Author readings, week of 1/7

By Judith Maas

TUESDAY: John Sedgwick discusses ‘‘In My Blood,’’ at 6:30 p.m., at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St.; tickets in advance ($15) through www.masshist.org/events or 617-646-0560; $20 at door.

WEDNESDAY: Peter D. Kramer discusses ‘‘Freud,’’ at 6:30 p.m., at the Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. ..... Jake Halpern discusses ‘‘Fame Junkies,’’ at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St., Brookline. ..... Nardi Reeder Campion discusses ‘‘Over the Hill You Pick Up Speed,’’ at 2 p.m., at the Pratt Library, 35 Ripley Rd., Cohasset.

THURSDAY: John Mosier discusses ‘‘Cross of Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German War Machine, 1918-1945,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Massachusetts School of Law, Woodland Park, 500 Federal St., Andover. ..... Glenn Frank signs ‘‘Abe Gilman’s Ending,’’ at 12:30 p.m., at Borders Downtown Crossing, 10-24 School St. ..... Fiction writers Kathleen Crowley, Allan Reeder, and Cynthia Riede and poets Chloe Joan Lopez and Andrea Werblin read at 7 p.m., in the Grub Street Reading Room, 160 Boylston St.

FRIDAY: Sara C. Mednick discusses ‘‘Take a Nap!: Change Your Life,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge.

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