Boston area author readings, Nov. 8 to 14

TODAY: Joe Kahn, Neil Swidey, and Bella English discuss “Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kenneday,” at 3 p.m., at Hingham Town Hall Auditorium, 210 Central St., Hingham ($5) … Barbara Lynch discusses “Stir,” at 3 p.m., at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord … Marilyn Chin (“Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen”) and Maxim D. Shrayer (“Yom Kippur in Amsterdam”) read at 2 p.m., at Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville.

MONDAY: Poets Henri Cole and Marilyn Chin read at 8 p.m., at the Blacksmith House, 56 Brattle St., Cambridge; tickets ($3) … Michael Sandel discusses “Justice,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge … Lidia Bastianich (“Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy”) and Judith Jones (“The Pleasures of Cooking for One”) speak 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 … Redbones, 55 Chester St., Davis Square, Somerville, holds a book release party, at 7 p.m. for Steve Buckley’s “Wicked Good Year” … Mike Lupica signs “Million Dollar Throw,” at 6 p.m., at Willow Books, 279 Great Rd., Acton.

TUESDAY: Dorothy Crawford reads from “Windfall of Musicians,” at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge … Charlie Pierce discusses “Idiot America,” at 7 p.m., at Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Ave., Milton … Jessica Shattuck (“Perfect Life”) and Juliette Fay (“Shelter Me”) read at 5:30 p.m., at Stellina Restaurant, 47 Main St., Watertown … Tariq Ali discusses “The Idea of Communism,” at 7 p.m., at Harvard Book Store … Alix Dobkin discusses “My Red Blood,” at 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University, Kenmore Square … Sebastian Stuart (“The Hour Between”) and Jonathan Strong (“Drawn from Life”) read at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner, Brookline … Lidia Bastianich signs “Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy,” from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith, 82 Central St., Wellesley … Claire Messud leads a discussion of Rawi Hage’s “Deniro’s Game,” at 7 p.m., at Newtonville Books.

WEDNESDAY: Jonathan Safran Foer reads from “Eating Animals,” at 7:30 p.m., at Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard St., Brookline ($5) … Beth Teitell (“Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth”) speaks at 5:30 p.m., at Kernwood Country Club, 1 Kernwood St., Salem (advance registration required); for ticket and other information on JCC North Shore Jewish Book Month events, visit http://jccns.org/jewishbookmonth87.html ... Daniel and Dina Nayeri read from “Another Faust,” at 6 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith … Peter Berger discusses “In Praise of Doubt,” at 6 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Boston University … Keith N. Morgan (“Buildings of Massachusetts”) and Maureen Meister speak at 7 p.m., at Book Ends, 559 Main St., Winchester.

THURSDAY: Henry Louis Gates discusses “Colored People,” at 7:30 p.m., at Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge; for ticket information, visit harvard.com … John Connolly reads from “The Gates,” at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books … Daniel and Dina Nayeri discuss “Another Faust,” at 7 p.m., at Concord Free Library, 129 Main St., Concord … Christopher Ives reads from “Imperial-Way Zen,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … Poet John Koethe reads at 7 p.m. in Rm. 32-141 (182 Memorial Dr.), MIT, Cambridge … Contributors to “Boston Noir” read at 7 p.m., at Newtonville Books .. Pat Lowery Collins and Liza Ketchum (Hidden Voices” and “Newsgirl”) read at 6:30 p.m., at Wellesley Booksmith … Shushannah Walshe and Scott Conroy discuss “Sarah from Alaska,” at 6 p.m., at Borders, 10-24 School St.

FRIDAY: Robert Strassler discusses “Landmark Xenophon’s Hellenkia,” at 3 p.m., at Harvard Book Store … Elizabeth Benedict and contributors discuss “Mentors, Muses & Monsters,” at 6 p.m., at the Brattle Theatre; tickets ($5) available at harvard.com, Harvard Book Store, or by calling 617-661-1515 … Susan Shapiro (“Speed Shrinking”) and Abby Sher (“Amen, Amen”) read at 7 p.m., at Borders, Rt. 9, 300 Boylston St., Chestnut Hill.

SATURDAY: Aimee Bender reads from “The Third Elevator,” at 7 p.m., at Brookline Booksmith … The Somerville News Writers Festival takes place at 7 p.m., at the Center for the Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville ($10); for more information, visit http://www.heatcityreview.com/somervillenews.htm ... Kate St. Vincent Vogl reads from “Lost and Found,” at 4 p.m., at the Book Rack, 52 State St., Newburyport.