BARNES & NOBLE

801 Lehigh Lifestyle Center, Lehigh Valley Mall, Whitehall. 484-823-0993, www.barnesandnoble.com

Swoonfest: Romance authors event: Tara Conrad, Lydia Michaels, Raven Storm, Vanessa Zian, noon Sept. 12

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

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/

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

Improve Your Writing Workshop: 10 a.m. Sept. 12. Registration required

Book Sale: noon Sept. 16; 10 a.m. Sept. 19

Memoir Writing Group: noon Sept. 24, virtual. Registration required

Taste and Tell Cookbook Club: 6 p.m. Oct. 6. 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. Sept. 8, 15

Project 2025 Book Club: 5 p.m. Sept. 10, 17

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

Speculative Fiction Book Club: “Nine Goblins,” By T. Kingfisher, 4 p.m. Sept. 13

EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

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

Diverse Voices: “Solito,” By Javier Zamora, 7 p.m. Sept. 24. Registration required online

EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PALMER BRANCH

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

Forever Young Adult Book Group: “Carnival Fantástico,” By Angela Montoya, 6 p.m. Sept. 16

Tuesday Night Book Club: “The Astral Library,” By Kate Quinn, 6 p.m. Sept. 22

EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

Memoir Writing: 1 p.m. Sept. 22, virtual. Registration online

Daytime Book Group: “The Sentence by Louise Erdrich,” 2 p.m. Oct. 6

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. Sept. 9, Zoom. Registration online

LEPOCO PEACE CENTER

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

LEPOCO Book Club: “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” By Omar El Akkad, 6 p.m. Oct. 6

MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF NAZARETH AND VICINITY

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

Writers Meetup: 5 p.m. Sept. 9, 16

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

Radically Ever After Romance Book Club: “The 7-10 Split,” By Karmen Lee, 6 p.m. Sept. 23

Daytime Book Group: “Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt,” By Chelsea Iversen, 11 a.m. Sept. 24

Prizewinning Picks Book Club: “A Prayer For Owen Meany,” By John Irving, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 25

PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY

4422 Walbert Avenue, South Whitehall. 610-398-1361, https://www.parklandlibrary.org/

Short Story Society: “The Lady With the Toy Dog,” By Anton Chekov, 2 p.m. Sept. 10, Registration required

Creative Writing: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10

PCL Book Club: “The House is On Fire,” By Rachel Beanland, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 23. Registration required

Java Joy Coffee and Conversation Club: 10 a.m. Oct. 6, Registration requested

SEMICOLON BOOKS

559 Main St., Suite 007, Bethlehem. https://www.semicolonbooks.co/

Book Club: “Country People,” By Daniel Mason, 8 p.m. Sept. 24. RSVP

SHERMAN STREET BEER COMPANY

1825 E. Tremont St., Allentown. 484-820-1124, www.shermanstreetbeer.com

The Not So Scholastic Book Fair: 1 p.m. Sept. 13

SORCERY AND SCRIPTS

74 W. Broad St. Suite 110, Bethlehem. 267-772-8918, https://www.facebook.com/SorceryandScripts

Author Event: “Battle Mage Farmer,” Seth Ring, 6 p.m. Sept. 11

Midnight Society Book Club: “Our Wives Under the Sea,” By Julia Armfield, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 15

ACOTAR Book Club: 6 p.m. Sept. 20

Writers Group Night: 6 p.m. Sept. 22

Romantasy Book Club: “The Ever King,” By J.J Andrews and “Knave and the Moon,” By Rachel Gilling, 6 p.m. Sept. 28

THE END

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

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,” 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. Sept. 28

“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