Boston area author visits, week of February 3-9

By Judith Maas
SUNDAY: Atul Gawande discusses ‘‘Better,’’ at 1 p.m., at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline ($5).

MONDAY: Jenny White reads from ‘‘The Abyssinian Proof,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge. ... David Levering Lewis reads from ‘‘God’s Crucible,’’ at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. ... Russian poet Aleksandr Skidan reads at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Yenching Library, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge.

TUESDAY: John Sedgwick reads from "In My Blood," at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge. ... David Edwards discusses ‘‘Artscience,’’ at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store. ... Peniel E. Joseph reads from ‘‘Waiting ’Til the Midnight Hour,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books. ... Walter Mosley discusses ‘‘Diablerie,’’ at 6 p.m., at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square. ... Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio discuss ‘‘The Girl’s Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear,’’ at 6 p.m., at Borders Back Bay, 511 Boylston St. ... Russell Banks discusses ‘‘The Reserve,’’ a 6 p.m., at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline ($5).

WEDNESDAY: Lauren Willig reads from "The Seduction of the Crimson Rose," at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop. ... David Mehegan moderates a panel entitled ‘‘Best Recommended,’’ with Steven Pinker, Robert Pinsky, Leslie Epstein, and Maureen McLane, at 6 p.m., at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge; for tickets ($5), call 617-661-1515. ... Kevin Bales discusses ‘‘Ending Slavery,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge. ... John Sedgwick discusses ‘‘In My Blood,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at the Dover Town Library, 56 Dedham St., Dover.

THURSDAY: M.T. Anderson reads from "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing," at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop. ... Joshua Rubenstein discusses ‘‘The Unknown Black Book,’’ at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store. ... Sylvia Sellers-Garcia reads from ‘‘When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books. ... Carole Burns (‘‘Off the Page’’) and novelists Elizabeth Graver and Margot Livesey speak at 7 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville. ... Richard Marinick reads from ‘‘In for a Pound,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Hingham Public Library, 66 Leavitt St., Hingham. ... John J. Ratey discusses ‘‘Spark,’’ at 1 p.m., at Borders Downtown Crossing, 10-24 School St. ... Sandeep Jauhar reads from ‘‘Intern,’’ at 12:30 p.m., at the Daniel C. Tosteson Medical Education Center, Harvard Medical School, 260 Longwood Ave., Rm. 227. ... Ken Jennings discusses ‘‘Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac,’’ at 7 p.m., at Borders, 255 Grossman Dr., Braintree. ... Dinaw Mengestu reads from ‘‘The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline.

FRIDAY: Porter Square Books presents James McBride reading from ‘‘Song Yet Sung,’’ at 7 p.m., at St. James Episcopal Church, 1991 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. ... Blanche M.G. Linden discusses ‘‘Silent City on a Hill,’’ at 6:30 p.m., at Harvard Book Store. ... M.T. Anderson discusses ‘‘The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing,’’ at 6 p.m., at Borders Back Bay. ... Jim Motavalli discusses ‘‘Naked in the Woods,’’ at 3 p.m., at Harvard Book Store. ... Ken Jennings discusses ‘‘Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac,’’ at 7 p.m., at Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St., Newburyport.

SATURDAY: Martha Stout discusses "The Paranoia Switch," at 7 p.m., at the Rockport Public Library, 17 School St., Rockport. ... Clara Silverstein ("The Boston Chef's Table") and Michael Schlow ("It's About Time: Great Recipes for Everyday Life") speak at 3 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith, 82 Central St., Wellesley; for tickets, call 781-431-1160 ... Fiction writer Amanda Rea and poet Melissa Range read at 8 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St., Provincetown. ... Author Anne Broyles and illustrator Anna Alter discuss their children’s book ‘‘Priscilla and the Hollyhocks,’’ at 1 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith.

Events are subject to change.