Boston area author visits, Dec. 6-13

By Judith Maas
Sunday: Christina LaPrease, Christopher Kondrich, and Susannah Nevison read at 3 p.m., at Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St., Concord. ..... Bill Brett signs ‘‘Boston,A Year in the Life,’’ at 2 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline. ..... Allison Amend (‘‘Things That Pass for Love’’), Douglas Bauer (‘‘Prarie (‘‘Prairie City, Iowa’’ ), and Anne Landsman (‘‘The Rowing Lesson’’) read at 2 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville. ..... Poets Bob Brooks, Suzanne Owens, and Kim Triedman read at 3 p.m., at Emerson Umbrella, 40 Stow St., Concord. ..... Gregory Maguire reads from ‘‘A Lion Among Men,’’ at 3 p.m., at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord. ..... Zoe B. Alley and R..W. Alley sign ‘‘There’s a Wolf at the Door,’’ from noon to 2 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith, 82 Central St., Wellesley.

MONDAY: Malcolm Gladwell discussess ‘‘Outliers,’’ at 7 p.m., at First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge; for tickets ($5), call Harvard Book Store at 617-661-1515. ..... Poets Cathleen Calbert and Christina Pugh read at 8 p.m., at the Blacksmith House, 56 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge ($3). ..... Archer Mayor discusses ‘‘The Catch,’’ at 7 p.m., at Hingham Public Library, 66 Leavitt St., Hingham. ..... Rebecca Goldstein (‘‘The Mind-Body Problem’’ ) speaks at 7 p.m., at the Peabody Institute Library, 82 Main St., Peabody. ..... Louis Kaplan discusses ‘‘The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge. ..... Joel Berg discusses ‘‘All You Can Eat,’’ at 4:30 p.m., at City Year, 287 Columbus Ave.

TUESDAY: Jane Mayer (‘‘The Dark Side’’ ) and James Traub (‘‘The Freedom Agenca Agenda’’ ) speak at 5:30 p.m., at the JFK Library, Columbia Point; for reservations, go to www.jfklibrary.org or call 617-514-1643. ..... Actress Jessica Lange discusses ‘‘50 Photographs,’’ at 6 p.m., at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge; for tickets ($5), call Harvard Book Store at 617-661-1515. ..... Roy Blount Jr. discusses ‘‘Alphabet Juice,’’ at 6 p.m., at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square. ..... Amy Goldwasser and contributors discuss ‘‘RED the Book,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop.

WEDNESDAY: Christopher Kimball and others discuss ‘‘America’s Test Kitchen Family Baking Book,’’ at 6 p.m., at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline ($5). ..... Ann Armbrecht discusses ‘‘Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home,’’ at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop. ..... Kim Smith discusses ‘‘Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities,’’ at 7 p.m., at Rockport Public Library, Broadway and School St., Rockport.

THURSDAY: Stephen Pimpare and Howard Zinn discuss ‘‘A People’s History of Poverty in America,’’ at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith.

[no FRIDAY listings]

SATURDAY: Reid Oslin discusses ‘‘Boston College Football Vault,’’ at 1 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, 96 Derby St., Hingham. ..... Chef David Becker signs ‘‘Thrown Out of the Kitchen, Recipes from Sweet Basil,’’ from 1 to 3 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith. ..... SATURDAY: Globe writer Alex Beam discusses ‘‘A Great Idea at the Time,’’ at 2 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville . ..... Fiction writer E..A. Durden and poet Sam Reed read at 8 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St., Provincetown.

Events are subject to change.