Boston area author visits, June 21-27

By Judith Maas

SUNDAY: Adam Ried discusses “Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes,” at 2 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge … J. Courtney Sullivan reads from “Commencement,” at 3 p.m., at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord.

MONDAY: Carlos Ruiz Zafon discusses “The Angel’s Game,” with Christopher Lydon, at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … Jeff Kreisler discusses “Get Rich Cheating,” at 1 p.m., at Borders Downtown Crossing, 10-24 School St. … Poets Kimiko Hahn and John Yau read at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St., Provincetown.

TUESDAY: Kate Christensen reads from “Trouble,” at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books … AGNI contributors read at 7 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville … Dick Lehr (“The Fence: A Police Cover-Up Along Boston’s Racial Divide”) speaks at 6 p.m., at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square … Nelson George reads from “City Kid,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline … Katherine Howe discusses “The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store … Novelist Pam Houston and artist Betsey Garand speak at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center.

WEDNESDAY: Bill Wasik discusses “And Then There’s This,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … Robert Wright discusses “The Evolution of God,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store … Margot Livesey (“The House on Fortune Street”) speaks at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center.

THURSDAY: Debut novelists Reif Larsen, Ceridwen Dovey, and Ron Currie speak at 6 p.m., at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square … Marjory Wunsch and Glenna Lang (“Genius of Common Sense”) read at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books … Lisa M. Hamilton discusses “Deeply Rooted,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store … Keren McGinity discusses “Still Jewish,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … Anthony Weller (“Wellers’s War”) and Patrick Tracey (“Stalking Irish Madness”) read at 7 p.m., at Newtonville Books … Jon Papernick (“The Ascent of Eli Israel”) reads at 7:30 p.m., at Waltham Public Library, 735 Main St., Waltham ... Katherine Howe reads from "The Physick Book of Deliverance," at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, One Worcester Road, Framingham.

FRIDAY: Karen Pryor discusses "Reaching the Animal Mind," at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble. Framingham ... Holly Robinson ("The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter") speaks at 7 p.m., at Jabberwocky Bookshop, 50 Water St., Newburyport.

SATURDAY: Children’s author Ann Alter reads from “Abigail Spells,” at 10:30 a.m., at Newtonville Books.

Events are subject to change.