Boston area author visits, June 28 to July 4

By Judith Maas

SUNDAY: Dick Lehr reads from “The Fence,” at 3 p.m., at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord … Christopher Lydon, X.J. Kennedy, and F.D. Reeve present a “Salute to John Updike,” at 4 p.m., at Longfellow National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge … Roxana Robinson (“Cost”) and Joan Wickersham (“The Suicide Index”) read at 2 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville … Walter Littell, Joel Johnson, and others read beginning at 3 p.m., followed by an open mic, at Concord Poetry Center, Emerson Umbrella for the Arts, 40 Stow St., Concord.

MONDAY: Steve Early reads from “Embedded with Organized Labor,” at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge … Dick Lehr discusses “The Fence,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline … Poet Cynthia Huntington and artist Rebekah Tolley speak at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St., Provincetown.

TUESDAY: Elijah Wald discusses “How the Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll,” at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books … Joan Wickersham discusses “The Suicide Index,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … Gregg Hurwitz discusses “Trust No One,” at 7 p.m., at Borders Back Bay, 511 Boylston St. … Novelist Jayne Anne Phillips and artist Joel Janowitz speak at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center.

WEDNESDAY: Jennifer Haigh reads from “The Condition,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … Larry Tye discusses “Satchel,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … Poet Henri Cole and artist Connie Imboden speak at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center.

THURSDAY: Susan Barry discusses “Fixing My Gaze,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store.

[No FRI or SAT listings]

Events are subject to change.