Saturday 9/27: Dylan Landis reads Rainey Royal (September 2014). BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Anselm Berrigan, Sapphire, and Katrin Tschirgi celebrate the release of the latest issue of Washington Square. NYU Creative Writers House, 7 p.m., free.
Sunday 9/28: Melissa Adamo, Alex Norcia, Melissa Swantkowski, and Dana Jaye Cadman celebrate the two year anniversary of English Kills Review with prose and poetry, hosted by Ian MacAllen. Mellow Pages Library, 7 p.m., free.
Lizzie Harris, Melisa Annis, Andrew Jimenez, Arden Levine, and Tishon Woolcock celebrate the Eagle and the Wren Anniversary. Two Moon Art House and Cafe, 6 p.m., free.
Paul D. Miller and Svitlana Matviyenko launch The Imaginary App, an anthology that explores the cultural impact of apps. Powerhouse Books, 7 p.m., free.
Donal Ryan and Belinda McKeon discuss The Thing About December (2013). McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
Monday 9/29: Frank Portman and Krista Marino discuss King Dork Approximately (December 2014), the sequel to King Dork. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
Donal Ryan reads The Thing About December again. Community Bookstore, 7 p.m., free.
Tuesday 9/30: Damon Galgut presents Arctic Summer (September 2014), a fictionalized biography of E.M. Forster, with Kent Carroll. Greenlight Bookstore, 7:30 p.m., free.
Deji Brye Olukotun, Alain Patrice Nganang, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, and George Lerner talk about African literature. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Douglas Brunt reads The Means (September 2014), a novel about a conservative trial attorney. B&N 82nd St, 7 p.m., free.
Anita Shreve and Katy Simpson Smith read their latest books. Shreve’s debut Stella Bain (2013) is a historical novel set in 1913. Simpson Smith’s The Story of Land and Sea (August 2014) is set revolutionary war novel set in North Carolina. Center for Fiction, 7 p.m., free.
Lacy M. Johnson, Kiese Laymon, and Tiphanie Yanique join the First Person Plural Reading Series at the season premiere. Shrine Lounge, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 10/1: Ellen Bass and Kevin Simmonds read poetry, presented by The Poetry Society of America. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
Richard Blanco reads his memoir The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood (September 2014) about his life as an openly gay, Latino poet and child of Cuban immigrants. Greenlight Bookstore, 7:30 p.m., free.
Martin Amis discusses The Zone of Interest (August 2014). BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Alexis De Veaux reads Yabo (April 2014). NYU Bookstore, 6 p.m., free.
Damon Galgut and Edmund White discuss their latest books. Center for Fiction, 7 p.m., free.
Tiphanie Yanique, Christina Connett, Anton Nimblett, and Emily Perez join the Hifi series. Hi Fi Bar, 8 p.m., free.
Thursday 10/2: Margaret Eby, Ami Greko, Rahawa Haile, Mikki Halpin, Saeed Jones, Maxwell Neely-Cohen, Kevin Nguyen, Stan Parish, Sarah Seltzer, and Meredith Turits read three minute suburban stories, presented by Vol 1 Brooklyn. Housing Works, 7 p.m., free.
Michael Robbins launches The Second Sex with Dorothea Lasky. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
Ariel Goldberg and Jennifer Tamayo read in celebration of the release of Samantha Giles’s Deadfalls & Snares. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Erika Anderson, Joseph Riippi, Austin Ratner, and Thessaly LaForce read as part of the Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Richard Blanco again reads his memoir. Union Square B&N, 7 p.m., in-store purchase recommended.
Friday 10/3: Chloe Caldwell, Emily Gould, Domenica Ruta, and Ramona Emerson celebrate the release of Caldwell’s Women, a novella. Molly Oswaks hosts, and a surprise guest is expected. Housing Works, 7 p.m., free.
Charles Blow reads his memoir Fire Shut Up In My Bones (September 2014). BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Raphael Rubinstein launches The Miraculous. White Columns, 6 p.m., free.
Betsy Fagin, Cassandra Troyan, and Oki Sogumi join the Multifarious Array series. Pete’s Candy Store, 7 p.m., free.
