Greater Boston author readings May 13-19
SUNDAY: Meg Mitchell Moore (“So Far Away”) reads at 3 p.m. at the Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord
MONDAY: Ann Packer (“Swim Back to Me”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Beatrice Peltre (“La Tartine Gourmande: Recipes for an Inspired Life”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Jean-Christophe Valtat (“Auroraram”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop … Beverly Ford and Stephanie Schorow (“Boston Mob Guide: Hit Men, Hoodlums, and Hideouts”) read at 7 p.m. at the Brighton Branch of the BPL, 40 Academy Hill Rd.
TUESDAY: James Redfearn (“The Rising at Roxbury Crossing”) reads at 12 noon at the Neighborhood Club of Quincy, 27 Glendale Rd. … Richard Johnson (“Field of Our Fathers: An Illustrated History of Fenway Park”) reads at 6 p.m. in Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, Copley … Leah Hager Cohen ("The Grief of Others") reads 6:30 p.m. at the South End Library … David Gebler (“The Three Power Values: How Commitment, Integrity, and Transparency Clear the Roadblocks to Performance”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Jordan Smoller (“The Other Side of Normal: How Biology Is Providing the Clues to Unlock the Secrets of Normal and Abnormal Behavior”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop … Dennis Thompson (“The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Mark Kurlansky (“Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant St., Gloucester (reservations required, call 978-283-0455, ext. 11) … John Fox (“The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Stephen McCauley (“Head Over Heels”) reads at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books
WEDNESDAY: Mike Lupica (“Game Changers”) reads at 4 p.m. at at Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington St., Wellesley … Susan Jo Russell (“We Are Not Entirely Abandoned”), Mary Ellen Geer (“At the Edge of the Known World”), and Laurie Rosenblatt (“In Case”) read at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Florence Williams (“Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Lizzie Stark (“Leaving Mundania”) and James Higdon (“The Cornbread Mafia”) read at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Debra Spark (“The Pretty Girl: A Novella and Stories”) reads at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books
THURSDAY: Susan Trausch ("Groping Toward Whatever - or How I Learned to Retire (Sort of)”) reads at 10 a.m. at University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop St., Cambridge (admission$15, $5 for students) … Victoria Hopewell (“Grade A Baby Eggs: An Infertility Memoir”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop … Buzz Bissinger (“Father’s Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Frank DeFord (“Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter”) with Bill Littlefield, (“Only a Game”) read at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Sheila Connolly (“Fire Engine Dead”), Leslie Wheeler (“Murder at Spouter’s Point”), and Clea Simon(“Mew Is for Murder”) read at 7 p.m. at the New England Mobile Book Fair, 82-84 Needham St., Newton Highlands … Christoph Wolff (“Mozart at the Gateway to His Fortune: Serving the Emperor, 1788-1791”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Jane Roper (“Double Time: How I Survived – and Mostly Thrived – Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins”) reads at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books
FRIDAY: Merry White (“Coffee Life in Japan”) reads at 3 p.m. at Harvard Book Store
… Bill Corbett and Nate Klug (“Consent”) read at 7 p.m. at Back Pages Books, 289 Moody St., Waltham … Rosecrans Baldwin (“Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down ”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store
SATURDAY: Barbara Walsh (“August Gale: A Father and Daughter's Journey into the Storm”) reads at 3 p.m. at Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant St., Gloucester … Jane Kohuth (“Duck Sock Hop”) reads at 3 p.m. at Wellesley Books, 82 Central St., Wellesley … Lisa Moore (“Evilution”) reads at 6 p.m. at Wellesley Books, 82 Central St., Wellesley …
Announcements must arrive at boston.globe.bookings@gmail.com at least two weeks before publication date. Events are subject to change.
