BARNES & NOBLE

Southmont Center, 4445 Southmont Way, Easton. 610-515-0376, https://www.barnesandnoble.com/

Author Event: “The Seventh Echo,” James Wood, 1 p.m. Sept. 5

Author Event: “Forensics IV: Guilty Until Proven Innocent,” Harry A. Milman, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 19

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

Book Club: 7 p.m. Sept. 1

BELL TOWER CULTURAL CENTER

2904 Church Road, Martins Creek, 610-360-3737, https://belltowerculturalcenter.org/

Booked at the Bell: “The Other Einstein,” By Marie Benedict, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10. Registration online

BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

Taste and Tell Cookbook Club: 6 p.m. Sept. 1. Registration required

Mary Pat Beebe Book Club: “Seascraper,” By Benjamin Wood, 10 a.m. Sept. 4, Zoom. Registration required

Bethlehem Book Club: ”Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,” By Jack Weatherford, 6 p.m. Sept. 8. Registration required

Book Signing: “Anxietyland,” Gemma Correll, 6 p.m. Sept. 9. Registration online

Memoir Writing Group: noon Sept. 24, 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. 25, Sept. 1, 8

Project 2025 Book Club: 5 p.m. Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 10

The Self-Care Book Club: “The Uncared Self,” Joanie Scott, 5 p.m. Sept. 12

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

Writing Room: silent writing 2 p.m. Sept. 8

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: “Carnival Fantástico,” By Angela Montoya, 6 p.m. Sept. 16

EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY

11 E. Main St., Emmaus, 610-965-9284, https://emmauspl.org/

Memoir Writing: 1 p.m. Aug. 25, virtual. Registration online

EVERTRUE LUTHER CREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

800 Hausman Road, Allentown. 610-398-8011, https://www.evertrueliving.org/

Senior Book Club: “Culpability,” By Bruce Holsinger, 3 p.m. Sept. 8

GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY WRITERS GROUP

https://greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org/

Writers Cafe: 6:45 p.m. Aug. 26, Zoom. Registration online

LEPOCO PEACE CENTER

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

LEPOCO Book Club: “A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam,” By Karen Armstrong, 6 p.m. Sept. 1

MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF NAZARETH AND VICINITY

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

Writers Meetup: 5 p.m. Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 9

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

Prizewinning Picks Book Club: “Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian,” By Sherman Lexie, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 28

Wednesday Night Book Group: “Homecoming,” By Kate Morgan, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 9

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.semocolonbooks.co/

Book Signing: “Walking Back to Me: A Mother’s Journey Through Pain, Courage, and Healing,” Jamie Lynn, 7 p.m. Aug. 27

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

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/

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

Mimosa’s and Meet-Cutes Book Club: “Kit McBride Gets a Wife,” By Amy Barry, 9:45 a.m. Sept. 13

It’s The End! Book Club: 6 p.m. Sept. 16

Neighbor’s Primer: Armando Moritz-Chapelliquen, Aimee Saunders, “A Neighbor’s Primer to Organizing, Advocacy, and the Urgency of Community,” Armando Moritz-Chapelliquen, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17

ROJ Book Club: “Kin,” By Tayari Jones, 3:45 p.m. Sept. 20

The Midnight Lair Book Club: “The Throne of Broken Gods (Gods and Monsters Number 2),” By Amber V. Nicole, 6 p.m. Sept. 24

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