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: “Zig Zag Girl,” Ruth Knafo Setton, 1 p.m. March 21
Southmont Plaza, 4445 Southmont Way, 610-515-0376, www.barnesandnoble.com
Author Event: “Forensics IV: Guilty Until Proven Innocent,” Harry A. Milman,10 a.m. March 21
BELL TOWER CULTURAL CENTER
2904 Church Road, Martins Creek, 610-360-3737, www.belltowerculturalcenter.org
Out to Lunch Lunch and Learn: Presentation by Patti Dewitski about photographer Dorothea Lange, 11:30 a.m. March 11
Booked at the Bell: “The Unseen World,” By Liz Moore, 6:30 p.m. March 12
BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761, www.bapl.org
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
Mary Pat Beebe Book Club: “Improvement,” By Joan Silber, 10 a.m. March 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. Feb. 26, March 5
Shut Up and Write!: 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24, March 3
The Self-Care Book Club: “The Uncared Self,” Joanie Scott, 6 p.m. Feb. 27
Lehigh Valley Speculative Book Club: “Fourth Wing,” By Rebecca Yarros, 4 p.m. March 22
GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY WRITERS GROUP
https://greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org
The Write Stuff ’26: Homewood Suites, 3350 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley, 8
“The Write Stuff Conference,” March 12-14, Homewood Suites, 3350 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley, 610-351-6400, Schedule, registration:
https://greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org.
EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
515 Church St., Easton. 610-258-2917, www.eastonpl.org
Diverse Voices: “Harlem Rhapsody,” By Victoria Christopher Murray, Zoom, 7 p.m. Feb. 26. Registration required
EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PALMER BRANCH
1 Weller Place, Easton. 610-258-7492, www.eastonpl.org
Tuesday Night Book Club: “The River is Waiting,” By Wally Lamb, 6 p.m. Feb. 24
Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group monthly meeting: 9 a.m. Feb. 28; Workshop, 1:30 p.m., Zoom and in-person. Registration required:
www.greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org
EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 E. Main St., Emmaus. 610-965-9284, www.emmauspl.org
Memoir Writing: 1 p.m. Feb. 24, virtual. Registration required
Daytime Book Group: “The Midnight Library,” By Matt Haig, 2 p.m. March 3
Evening Book Group: “Blood Water Paint,” By Joy McCullough, 6:45 p.m. March 10
Writers Write!: Supportive writers group, 6 p.m. March 17
EVERTRUE LUTHER CREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
800 Hausman Road, Allentown. 610-398-8011, www.lssliving.org/communities/luthercrest
Senior Book Club: “The Friend,” By Sigrid Nunez, 3 p.m. March 10
HELLERTOWN LIBRARY
409 Constitution Avenue, Hellertown, 610-838-8381, www.hellertownlibrary.org
Book Club: 6 p.m. March 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 E. 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
MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF NAZARETH AND VICINITY
295 East Center St., Nazareth, 610-759-4932, www.nazarethlibrary.org
Writer’s Meetup: 5 p.m. Feb. 25
Radically Ever After Romance Book Club, 6 p.m. Feb. 26
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
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE
2400 Chew St., Allentown. 484-664-3100, www.muhlenberg.edu
In Conversation: “Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage,” Heather Ann Thompson, 6:30 p.m. March 5. Free. Ticket required: www.eventbrite.com
PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY
4422 Walbert Avenue, Allentown. 610-398-1361, www.parklandlibrary.org
PCL Book Club: “Atmosphere,” By Taylor Jenkins Reid, 10:30 a.m. Feb. 25
Java Joy Coffee and Conversation Club: 10 a.m. Mar. 3. Registration required
Short Story Society: “When Mr. Pirzada Comes to Dine,” By Jumpa Lahiri, 2 p.m. March 12. 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
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.coM
Women in Business Book Club: “Love and Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life,” By Marcus Buckingham, 6 p.m. March 4
Coffee and Classics Book Club: “Don Quixote,” Cervantes, 9 a.m. March 7
Advance Reader Copy Club: 3:45 p.m. March 8
ROJ Book Club: “This is How It Always Is,” By Laurie Frankel, 4:15 p.m. March 15
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








