BARNES & NOBLE

2960 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley. 610-791-3261, www.barnesandnoble.com

Author Event: Larry Deibert, 1 p.m. April 18

Author Event: “Oh, Dinosaur, Oh, Dinosaur,” Owen Oselkin, 1 p.m. April 19

Author Event: “Chasing Parks,” Joe Dirusso, 1 p.m. April 26

Southmont Plaza, 4445 Southmont Way, Easton. 610-515-0376, www.barnesandnoble.com

Author Event: “It’s Sauce, Not Gravy!,” J.A. Marz, 1 p.m. April 18

Author Event: “Patchtown,” J.A. Stein, 1 p.m. April 25

BELL TOWER CULTURAL CENTER

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

Booked at the Bell Book Club: “The God in the Woods,” By Liz Moore, 6:30 p.m. May 14

BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY

11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761, www.bapl.org

Memoir Writing Group, noon April 16, virtual. Registration required

Meet the Author: “Forbidden Mountain,” Brandon Mull, 4 p.m. April 24. Registration online

Diverse Voices: “The Zig Zag Girl,” By Ruth Kanfo Setton, 6:30 p.m. April 29 Registration required online

Mary Pat Beebe Book Club: “Whale Fall,” By Elizabeth O’Connor, 10 a.m. May 1, Zoom. Registration required

Taste and Tell Cookbook Club: 6 p.m. May 5. Registration required

Bethlehem Book Club: “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” By Betty Smith, 6 pm. May 12

BETHLEHEM MUNICIPAL ICE RINK

245 Illick’s Mill Road, Bethlehem. 610-865-7104, www.bethlehem-pa.gov/Recreation/Recreation-Activities/Ice-Rink

AAUW Annual Book Fair: Preview Day with entrance fees, 2-6 p.m. April 23, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 24, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 25; Half-Price Day, noon to 5 p.m. April 26; Bag Day, 9 a.m. to noon April 27. https://bethlehem-pa.aauw.net/book-fair

BOOK AND PUPPET CO.

161 Northampton St., Easton. 484-544-4738, www.bookandpuppet.com

Project 2025 Book Club: 5 p.m. April 23, 30

Shut Up and Write!: 6:30 p.m. April 21, 28

The Self-Care Book Club: “The Uncared Self,” Joanie Scott, 1:30 p.m. May 9

CHARLES A. BROWN ICE HOUSE

56 River St., Sand Island, Bethlehem. 610-865-7081, www.icehousetonight.org

Black Canvas Poetry Invitational Slam, 7 p.m. April 18

EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

515 Church St., Easton. 610-258-2917, www.eastonpl.org

Writing Room Early Evening: Silent writing followed by one-hour meet-and-greeting, 5 p.m. April 22

Diverse Voices: “Evicted,” By Matthew Desmond, Zoom, 7 p.m. April 30. Registration required online

Writing Room Afternoon: Silent writing followed by one-hour meet-and-greet, 2 p.m. May 6

EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PALMER BRANCH

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

Greater Lehigh Valley Writers’ Group: Monthly meeting, 10 a.m. April 25, 2026, in-person and Zoom

Tuesday Night Book Club: “My Friends,” By Fredrik Backman, 6 p.m. April 28

EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY

11 E. Main St., Emmaus. 610-965-9284, www.emmauspl.org

Used Book Sale: Library Friends Preview Night, 5:30 p.m. April 24; Public Sale, 8 a.m. April 25; Brown Bag, 2 p.m. April 25

Memoir Writing: 1 p.m. April 28, virtual. Registration online

Daytime Book Group: “Yellowface,” By R.F. Huang, 2 p.m. May 5

Evening Book Group: “The Lady and the Unicorn,” By Tracy Chevalier, 6:45 p.m. May 12

EVERTRUE LUTHER CREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

800 Hausman Road, Allentown. 610-398-8011, www.lssliving.org/communities/luthercrest

Senior Book Club: “The Midnight Library,” By Matt Haig, 3 p.m. May 12

HELLERTOWN LIBRARY

409 Constitution Avenue, Hellertown. 610-838-8381, www.hellertownlibrary.org

Book Club: 6 p.m. May 11

LEPOCO PEACE CENTER

53 E. Lehigh St., No. 1, Lower Level, Bethlehem, 610-691-8730, www.lepoco.org

LEPOCO Annual Gathering: “What Side Are You On?,” Very Reverend Jon Stratton, 4 p.m. April 19

LEPOCO Book Club: “Wandering Stars,” By Tommy Orange, 6 p.m. May 5

MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF NAZARETH AND VICINITY

295 E. Center St., Nazareth. 610-759-4932, www.nazarethlibrary.org

Daytime Book Group: ”The Great Believers,” By Rebecca Makkai, 11 a.m. April 23

Prizewinning Picks Book Club: “No Ordinary Time,” By Doris Kearns Goodwin, 10:30 a.m. April 24

Radically Ever After Romance Book Club: “We Could Be So Good,” By Cat Sebastian, 6 p.m. April 30

Wednesday Night Book Group: “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty,” By Patrick Radden Keefe, 6:30 p.m. May 13

MORAVIAN BOOK SHOP

428 Main St., Bethlehem. 610-866-5481, www.facebook.com/MoravianBkShop

Book Signing Event: “Professor Thesaurus,” By Constance LaCapra, signing by her daughter Karen Weckerle, 1 p.m. May 2

Book Signing Event: “The Contemporary Cottage Garden,” Pamela Hubbard, 1 p.m. May 9

PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY

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

PCL Book Club: “Once There Were Wolves,” By Charlotte McConaghy, 10:30 a.m. April 22. Registration required

Java Joy Coffee and Conversation Club: 10 a.m. May 5. Registration requested

Short Story Society: “Roman Fever,” By Edith Wharton, 2 p.m. May 14. Registration required

PURR HAUS

27 S. 7th St., Emmaus. 484-619-0350, www.cat-lovers-gifts-lehighvalley.com

Words and Whiskers Book Club: “You Only Live Nine Times,” By Gwen Cooper, 6 p.m. April 29

RETRIEVER BREWING COMPANY

2844 Township Line Road, Orefield. www.retrieverbrewco.com

Books and Brews Lehigh Valley: “The Correspondent,” By Virginia Evans, 7 p.m. April 23

SORCERY AND SCRIPTS

74 W. Broad St. Suite 110, Bethlehem. www.facebook.com/SorceryandScripts

ACOTAR Book Club: “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series, By Sarah J. Maas, 6 p.m. April 19

Writer Group Night: 6 p.m. April 21

Independent Bookstore Day: multiple authors, 10 a.m. April 25

Romantasy Book Club: 6 p.m. April 27

THE END

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

ROJ Book Club: “Deacon King Kong,” By James McBride, 3:45 p.m. April 19

Coffee and Classics Book Club: “A Connecticut Yankee in King Author’s Court,” By Mark Twain, 9 a.m. May 5

Evening With the Author: “Young World,” Soman Chainani, 4 p.m. May 10

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. April 27

“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