Saturday 8/16: Natalia Sylvester reads her debut novel Chasing the Sun (June 2014) about a kidnapping in politically tumultuous 1990s Peru. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
John Thomas Menesini, Karen Lillis, Jason Price Everett, and Moon Temple read at Full Bookcase. Mellow Pages, 7 p.m., free.
Tuesday 8/19: Matthew Thomas discusses his debut novel We Are Not Ourselves (August 2014), a multigenerational family epic, with Joshua Ferris. McNally Jackson, 7 p.m., free.
Marni Fechter reads from her debut novel Royal Entertainment (May 2014). B&N 82nd Street, 7 p.m., free.
Justin Tayler reads stories from his new story collection, Flings (August 2014). BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Marie-Helene Bertino, and Chloe Krug Benjamin read at the last ever Fiction Addiction. 2A Upstairs, 8 p.m., free.
Wednesday 8/20: Matthew Thomas reads again. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Elissa Schappell, Scott Cheshire, Leah Umansky, Hubert Vigilla, and John Proctor celebrate the 3rd year of The Renegade Reading Series. Cool Pony, 8 p.m., free.
Stacie Evans, Aimee Herman, Devin Kelly, Dennis Norris, Thomas Pryor, and Cooper Wilhelm join the Big Words, Etc series. Local 61, 6 p.m., $5.
Thursday 8/21: Anthony McCann and Corina Copp read poems. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Julie Schumacher and Ethan Rutherford discuss Dear Committee Members (August 2014), Schumacher’s debut novel about a beleaguered college professor. The Strand, 7 p.m., $15.
Friday 8/22: Jeannie Hoag, Tatiana Ryckman, Boomer Pinches, and Brian Mihok read at the When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Turn Twenty-Something event. Mellow Pages, 7 p.m., free.
