BARNES & NOBLE

801 Lehigh Lifestyle Center, Lehigh Valley Mall, Whitehall. 484-823-0993, www.barnesandnoble.com

Southmont Center, 4445 Southmont Way, Easton. 610-515-0376, www.barnesandnoble.com

Author Event: “Bookworm’s Magical Journey,” Larry Sceurman, 11 a.m. Aug. 16

Author Event: “Let’s Boogie!,” Scott Fehnel, 11 a.m. Aug. 16

The Overbooked Book Club: “The Personal Librarian,” Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, 6 p.m. Aug. 21

Author Event: “Boy Meets Anxiety,” Chris Nee, 1 p.m. Aug. 24

Author Event: “Words and Wings,” Robert Martin, 1 p.m. Aug. 30

Author Event: “Beyond What We Know,” James Wood, 1 p.m. Sept. 6

Author Event: “Wedding Challenges!: Inspirational Stories of Love, Strength, and the Unexpected Depths of Wedding Planning,” Robert Winton, 1 pm. Sept. 13

BELL TOWER CULTURAL CENTER

2904 Church Road, Martins Creek, 610-360-3737, www.belltowerculturalcenter.org

Booked at the Bell: “Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood,” By Marjane Satrapi, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14

BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY

11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761, www.bapl.org

Memoir Writing: noon Aug. 28, Zoom. Registration Required

Taste and Tell A Library Book Club: 6 p.m. Sept. 2. Registration required

Mary Pat Beebe Book Club: “My Friends,” By Hisham Matar, 10 a.m. Sept. 5. Zoom. Registration required

Personal and Professional Book Club: “Lies My Teacher Told Me.” By James W. Loewen, 6 p.m. Sept. 9. Registration required

BOOK AND PUPPET CO.

161 Northampton St., Easton. 484-544-4738, www.bookandpuppet.com

The Project 2025 Book Club: readings and discussion of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, 5 p.m. Aug. 14, 21, 28, Sept. 4

Shut Up and Write!: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18, 25, Sept. 1

EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PALMER BRANCH

1 Weller Place, Easton. 610-258-7492,

Forever Young Adult Book Group: 6 p.m. Aug. 20

Tuesday Night Book Club: 6 p.m. Aug. 26

EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY

11 E. Main St., Emmaus. 610-965-9284, www.emmauspl.org

Memoir Writing: 1 p.m. Aug. 26, 1 p.m. Sept. 23, virtual. Registration required

Daytime Book Group: “The Henna Artist,” By Alka Joshi, 2 p.m. Sept. 2

EVERTRUE LUTHER CREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

800 Hausman Road, Allentown. 610-398-8011, www.lssliving.org/communities/luther-crest

Senior Book Club, “One in a Million Boy,” By Monica Wood, 3 p.m. Sept. 9

GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY WRITERS GROUP

Writers Cafe: “Writing is Like A Muscle,” 6:50 p.m. Aug. 13, Zoom. Registration:

https://greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org

Board Meeting: 9 a.m. Aug. 23, Zoom

HAWK MOUNTAIN BREWERY

3530 Lehigh St., Whitehall, 484-387-5438, www.hawkmountainbrewery.com

Books and Brews Lehigh Valley: “We Used To Live Here,” By Marcus Kliewer, 7 p.m. Aug. 29

HELLERTOWN LIBRARY

409 Constitution Avenue, Hellertown, 610-838-8381, www.hellertownlibrary.org

Book Club: 6 p.m. Sept. 8

LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Community Services Center, 4525 Education Park Dr., Schnecksville, 610-799-2121, www.lccc.edu

Lehigh Valley Comic Convention: 10 a.m. Aug. 16, www.lehighvalleycomicconvention.com

LEPOCO PEACE CENTER

53 East Lehigh St., No.1, Lower Level, Bethlehem. 610-691-8730, www.lepoco.org

LEPOCO Book Club: “Prophet Song,” By Paul Lynch, 6 p.m. Sept. 2

MORAVIAN BOOK SHOP

428 Main St., Bethlehem. 610-866-5481, www.facebook.com/MoravianBkShop

Author Event: “Requiem for a Vampire” and others, Larry Deibert, 1 p.m. Aug. 16

Author Event: “The Dime Museum,” Joyce Hinnefeld, 1 p.m. Aug. 23

PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY

4422 Walbert Avenue, Allentown. 610-398-1361, www.parklandlibrary.org

Short Story Society: “Girls At Play,” By Celeste Ng, 2 p.m. Aug. 14. Registration required

Annual Used Book Sale: 4 p.m. Aug. 14, 10 a.m. Aug. 15, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 17

Java Joy Coffee and Conversation Club: 10 a.m. Sept. 2. Registration required

PCL Book Club: “Lily’s Promise: Holding On to Hope Through Auschwitz and Beyond,” By Lily Ebert and Dov Forman, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 4. Registration required

PURR HAUS

27 S. Seventh St., Emmaus. 484-619-0350, www.cat-lovers-gifts-lehighvalley.com

Words and Whiskers Book Club: “If Cats Disappeared from the World: A Novel,” By Genki Kawamura, 6 p.m. Aug. 27

SLEEPY CAT URBAN WINERY

1840 Allen St., Allentown. 610-351-2500, www.sleepycaturbanwinery.com

Silent Book Club with the Author: “Six Stories to Inspire Hope,” Jen Wescoe, 6 p.m. Aug. 20

Bright Communications Quarterly Stories and Sips, 6 p.m. Aug. 22

STONE FARM CELLARS AND VINEYARD

46 Centre Square Circle, Easton. 610-477-9735, www.stonefarmcellarsandvineyard.com

“Eloveate Your Life” Workshop: “Eloveate,” Nicole Miles, 6 p.m. Aug. 13

THE END

3055 W. Tilghman St., Allentown. 610-871-3949, https://theendbooks.co

Beyond the Book Book Club: “Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families,” By Judith Giesberg, 6:15 pm. Aug. 13

Coffee & Classics Book Club: “The Left Hand of Darkness,” By Ursula LeGuin, 9 a.m. Sept. 6

Mimosas and Meet Cute Book Club: “Rose in Chains,” By Julie Soto, 9:45 a.m. Sept. 7

CHARLES A . BROWN ICE HOUSE

56 River St., Sand Island, Bethlehem. 610-865-7081, www.icehousetonight.org

“Let’s Talk Lit in Politics,” 6 p.m. Aug. 26

THE OUTLETS AT WIND CREEK

77 Wind Creek Boulevard, Bethlehem. 877-726-3777, www.outletsatwindcreekbethlehem.com

National Read a Book Day: Meet Local Authors: noon Sept. 6

THE TIPSY CROW AT THE SILK MILL

669 N. 13th St., Easton. 610-438-2531, www.countyseatspirits.com

Good Librations Silent Book Club, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 25. Information: www.eastonpl.org,

“Literary Events” is a listing of authors’ book-signings, book-readings and events in the Lehigh Valley. To request a listing, email: Paul Willistein, Focus editor, pwillistein@tnonline.com