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: “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

Author Event: “A Storm of Magic,” Ashley Laino, 1 p.m. Sept. 14

BELL TOWER CULTURAL CENTER

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

Booked at the Bell: 6:30 p.m. Sept.11

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, 5 p.m. Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25

Shut Up and Write!: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 25, Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22. 29

Speculative Fiction Book Club: “The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches,” By Sandu Mandanna, 4 p.m., Aug. 31

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

DAVINCI SCIENCE CENTER

815 W. Hamilton St., Allentown, 484-664-1002, www.davincisciencecenter.org

Book Launch: “Tuck Me In!,” Nathan W. Pyle, 11 a.m. Sept. 19

EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PALMER BRANCH

1 Weller Place, Easton. 610-258-7492, www.eastonpl.org

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 online

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

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

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

PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY

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

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

Short Story Society: “Split,” By Jennifer Haigh, 2 p.m. Sept. 11. Registration required

PURR HAUS

27 S. 7th 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

THE END

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

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

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