Bookings
TODAY: The Friends of Concord Library present “New Literary Voices’’ (Katherine Howe, Xujun Eberlein, J. Courtney Sullivan, and MC Jim Leahy) at 3 p.m., Fowler Library, 1322 Main St., W. Concord . . . Louis Ferrante (“Unlocked: A Journey from Prison to Proust’’) speaks at 5 p.m., Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, 4 Community Road, Marblehead; for tickets, visit jccns.org/jewishbookmonth87.html.
MONDAY: Ellen Langer discusses “Counterclockwise,’’ at 7:30 p.m., Emerson Hospital, North Assembly, 133 Old Road to Nine Acre Corner, Concord . . . Richard Wolffe discusses “Renegade: The Making of a President,’’ at 5:30 p.m., JFK Library, Columbia Point; register at www.jfklibrary.org or 617-514-1643 . . . Elie Wiesel (“Rashi,’’ “A Mad Desire to Dance’’) signs his books from 5 to 6 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Boston University, Kenmore Square . . . John Grogan reads from “The Longest Trip Home,’’ at 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner.
TUESDAY: Jill Hunting discusses “Finding Pete,’’ at 7:30 p.m., Kerem Shalom, 659 Elm St., Concord . . . Ben Ratliff discusses “The Jazz Ear,’’ at 7 p.m., Regattabar at the Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St., Cambridge.
WEDNESDAY: D. D. Guttenplan discusses “American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone,’’ at 6:30 p.m., First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Harvard Square, Cambridge . . . Toby Lester discusses “The Fourth Part of the World,’’ at 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store . . . Thomas Graboys discusses “Life in the Balance,’’ at 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith.
THURSDAY: Russ Aborn, Dana Cameron, and Lynne Heitman read from “Boston Noir,’’ at 7:30 p.m., Back Pages Books, 289 Moody St., Waltham . . . Michael Goldfarb discusses “Emancipation: How Liberating Europe’s Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance,’’ at 7 p.m., Harvard Hillel, Smith Hall, 52 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge . . . Brian MacQuarrie discusses “The Ride,’’ at 7 p.m., Andover Bookstore
FRIDAY: John Wargo (“Green Intelligence’’) speaks at 7 p.m., Wannalancit Mills, Morissette Blvd., Lowell . . . Rana Husseini (“Murder in the Name of Honor’’) speaks at 3 p.m., and Mary Karr (“Lit: A Memoir’’) speaks at 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store.
SATURDAY: Al Gore discusses “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Global Climate Crisis,’’ at 1 p.m., First Parish Church; tickets ($30) available at harvard.com, Harvard Book Store, or by calling 617-661-1515 . . . Ken Burns signs “The National Parks,’’ at 1 p.m., Borders Back Bay, 511 Boylston St.
For an expanded listing, visit boston.com/ae/books/blog. ![]()

