LITERARY EVENTS
BY DAVE HOWELL
Special to The Press
BARNES & NOBLE
2960 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley. 610-791-3261, https://www.barnesandnoble.com/
Book Club: 7 p.m. Sept. 1
BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761, https://www.bapl.org/
Memoir Writing Group: noon Aug. 27, virtual. Registration required
BOOK AND PUPPET CO.
161 Northampton St., Easton. 484-544-4738, https://www.bookandpuppet.com/
Shut Up and Write!: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18
Project 2025 Book Club: 5 p.m. Aug. 20
EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
515 Church St., Easton. 610-258-2917, https://www.eastonpl.org/
Diverse Voices: “Solito,” By Javier Zamora, 7 p.m. Aug. 27. Registration required online
EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PALMER BRANCH
1 Weller Place, Easton. 610-258-7492, https://www.eastonpl.org/
Tuesday Night Book Club: 6 p.m. Aug. 25
Forever Young Adult Book Group: “Not For the Faint of Heart,” By Lex Croucher, 6 p.m. Aug. 29
EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 E. Main St., Emmaus, 610-965-9284, https://emmauspl.org/
Memoir Writing: 1 p.m. Aug. 25, virtual. Registration online
MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF NAZARETH AND VICINITY
295 E. Center St., Nazareth. 610-759-4932, https://www.nazarethlibrary.org/
Writers Meetup: 5 p.m. Aug. 19, 26
Summer Family Book Club Community Hike at Jacobsburg: “The Eyes and the Impossible,” By Dave Eggers, book discussion during hike, 6 p.m. Aug. 25. Registration required
Daytime Book Group: “Lessons in Chemistry,” By Bonnie Garmus, 11 a.m. Aug. 27
Radically Ever After Romance Book Club: “Rake: A Shore Thing,” By Joanna Lowell, 6 p.m. Aug. 27
PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY
4422 Walbert Avenue, South Whitehall. 610-398-1361, https://www.parklandlibrary.org/
Short Story Society: “One Friday Morning,” By Langston Hughes, 2 p.m. Aug. 23. Registration required
PCL Book Club: “The Names,” By Florence Knapp, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 26. Registration required
Java Joy Coffee and Conversation Club: 10 a.m. Sept. 1. Registration requested
SEMICOLON BOOKS
559 Main St., Suite 007, Bethlehem. https://www.semicolonbooks.co/
Book Signing: “Almost the End of the World,” Mike Schlossberg, 5 p.m. Aug. 16
Book Club: “The Road to Tender Hearts,” By Annie Hartnett, 8 p.m. Aug. 27. RSVP
SORCERY AND SCRIPTS
74 W. Broad St. Suite 110, Bethlehem. 267-772-8918, https://www.facebook.com/SorceryandScripts
ACOTAR Book Club: “House of Earth and Blood,” By Sarah Maas, 6 p.m. Aug. 16
Writers’ Group Night: 6 p.m. Aug. 18
Midnight Society Book Club: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 25
Romantasy Book Club: “This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me,” By Ilona Andrews and “Wild Reverence,” By Rebecca Ross, 6 p.m. Aug. 31
THE END
3055 W. Tilghman St., Allentown. 610-871-3949, https://theendbooks.co/
ROJ Book Club: “The Measure,” By Nikki Erlick, 3:45 p.m. Aug. 16
It’s The End! Book Club: 6 p.m. Aug. 19
The Midnight Lair Book Club: “Muneca” By Cynthia Gomez, 6 p.m. Aug. 20
Beyond the Book: A Book Discussion: “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave,” By Douglass; “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America,” By Clint Smith, 6 p.m. Aug. 26, Registration requested
Coffee and Classics Book Club: “The Iliad,” By Homer, 9 a.m. Sept. 5
Jaciel’s Book Club: “Made for People: Why We Drift Into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship,” By Justin Whitmel Earley, 4 p.m. Sept. 9, Registration Requested
Future and Fantastic Book Club: 6 p.m. Sept. 26
THE TIPSY CROW AT THE SILK MILL
669 N. 13th St., Easton. 610-438-2531, https://www.countyseatspirits.com/
Good Librations Silent Book Club: 5:30 p.m. Aug. 31
“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








