Boston area author visits, week of April 29-May 5

By Judith Maas

SUNDAY: Jack Beatty reads from ‘‘Age of Betrayal,’’ at 3 p.m., at the Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord. ... Arrowsmith Press celebrates its fifth season from 3 to 5 p.m., at Lame Duck Books, 12 Arrow St., Cambridge. ... Poets Harris Gardner, Diana Der Hovannessian, and others read at 2 p.m., in Forsyth Chapel, Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Ave. ($5) ... Poets Dan Tobin, Jeff Greene, and others read at 3 p.m., at the Concord Poetry Center, 40 Stow St., Concord.

MONDAY: Jack Beatty discusses ‘‘Age of Betrayal,’’ at 6 p.m., at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge ($5). ... Diana and Michael Preston discusss ‘‘Taj Majal,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at the Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St., Newton.

TUESDAY: Jack Beatty discusses ‘‘Age of Betrayal,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Framingham Public Library, 49 Lexington St., Framingham. ... Megan Marshall discusses ‘‘The Peabody Sisters,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Winchester Public Library, 80 Washington St., Winchester.

WEDNESDAY: Fred Pearce discusses ‘‘With Speed and Violence,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge. ... Trisha Gura discusses ‘‘Lying in Weight,’’ at 7 p.m., at Borders Back Bay, 511 Boylston St. ... Nathan Englander discusses ‘‘The Ministry of Special Cases,’’ at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St., Brookline. ... Augustus Richard Norton discusses ‘‘Hezbollah,’’ at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University, Kenmore Square. ... John De Vito and Frank Tropea discuss ‘‘The Immortal Marilyn,’’ at 6:30 p.m., at Fox Library, 175 Mass. Ave., Arlington. ... Michael Lowenthal reads from ‘‘Charity Girl,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at the Dover Town Library, 56 Dedham St., Dover. ... Poets Bill Coyle and Deborah Warren read at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge.

THURSDAY: Howard Zinn discusses ‘‘A Young People’s History of the United States,’’ at 6 p.m., at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline ($2). … Amy Dockser Marcus discusses ‘‘Jerusalem 1913,’’ at 7 p.m., at Borders Back Bay. ... Jon Clinch reads from ‘‘Finn,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville. ... Dana Snyder-Grant discusses ‘‘Just Like Life, Only More So, and Other Stories of Illness,’’ at 7 p.m., at Flint Memorial Library, 147 Park St., N. Reading. ... Annie Choi reads from ‘‘Happy Birthday or Whatever,’’ at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University. ... Lesley Dorman reads from ‘‘The Best Place to Be,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books.

FRIDAY: Michael Chabon reads from ‘‘The Yiddish Policemen’s Union,’’ at 12:30 p.m., at Borders Back Bay. ... Don Cheadle and John Prendergast discuss ‘‘Not on Our Watch,’’ at 2 p.m., at the Kennedy Library, Columbia Point. ... Jon Clinch reads from ‘‘Finn,’’ at 7 p.m., at Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St., Newburyport. ... Ellen Cooney (‘‘A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies’’), Douglas Light (‘‘East Fifth Bliss’’), and poet Marc Widenshien read at 8 p.m., at Out of the Blue Gallery, 106 Prospect St., Cambridge. ... Scott Magoon discusses ‘‘Hugo and Miles in ‘I’ve Painted Everything,’’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books.

SATURDAY: Rose Madeline Mula signs ‘‘If These Are Laugh Lines, I’m Having Way Too Much Fun,’’ at noon, at Borders, 300 Boylston St., Chestnut Hill, and at 3 p.m., at Borders, 5 Wayside Rd., Burlington.

Events are subject to change.