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: Robin Maderich, Autumn Jordon, 11 a.m. Feb. 14
Author Event: “Orchid Series,” Carol Van Den Hende, noon, Feb. 15
Southmont Plaza, 4445 Southmont Way, 610-515-0376, www.barnesandnoble.com
Author Event: “The Great Tree of Iris,” Jess Skultety, 1 p.m. Feb. 8
Author Event: “Orchid Series,” Carol Van Der Hende, 3:30 p.m. Feb. 15
BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761, www.bapl.org
Mary Pat Beebe Book Club: “The In Crowd,” By Charlotte Vassell, 10 a.m. Feb. 6, Zoom. Registration required
Bethlehem Book Club: “Solito,” By Javier Zamora, 6 p.m. Feb. 10, Registration Required
Great Backyard Bird Count and Birds of the Lehigh Valley Book Launch: “Birds of the Lehigh Valley and Vicinity,” Peter G Saenger, followed by guided bird walk, weather permitting, 10 a.m. Feb. 14, Registration Required
Author Talk: “Road to Nowhere, How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore,” Emily Lieb, 6 p.m. Feb. 18, Registration Required
Memoir Writing Group, noon Feb. 26, virtual. Registration Required
Taste and Tell Cookbook Club: 6 p.m. March 3. Registration Required
BETHLEHEM PUBLIC LIBRARY SOUTH SIDE BRANCH
2740 Fifth St., Bethlehem. 484-892-6267, www.bapl.org
Book Sale: 2 p.m. Feb. 4; 10 a.m. Feb.7
BOOK AND PUPPET CO.
161 Northampton St., Easton. 484-544-4738, www.bookandpuppet.com
Project 2025 Book Club: 5 p.m. Feb. 12, 19, 26
Shut Up and Write!: 6:30 p.m. Feb. 10, 17, 24
Lehigh Valley Speculative Book Club: “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” By Douglas Adams, 4 p.m. Feb. 15
The Uncared Self Book Club: “The Uncared Self,” Joanie Scott, 6 p.m. Feb. 27
GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY WRITERS GROUP
https://greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org
The Write Stuff ’26, 8 a.m. Feb. 22; 5 p.m. Feb. 23, Homewood Suites, 3350 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley
EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
515 Church St., Easton. 610-258-2917, www.eastonpl.org
Diverse Voices: “Harlem Rhapsody,” By Victoria Christopher Murray, 7 p.m. Feb. 26, Zoom. Registration required online
EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PALMER BRANCH
1 Weller Place, Easton. 610-258-7492, www.eastonpl.org
Forever Young Adult Book Group: “Divergent,” By Veronica Roth, 6 p.m. Feb. 18
Tuesday Night Book Club: “The River is Waiting,” By Wally Lamb, 6 p.m. Feb. 24
EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 E. Main St., Emmaus. 610-965-9284, www.emmauspl.org
Evening Book Group: “All the Beauty in the World,” By Patrick Bringley, 6:45 p.m. Feb. 10
Writers Write!: Supportive writers group, 6 p.m. Feb. 17
Memoir Writing, 1 p.m. Feb. 24, virtual. Registration online
Daytime Book Group: “The Midnight Library,” By Matt Haig, 2 p.m. March 3
EVERTRUE LUTHER CREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
800 Hausman Road, Allentown. 610-398-8011, www.lssliving.org/communities/luthercrest
Senior Book Club: “G Man,” Beverly Gage, 3 p.m. Feb. 10
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 & Book Signing: “Lincoln, Jefferson, and The Living Declaration,” Harold Holzer: 1 p.m. Feb. 21
LEPOCO PEACE CENTER
53 East Lehigh St., No. 1, Lower Level, Bethlehem. 610-691-8730, www.lepoco.org
LEPOCO Book Club: “Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City,” By Rosa Brooks, 6 p.m. March 3
MORAVIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM
214 East Center St., Nazareth. 610-759-5070, www.moravianhistory.org
“Moravians & the Revolution Talk,” by Scott Gordon, 1 p.m. Feb. 22
PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY
4422 Walbert Avenue, Allentown. 610-398-1361, www.parklandlibrary.org
Short Story Society: “One Off the Short List,” Doris Lessing, 2 p.m. Feb. 12. Registration required
Java Joy Coffee and Conversation Club: 10 a.m. March 3. Registration required
PURR HAUS
27 S. Seventh St., Emmaus. 484-619-0350, www.cat-lovers-gifts-lehighvalley.com
Words and Whiskers Book Club: “We’ll Prescribe You a Cat.” By Syou Ishida, 6 p.m. Feb. 25
SORCERY AND SCRIPTS
74 W. Broad St., Suite 110, Bethlehem, www.facebook.com/SorceryandScripts
Midnight Book Society: “The King in Yellow,” By Robert W. Chambers, 6 p.m. Feb. 10
Writers Night, 6 p.m. Feb. 17
Romantasy Book Club: “Six of Crows,” By Leigh Bardugo, “Throne in the Dark,” A. K. Caggiano, 6 p.m. Feb. 23
Scribes Across the Realms: multiple authors, 2 p.m. Feb. 28
THE END
3055 W. Tilghman St., Allentown. 610-871-3949, https://theendbooks.co
Coffee and Classics Book Club: “Orlando,” By Virginia Woolf, 9 a.m. Feb. 7
It’s a Romance Sports Style with Three Authors: “Going Deep,” Sophie Andrews; “Nailed at Home Plate,” K. Iwanico; “Fated Skates,” Victoria Schade, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 7
Advance Reader Copy Club: 3:45 p.m. Feb. 8
ROJ Book Club: “The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing and Healing,” By Lara Love Hardin, 3:45 p.m. Feb. 15
It’s The End Book Club: “The Lies We Tell,” By Kristine Delano, 6 p.m. Feb.18
Midnight Lair Book Club: “Rook and Rebel,” By Kate Crew, 6 p.m. Feb. 19
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. Feb. 23
“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








