ALLENTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

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

Lecture: “The True Story Behind the Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” by Michael Jesberger, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 19. Register by call or email: plref@allentown.pl.org

BARNES & NOBLE

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

Author Event: “Trigged But Transformed: How to Keep Your Peace Without Losing Yourself,” Patrice McFarquhar, 1 p.m. Sept. 27

Author Event: “Falling Like Snow,” “Falling Like Leaves,” by Misty Wilson; “Soulmates,” by David Wilson, 9:30 a.m. Oct. 10, Tickets:

https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/barnes-2144228630/author-misty-wilson-celebrates-hot-coffee-hot-book-falling-like-leaves

2960 Center Valley Parkway, Ste 742, Center Valley. 610-791-3261, www.barnesandnoble.com

Book Club: 7 p.m. Oct. 6

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

Author Event: “Patch Town,” by J. A. Stein, 1 p.m. Oct. 3

BELL TOWER CULTURAL CENTER

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

Booked at the Bell: “Everything Sad Is Untrue,” By Daniel Nayeri, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 8. Registration requested

BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

Author Event: “The Last Ember,” by Lily Berlin Dodd, 4 p.m. Sept. 29

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

Author Event: “Winterset Hollow,” by Jonathan Edward Dunham, 5 p.m. Oct. 7. Tickets required: https://theendbooks.co/

Workshop: Improve Your Writing, 10 a.m. Oct. 10. Registration required

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

Memoir Writing Group: noon Oct. 22, 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. Sept. 29, Oct. 6

Project 2025 Book Club: 5 p.m. Oct. 1, Oct. 8, Oct. 15

The Self-Care Book Club: “The Uncared Self,” by Joanie Scott, 5 p.m. Oct. 10

CEDAR CREST COLLEGE

100 College Drive, Allentown. 610-606- 4666, https://www.cedarcrest.edu/

Launch Event: “We Are the Wright Brothers,” by Brad Meltzer and Chris Eiloupolous, 5 p.m. Oct. 5. Registration required: www.eventbrite.com

DESALES UNIVERSITY

2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley. 610-282-1100, https://www.desales.edu/

Bard and Beyond Book Club: “Twelfth Night,” by William Shakespeare, 6 p.m. Oct. 13. Tickets: https://pashakespeare.org/bookclub/

EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

Book Sale: 10 a.m. Sept. 25, Sept. 26, 2 p.m. Sept. 28

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

The Craft of Writing Part Two: 6 p.m. Oct. 15. Registration required

EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PALMER BRANCH

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

Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group monthly meeting: Sept. 26, board meeting 9:15 a.m.; general meeting, 10:15 a.m.; presentation, 11:15 p.m., open mic; 12:30 p.m., workshop; 1:30 p.m., Zoom, in-person. Open mic, in-person only. Registration:

https://greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org/

Forever Young Adult Book Group: “A Cruel Thirst,” by Angela Montoya, 6 p.m. Oct. 21

Diverse Voices: “Where They Last Saw Her,” by Marcie R. Rendon, 7 p.m. Oct. 29. Registration required online

EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

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

Evening Book Club: “Happiness Falls,” By Angie Kim, 6:45 p.m. Oct. 13

Memoir Writing: 1 p.m. Oct. 27, Virtual. Registration online

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. 30, 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/

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

Writers’ Meetup: 5 p.m. Oct. 21

Radically Ever After Romance Book Club: “Magic: A Marvelous Light,” by Freya Marske, 6 p.m. Oct. 29

MORAVIAN BOOK SHOP

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

Author Event: “Beware the Sock Monkeys!”, by Jonathan Stutzman, Heather Fox, 1 p.m. Sept. 27

NORTHAMPTON AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

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

PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY

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

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/

Author Event: “The Quiet Over Ashcombe,” by Jessica Schafer, 2 p.m. Oct. 18

Book Club: “Between Two Fires,” by Christopher Buehlman, 8 p.m. Oct. 29, RSVP

SORCERY AND SCRIPTS

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

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; “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/

Future and Fantastic Book Club: “The Magician of Tiger Castle,” by Louis Sachar, 6 p.m. Sept. 26

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

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

Mimosa’s and Meet-Cutes Book Club: “Fan Service,” by Rosie Danan, 9:45 a.m. Oct. 4

Banned Book Read-In: 9:30 a.m. Oct. 10

Beyond the Book: “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave,” By Frederick Douglass; “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America,” by Clint Smith, 6 p.m. Oct. 14, Registration requested

The Midnight Lair Book Club: 6 p.m. Oct. 22

It’s The End! Book Club: “Play Nice,” By Rachael Harrison, 6 p.m. Oct. 28

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 Avenue, Bethlehem. 610-758-2787, https://zoellner.cas.lehigh.edu/

Presenting Series: 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