Boston area author visits, Sept. 20-26

By Judith Maas

TODAY: David Allen Sibley signs “The Sibley Guide to Trees,” at 3 p.m., at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord … Illustrator Matt Tavares and author Kristin Kladstrup discuss their children’s book, “The Gingerbread Pirates,” at 3 p.m., at Book Ends, 559 Main St., Winchester … Carolyn Rubenstein discusses “Perseverance: True Voice of Cancer Survivors,” at 2 p.m., at Borders Back Bay, 511 Boylston St.

MONDAY: Joyce Maynard reads from "Labor Day," at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge .. Kate Clifford Larson discusses “Bound for the Promised Land,” at 7:30 p.m., at the Jenks Senior Center, 109 Skillings Rd., Winchester … Nicholson Baker reads from “The Anthologist,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … Vincent McCaffrey reads from “Hound,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline … Poet Simon Armitage reads at 7 p.m., at Boston University Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary’s St.

TUESDAY: Anita Shreve reads from “A Change in Altitude,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … Deborah Cramer discusses "Smithsonian Ocean," at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books … Tara L. Masih, editor of “The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction” and Sue Williams speak at 7 p.m., at Flint Memorial Library, 147 Park St., N. Reading … Carolyn Rubenstein reads from “Perseverance,” at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge.

WEDNESDAY: Elise Lemire discusses “Black Walden,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … Poets Sabra Loomis and Frannie Lindsay read at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books … Anita Diamant reads from “Day After Night,” at 7 p.m., at Borders, 255 Grossman Dr., Braintree … James Ellroy discusses “Blood’s a River,” at 6 p.m., at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge; tickets ($5) available at harvard.com, Harvard Book Store, or by calling 617-661-1515 … Sebastian Stuart reads from “The Hour Between,’ at 7 p.m., at Harvard Square Coop … Katrina Kenison discusses “The Gift of an Ordinary Day,” at 7 p.m., at Buttonwood Books, Shaw’s Plaza, Rte. 3A Cohasset … Judy Schachner reads from “Skippyjon Jones Lost in Spice,” at 3:30 p.m., at Andover Bookstore, 89R Main St., Andover.

THURSDAY: Ellen Graf discusses “The Natural Laws of Good Luck,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … Sherrie Flick and Ladette Randolph ("Reconsidering Happiness / Sandhills Ballad”) read at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books … Harvey Silverglate discusses “Three Felonies a Day,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store … Lev Grossman (“The Magicians”) and Michael Dahlie (“A Gentleman’s Guide to Graceful Living”) read at 7 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville … Johnny Diaz reads from “Beantown Cubans,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Square Coop … Poet Andrew Scott Rotondi reads at 7 p.m., at Book Ends … Judy Schachner reads from “SkippyJon Jones Lost in Sprice,” at 4 p.m., at Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington St., Wellesley … Juliette Fay reads from “Shelter Me,” at 7 p.m., at Andover Bookstore.

FRIDAY: Nelson Lichtenstein discusses “The Retail Revolution,” at 3 p.m., at Harvard Book Store.
SATURDAY: Poet Louise Gluck reads at 7:30 p.m., at Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St., Concord … Kathryn Lasky reads from “Poodle and Hound” and “Hannah,” her new middle-grade novel at 10:30 a.m., at Newtonville Books.

Events are subject to change.