ALLENTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY

1210 Hamilton St., Allentown. 610-820-2400,

Lecture: “The True Story Behind the Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” by Michael Jesberger, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 19. Register by phone 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: “The Deadliest Addiction,” by Shante Whitehurst, 1 p.m. Oct. 11

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

Blood in the Stacks: Jason Rekulak, Daemon Manx, Dianna Simovic, Katie Gardner, Daniel J. Volpe, 1 p.m. Oct. 24

Author Event: “Family Spirits” 1, 2, and 3, by Bobby J. Gallo, 1 p.m. Oct. 25

BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

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. Oct. 13, 20, 27

Project 2025 Book Club: 5 p.m. Oct. 15, 22, 29

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

Workshop: “Breaking the Mold: Using Alternative Forms to Structure Stories and Memoir,” 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13, Easton Book Festival, https://www.eastonbookfestival.com/

Writing Workshop: The Poets’ Cauldron, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13, Easton Book Festival

Writing Workshop: “Show Me the Money Exploring the Presence of Coins and Bills in Our Lives, 6 p.m. Oct. 14, Easton Book Festival

Writing Workshop: “Adapting a Novel for Film and Television, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14, Easton Book Festival

Project 2025 Book Club: Melba Tolliver Interviews Activist Alan Messinger, 5 p.m. Oct. 15, Easton Book Festival

A Conversation with Lee Upton: 8 p.m. Oct. 16, Easton Book Festival

Panel Discussion: “Ink as Metaphor,” 11:30 a.m. Oct. 17, Easton Book Festival

Panel Discussion: “The Selective Past: Crafting Art from What We Remember,” 12:30 p.m. Oct. 17, Easton Book Festival

Panel Discussion: “Crafting Archives,” 2 p.m. Oct. 17, Easton Book Festival

Panel Discussion: “Whose Story Is It? The Ethics of Writing About Sensitive Family Stories,” 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17, Easton Book Festival

Women in Conversation: “Writing, Righting Our Lives: Women Uncensored, Unfiltered,” 4:30 p.m. Oct. 17, Easton Book Festival

Panel Discussion: “Academics Writing Fiction,” 11 a.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

Panel Discussion and Reading: “Telling the Hard Stories on Family and Disability,” “Everywhere I Look,” by Ona Gritz, noon Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

Book Release in Spanish: “Antologia 2025,” by Cafe Literario LETRAS, 2 p.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

Panel Discussion: “The Importance of Romance in Novels,” 3:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

Panel Discussion, “So You Wrote A Book Now What,” 5 p.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

Lehigh Valley Speculative Fiction Book Club: “Dracula,” by Bram Stoker, 6 p.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF EASTON

210 Jones Houston Way, Easton, 610-253-5846, https://www.eastonpabgc.org/

Storytelling Author Event: “The Silver Trail,” by Venessa Diaz, 1 p.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival, https://www.eastonbookfestival.com/

Bilingual Storytelling Author Event: “Exploring Culture, Kindness, and Bilingual Adventures,” “Marilu Does the Laundry,” by Sonia Strockyj, 2 p.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

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 BOOK FESTIVAL

Events, Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, https://www.eastonbookfestival.com/

EASTON FARMERS MARKET

128 Larry Holmes Drive, Easton, https://eastonfarmersmarket.com/

Easton Book Festival Vendor Expo: 9 a.m. Oct. 17

EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

Storytelling Author Event: “The Silver Trail,” by Venessa Diaz, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 12, Easton Book Festival, https://www.eastonbookfestival.com/

Storytelling Author Event: “Daisy Helps With the Dress,” Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, 11:30 a.m. Oct 12, Easton Book Festival

Storytelling Author Event: “Operation Hug,” Madeline Mariott, 12:30 p.m. Oct 12, Easton Book Festival

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/

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

EASTON PUBLIC MARKET KIDZONE

325 Northampton St., Easton, https://eastonpublicmarket.com/

Reading and Heritage Craft: “Homecoming,” Stacey Stallings, 10 a.m. Oct. 17, Easton Book Festival, https://www.eastonbookfestival.com/

Reading: Mr. Sunnyside books, by C.K. Gregory, 11 a.m. Oct. 17, noon Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

Storytime: “Red Oak Rocking Chair,” by Nelibeth Plaza, noon, Oct. 17, Easton Book Festival

Storytime and Discussion: “My Life as an Asthmanaut,” by Jack Lockett, 1 p.m Oct. 17, Easton Book Festival

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

KIRBY HALL OF CIVIL RIGHTS LAFAYETTE COLLEGE

716 High St., Room 104, Easton. 610-330-5000, https://www.lafayette.edu/

Reading and Book Signing: Alexander Chee, 2026 Closs Visiting Writer in residence, 5 p.m. Oct. 14, Easton Book Festival, https://www.eastonbookfestival.com/

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/

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

Daytime Book Discussion Group: “The Granddaughter,” by Bernhard Schlink, 11 a.m. Oct. 22

Prizewinning Picks Book Club: “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” by Zora Neale Hurston, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 23

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

NORTHAMPTON AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY

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

Sugar and Spice Book Club: “Cemetery Boys,” by Aiden Thomas, 1 p.m., 6 p.m. Oct. 28

PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY

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

PCL Book Club:” Culpability,” by Bruce Holsinger, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 28

QUADRANT BOOK MART

20 N. Third St., Easton, 610-252-1188, https://www.facebook.com/QuadrantBookMartCoffeeHouse

Pink Trees Press and Friends Reading: 4 p.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival, https://www.eastonbookfestival.com/

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

SIGAL MUSEUM

342 Northampton St., Easton, 610-253-1222, https://sigalmuseum.org/

Small Press Vendor Expo: noon, Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival,

https://www.eastonbookfestival.com/

Workshop: “The Tao of Outlaw Publishing,” noon Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

Panel Discussion: “Conflicts in Genres,” 1 p.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

Panel Discussion: “Defending Authenic Women in Our Books,” 2:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

SORCERY AND SCRIPTS

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

Romantasy Book Club: “House of the Beast,” by Michelle Wong; “Hawk and Sparrow,” by Ayana Gray, 6 p.m. Oct. 26

THE END

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

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

Signing and Art Demonstration: “I Need Space,” by Jon Corby, 2 p.m. Nov. 8

THE JOURNEY HOME COMMUNITY ARTS MAKER SPACE

52 S. Second St., Easton, https://thejourneyhome.blog/

Workshop: “The Creative Power of Journaling,” 3 p.m. Oct. 12, Easton Book Festival, https://www.eastonbookfestival.com/

Workshop: “Journal Writing,” 10 a.m. Oct. 17, Easton Book Festival

Workshop: “How to Win at Pitching,” 11:30 a.m. Oct 17, Easton Book Festival

Workshop: “Heirlooms, Genealogy, and Research: Finding and Telling Long-Lost Stories through Historical Fiction,” 2:30 p.m. Oct. 17, Easton Book Festival

Workshop: “Scary Scribes; Write Your Own Halloween Story via Oracle Cards,” 4 p.m. Oct. 17, Easton Book Festival

Workshop: “How to Start a Book Club,” 1 p.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

Workshop: “Your Life in Another Dimension,” 3 p.m. Oct. 18, Easton Book Festival

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. Oct. 26

“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