KRISTIN HARMEL: Celebrates the tenth anniversary edition of “The Sweetness of Forgetting,” her first World War II novel, which made her a world bestseller in 2012.
This story, called “beautifully complex” by Woman’s Day, follows a Cape Cod bakery owner who travels to Paris to uncover a lost family secret for her dying grandmother. In-person, presented by Club Book.
7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, Scott County Library, 16210 Eagle Creek Ave. S.E., Prior Lake. Go to: clubbook.org/events
MOHSIN HAMID: India-born creator of 5 novels and a book of essays discusses his writing. Virtual event, presented by Club Book.
Noon Monday, Oct. 3. Go to: clubbook.org/events
JOHN KOETHE: Distinguished professor of philosophy emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee reads from his latest poetry collection “Beyond Belief.”
6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul.
LITERARY BRIDGES: Presents poets Annette Gagliardi, Laura Kozy Lanik and Linda White highlighting Gagliari’s latest collection “A Short Supply of Viability.”
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul
JOHN OWENS: Signs copies of his latest children’s book, “One Summer Up North,” which celebrates winter fun.
10-11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7, Lake Country Booksellers, 4766 Washington Square, White Bear Lake
BETTY BRANDT PASSICK: Minnesota novelist and former 3M worker hosts meet-and-greet events celebrating publication of her historical novel “The Black Bag of Dr. Wiltse (an Iowa story),” a few pioneer physician who leaves Canada within the 1850s and establishes himself in a Midwest city where he uses his black bag to get him into places where he can investigate murders. Second in her Gangsters series.
- 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, Paperbacks Plus Bookstore, 2530 seventh Ave. E., North St. Paul
- 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, Once Upon a Crime, 604 W. twenty sixth St., Minneapolis
- 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, Washington County Library, Oakdale Branch, 1010 Heron Ave. N., Oakdale
WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON
It’s not too late to purchase tickets for Friends of the St. Paul Public Library’s Opus & Olives gala fundraiser next Sunday, Oct. 9, at St. Paul RiverCentre. Bestselling guest readers will likely be April Ryan (emcee), Ann Hood, Weike Wang, and Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Pioneer Press author. Individual tickets are $150. For information go to: thefriends.org/opus-olives-gala/.
St. Paul creator Fredrick Soukup’s novel “Blood Up North” won literary fiction honors within the NYC Big Book Award, judged by people from different parts of the book industry.