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
Author Event: “Rebel Secrets,” Stephanie Julian, 1 p.m. April 4
BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761, www.bapl.org
Book Talk: “The Dog Bones,” M.L. Hutchinson, 2 p.m. March 14. Registration required
BAPL Book Sale: noon March 18; 10 a.m. March 21
Memoir Writing Group, noon March 26, virtual. Registration required
Lehigh Valley Book Festival: noon March 28
Taste and Tell Cookbook Club: 6 p.m. April 7. Registration required
Bethlehem Book Club: “Go Tell it on the Mountain,” By James Baldwin, 6 pm. April 7
Mary Pat Beebe Book Club: “Live From Cairo,” By Ian Bassingthwaighte, 10 a.m. April 10, Zoom. Registration required
BOOK AND PUPPET CO.
161 Northampton St., Easton. 484-544-4738, www.bookandpuppet.com
Project 2025 Book Club: 5 p.m. March 19
Shut Up and Write!: 6:30 p.m. March 17, 24
Lehigh Valley Speculative Book Club: “Fourth Wing,” By Rebecca Yarros, 4 p.m. March 22
The Self-Care Book Club: “The Uncared Self,” Joanie Scott, 6 p.m. March 28
GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY WRITERS GROUP
“The Write Stuff Writers Conference,” March 12-14, Homewood Suites, 3350 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley, 610-351-6400, times, conference schedule, and registration at https://greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org
EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PALMER BRANCH
1 Weller Place, Easton. 610-258-7492, www.eastonpl.org
Forever Young Adult Book Group: “Scythe,” By Neil Shusterman, 6 p.m. March 18
Tuesday Night Book Club: “The Correspondent,” By Virginia Evans, 6 p.m. March 24
Author Talk: “Street Cats and Where to Find Them,” Jeff Bogle, 6:30 p.m. March 26, Registration required
EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 E. Main St., Emmaus. 610-965-9284, www.emmauspl.org
Writers Write!: Supportive writers group, 6 p.m. March 17
Memoir Writing: 1 p.m. March 24, virtual. Registration online
Daytime Book Group: “The Midnight Library,” By Matt Haig, 2 p.m. April 7
Evening Book Group: “Mr. Mac and Me” By Esther Freud, 6:45 p.m. April 14
EVERTRUE LUTHER CREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
800 Hausman Road, Allentown. 610-398-8011, www.lssliving.org/communities/luthercrest
Senior Book Club: “Middlemarch,” By George Eliot, 3 p.m. April 14
HELLERTOWN LIBRARY
409 Constitution Avenue, Hellertown, 610-838-8381, www.hellertownlibrary.org
Cookbook Book Club: 6 p.m. March 25
Book Club: 6 p..m. April 13
LEPOCO PEACE CENTER
53 E. Lehigh St., No. 1 Lower Level, Bethlehem. 610-691-8730, www.lepoco.org
LEPOCO Book Club: “Azadi: Freedom, Fascism, Fiction,” By Arundhati Roy, 6 p.m. April 7
MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF NAZARETH AND VICINITY
295 E. Center St., Nazareth, 610-759-4932, www.nazarethlibrary.org
Radically Ever After Romance Book Club: “Heart Strings,” By Ivy Fairbanks, 6 p.m. March 26
Writers’ Meetup: 5 p.m. March 18, 25
MORAVIAN BOOK SHOP
428 Main St., Bethlehem. 610-866-5481, www.facebook.com/MoravianBkShop
Book Signing Event: “Karina,” K.K. Biernath, 1 p.m. March 21
MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY REEVES LIBRARY
1200 Main St., Bethlehem, 610-861-1320, www.moravian.edu
Project 2025 Book Club Presentation: “The Project: How Project 2025 is Reshaping America,” David Graham guest author with panel discussion, 6 p.m. March 19, Groenfeldt Room, Lower Level
NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem, 610-861-5300, www.northampton.edu
NCC Humanities Lecture: Historian Annette Gordon-Reed, 7 p.m. April 14
PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY
4422 Walbert Avenue, Allentown. 610-398-1361, www.parklandlibrary.org
PCL Book Club: “Happy Land,” By Dolen Perkins-Valdez, 10:30 a.m. March 25. Registration required
Java Joy Coffee and Conversation Club: 10 a.m. April 7. Registration requested
SORCERY AND SCRIPTS
74 W. Broad St. Suite 110, Bethlehem, www.facebook.com/SorceryandScripts
Writer Group Night: 6 p.m. March 17
Fantasy Author Legion Signing: Hannah Levin, Andrew Katz, Belinda M. Gordon, Jess Skultety, Rachel Lynn, 2 p.m. March 21
Romantasy Book Club: “The Everlasting,” By Alix Harrow and “The Knight and the Moth,” By Rachel Gillig,” 6 p.m. March 30
Midnight Society Book Club: “The Hollow Places,” T. Kingfisher, 6 pm. April 14
THE END
3055 W. Tilghman St., Allentown. 610-871-3949, https://theendbooks.co
Jaciel’s Pick Book Club: “Burn Down Master’s House,” By Clay Cane, 4 p.m. March 14
ROJ Book Club: “This Is How It Always Is,” By Laurie Frankel, 3:45 p.m. March 15
It’s The End! Book Club: “Out of the Loop,” By Katie Siegel 6 p.m. March 18
Lehigh Valley Book Festival, March 26-29,. Schedule:
www.theendbooks.co/lehigh-valley-book-festival
Coffee and Classics Book Club: “Don Quixote,” By Cervantes, 9 a.m. April 4
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. March 30
“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








