Boston area author visits, week of April 6-12

By Judith Maas
SUNDAY: Ann Harleman (‘‘The Year She Disappeared’’) and Ed Hardy (‘‘Keeper and Kid’’) speak at 2 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville. ... Sarah Brannen and Melissa Stewart discuss ‘‘Uncle Bobby’s Wedding’’ and ‘‘When Rain Falls,’’ at 4 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge.
MONDAY: Gary Hirshberg discusses ‘‘Stirring It Up,’’ at 5:30 p.m., at the JFK Library, Columbia Point. ... Tobias Wolff reads from ‘‘Our Story Begins,’’ at 6 p.m., at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline ($5). ... Michael Holley reads from ‘‘Red Sox Rule,’’ at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. ... Joie Jager-Hyman discusses ‘‘Fat Envelope Frenzy,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge. ... Marnie Old and Sam Calagione discuss ‘‘He Said Beer, She Said Wine,’’ at 7 p.m., at Borders Back Bay, 511 Boylston St.
TUESDAY: Alice Hoffman reads from ‘‘The Third Angel,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books. ... Isabel Allende reads from ‘‘The Sum of Our Days,’’ at 7 p.m., at First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge; for ticket information, call 617-661-1515. ... Dana Vachon discusses ‘‘Mergers and Acquisitions,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop. ... Timothy Burke discusses ‘‘The Paradiso Files,’’ at 1 p.m., at Borders, Downtown Crossing.
WEDNESDAY: Alice Hoffman reads from ‘‘The Third Angel,’’ at 7 p.m., at Newtonville Books. ... Maxim Shrayer reads from ‘‘Waiting for America,’’ at 7 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith, 82 Central St., Wellesley. ... Stephanie Schorow discusses ‘‘The Crime of the Century,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at Westwood Library, 668 High St., Westwood. ... Poets Mary Jo Salter and Linda Bamber read at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline. ... James Howard Kunstler reads from ‘‘World Made by Hand,’’ at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store. ... Sarah Hall discusses ‘‘Daughters of the North,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop. ... Clint Richmond discusses "Political Places of Boston," at 7:30 p.m., at First Church, 66 Marlborough St.
THURSDAY: Lois Lowry reads from ‘‘The Willoughbys,’’ at 10:30 a.m., and Brian Hall reads from ‘‘Fall of Frost,’’ at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books. ... Richard Hoffman (‘‘Half the House’’) moderates a panel titled ‘‘The American Blandscape: Risky Writing and the Forces That Silence It,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at First Parish Church, Cambridge. ... Marya Hornbacher discusses ‘‘Madness,’’ at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith. ... Poets Luisa Igloria and Eamonn Wall read at 6 p.m., at Barnes & Noble at Emerson College, 114 Boylston St. ... Joshua Kendall discusses ‘‘The Man Who Made Lists,’’ at 7:30 p.m., at Bacon Free Library, 58 Eliot St., Natick.
FRIDAY: Gordon S. Wood discusses ‘‘The Purpose of the Past,’’ at 3 p.m., at Harvard Book Store. ... Tony Massarotti signs ‘‘Dynasty,’’ at noon, at Barnes & Noble, Prudential Center . ... Richard Bradley discusses ‘‘The Greatest Game,’’ at 1 p.m., at Borders, Downtown Crossing. ... Lama Surya Das discusses ‘‘The Big Questions,’’ at 7 p.m., at Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St., Newburyport.
SATURDAY: Pico Iyer discusses ‘‘The Open Road,’’ at 6 p.m., at the Harvard Book Store. ... Phoebe Stone signs ‘‘Deep Down Popular,’’ at 2 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith. ... Adam Nakama and others sign ‘‘Desolate Places,’’ at 2 p.m., at Pandemonium Books, 4 Pleasant St., Cambridge. ... Susan Callahan, Anne Nolen, and Katrin Schumann sign ‘‘Mothers Need Time-Outs, Too’’ from 2 to 4 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith. ... Stephanie Schorow discusses ‘‘The Crime of the Century,’’ at 7 p.m., at Cornerstone Books, 45 Lafayette St., Salem. ... Anne Easter Smith (‘‘Daughter of York’’) reads at 2 p.m., at The Book Rack, 52 State St., Newburyport. ... Gene Baur discusses ‘‘Farm Sanctuary,’’ at 4 p.m., at Borders Back Bay. ... Linda Bilmes discusses ‘‘The Three Trillion Dollar War,’’ at 6 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop. ... Poet Michael Casey and others read at 1 p.m., at Tatnuck Booksellers, Rte. 9 and Lyman St., Westbororough.

Events are subject to change.