LITERARY EVENTS
BY DAVE HOWELL
Special to The Press
BARNES & NOBLE
2960 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley. 610-791-3261, www.barnesandnoble.com
Author Event: Larry Deibert, 1 p.m. Jan. 24
Author Event: “Dragon Speaker,” Elana Mugan, Kati Kirsten, 1 p.m. Jan. 25
Southmont Center, 4445 Southmont Way, Easton. 610-515-0376, www.barnesandnoble.com
Author Event: “Sea Glass Wrapped in Red,” Stacey Wilk, 1 p.m. Jan. 24
Author Event: “The Great Tree of Iris,” Jess Skultety, 1 p.m. Jan. 25
Author Event: “The Last Farm,” J.A. Stein, 1 p.m. Jan. 31
BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761, www.bapl.org
Memoir Writing Group, noon Jan. 22, virtual. Registration required online
Book Sale: noon Jan. 28; 10 a.m. Jan. 31
Taste and Tell Cookbook Club: 6 p.m. Feb. 3. Registration Required
Mary Pat Beebe Book Club: “The In Crowd,” By Charlotte Vassell, 10 a.m. Feb. 6, Zoom, Registration required
BOOK AND PUPPET CO.
161 Northampton St., Easton. 484-544-4738, www.bookandpuppet.com
Project 2025 Book Club: 5 p.m. Jan. 20, 27
Shut Up and Write!: 6:30 p.m. Jan. 22, 29
Lehigh Valley Speculative Fiction Book Club: “Ancillary Justice,” By Ann Leckie, 4 p.m. Jan. 18
EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
515 Church St., Easton. 610-258-2917, www.eastonpl.org
Diverse Voices: “The Warmth of Other Suns,” By Isabel Wilkerson, Zoom, 7 p.m. Jan. 29, Registration required online
EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PALMER BRANCH
1 Weller Place, Easton. 610-258-7492, www.eastonpl.org
Forever Young Adult Book Group: “A Darker Shade of Magic,” By V. E. Schwab, 6 p.m. Jan. 21
Tuesday Night Book Club: Annual Book Swap, 6 p.m. Jan. 27
EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 E. Main St., Emmaus. 610-965-9284, www.emmauspl.org
Writers Write!: Supportive writers group, 6 p.m. Jan. 20
Memoir Writing: 1 p.m. Jan. 27, virtual. Registration online
Daytime Book Group: “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” By Anthony Doerr, 2 p.m. Feb. 3
Evening Book Group: “All the Beauty in the World,” By Patrick Bringley, 6:45 p.m. Feb. 10
EVERTRUE LUTHER CREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
800 Hausman Road, Allentown. 610-398-8011, www.lssliving.org/communities/luthercrest
Senior Book Club: 3 p.m. Feb. 10
HAWK MOUNTAIN BREWERY
3530 Lehigh St., Whitehall, 484-387-5438, www.hawkmountainbrewery.com
Books and Brews Lehigh Valley: “The Frozen River,” By Ariel Lawhon, 7 p.m. Jan. 28
HELLERTOWN LIBRARY
409 Constitution Avenue, Hellertown, 610-838-8381, www.hellertownlibrary.org
Book Club: 6 p.m. Feb. 9
LEHIGH VALLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM
432 W. Walnut St., Allentown. 610-435-1074. www.lehighcountyhistoricalsociety.org
Lecture: “The Enduring Ideals & Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” noon Jan. 19
LEPOCO PEACE CENTER
53 E. Lehigh St., No. 1 Lower Level, Bethlehem. 610-691-8730, www.lepoco.org
LEPOCO Book Club: “How to Stand Up To a Dictator,” By Maria Ressa, 6 p.m. Feb. 3
PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY
4422 Walbert Avenue, Allentown. 610-398-1361, www.parklandlibrary.org
Java Joy Coffee and Conversation Club: 10 a.m. Feb. 3. Registration required
Short Story Society: 2 p.m. Feb. 12. Registration required
PURR HAUS
27 S. 7th St., Emmaus. 484-619-0350, www.cat-lovers-gifts-lehighvalley.com
Words and Whiskers Book Club: “Starter Viliain,” By John Salzi, 6 p.m. Jan. 28
SORCERY AND SCRIPTS
74 W. Broad St. Suite 110, Bethlehem, www.facebook.com/SorceryandScripts
Multi-Author Signing Event with the Fantasy Author Legion: 2 p.m. Jan. 17
Writer Group Night: 6 p.m. Jan. 20
Silent Book Club: 6 p.m. Jan. 22
Romantasy Book Club: “Shield of Sparrows,” By Devney Perry and “The Rose Garden,” By Sasha Peyton Smith, 6 p.m. Jan. 26
Midnight Book Society: “The King in Yellow,” By Robert W. Chambers, 6 p.m. Feb. 10
THE END
3055 W. Tilghman St., Allentown. 610-871-3949, https://theendbooks.co
ROJ Book Club, “The Many Lives of Mama Love,” By Lara Love Hardin, 3:45 p.m. Jan 18
It’s The End Book Club, “None of This is True,” By Lisa Jewell, 6 p.m. Jan 21
Midnight Lair Book Club: “The Book of Azrael,” By Amber V. Nichole, 6 p.m. Jan. 22
Author Event: “Saber-Tooth,” Robin Gow, 6 p.m. Jan. 27
Friends of Fantasy Day: 2 p.m. Jan. 31
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. Jan. 26
“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








