ALLENTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY

1210 Hamilton St., Allentown, 610-820-2400, www.allentownpl.org

Adult Book Club: “Everything I Learned I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” By Curtis Chin, 6 p.m. Sept. 22. In-person and Zoom.

Book Sale: 10 a.m. Oct. 9, Oct. 10

BARNES & NOBLE

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

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

BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

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

Mary Pat Beebe Book Club: “The Lacuna,” By Barbara Kingsolver, 10 a.m. Oct. 2, Zoom. Registration required

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

Bethlehem Book Club: ”A Confederacy of Dunces,” By John Kennedy Toole, 6 p.m. Oct. 13. Registration required

BOOK AND PUPPET CO.

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

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

Shut Up and Write!: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 15, 22, 29

Project 2025 Book Club: 5 p.m. Sept. 17, 24

EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

Book Sale: Preview Night for Friends of the Library 4-7 p.m. Sept. 23; general public, 3 p.m. Sept. 24; 10 a.m. Sept. 25, 26; 2 p.m. Sept. 28

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

Writing Room: silent writing, 2 p.m. Oct. 13

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: 3 p.m. Oct. 13

GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY WRITERS GROUP

https://greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org/

Writers Cafe: 6:45 p.m. Sept. 16, Zoom. Registration online

HANGDOG BREWING CO.

410 Cedarsville Road, Easton, 484-255-0070, https://www.hangdoglv.com/

Books & Brews Lehigh Valley: “Blood Over Bright Haven,” By M. L. Wang. 7 p.m. Sept. 17

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. 16

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

Wednesday Night Book Group: “The God of the Woods,” By Liz Moore, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 14

NORTHAMPTON AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY

1615 Laubach Avenue, Northampton, 610-262-7537, https://northamptonapl.org/

Plot Twisters Psychological Thrillers Book Club: “The Widow on Dwyer Court,” By Lisa Kusel, 6 p.m. Sept. 21. Registration required

Sugar and Spice Book Club: “An Extraordinary Union,” By Alyssa Cole, 1 p.m. Sept. 23; 6 p.m. Sept. 24

Well-Read, Badly-0Behaved Book Club: ”The Unraveling of Julia,” By Lisa Scottoline, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sept. 29

PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY

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

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

Short Story Society: “The Necklace,” By Guy De Maupassant, 2 p.m. Oct. 8. Registration required

Creative Writing: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 8

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

One-Year Celebration: Authors Quenby Olson and Elle Backenstoe and other events, noon Sept. 26

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/

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: “The Magician of Tiger Castle,” By Louis Sachar, 6 p.m. Sept. 26

Launch Event: in conversation with Timothy Janovsky, “The Invisible Roommate,” 6 p.m. Sept. 29

Coffee and Classics Book Club: “The Odyssey,” By Homer, 9 a.m. Oct. 3

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

ZOELLNER ARTS CENTER

420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem. 610-758-2787, https://zoellner.canue.lehigh.edu/

David Sedaris, readings and recollections, Q&A session, book signing, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2. Tickets required: https://lehightickets.evenue.net/event/Z27/PS1002

“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