving the Chains,” at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University … Kitty Burns Florey discusses “Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog,” at 7 p.m., at the Brookline Booksmith … Michael Wex discusses “Born to Kvetch,” at 7:30 p.m., at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center; for ticket information, call 617-965-5226 … Andy Wasif signs “How to Talk to a Yankee Fan,” at 7:30 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Framingham.

[no FRIDAY listings]

SATURDAY: Nathaniel Philbrick reads from “Mayflower,” at 4 p.m., at Borders Back Bay, 501 Boylston St. … Children’s author Sara Pennypacker reads from “Clementine,” at 2 p.m., at Book Ends, 559 Main ST., Winchester … Children’s author Gordon Morrison reads from “A Drop of Water,” at 1 p.m., at Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham … Children’s author Bob Staake signs “The Red Lemon,” from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., at Yellow Umbrella Books, 501 Main St., Chatham.

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