Sunday 8/7: Queens Book Festival. Kaufman Astoria Studios, 11 a.m., free.
Sarah Jean Grimm, Camonghne Felix, and Chelsea Hodson celebrate Zoe Dzunko’s chapbook launch, Selfless. LA Sala, 7 p.m., free.
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Desiree Bailey, Courtney Lamar Charleston, Nabila Lovelace, Nicholas Goodly, Quincy Scott Jones, Renia White, and Aurora Masum-Javd join the Dead Rabbits reading series. DTUT, 8 p.m., free.
Monday 8/8: Roxane Gay, Garth Greenwell, Dorothea Lasky, Jensen Beach, and Alex Mar join The Franklin Park Reading Series. Franklin Park, 8 p.m., free.
Camonghne Felix, Thiahera Nurse, Jose Olivarez, and Paul Tran read Books Beneath the Bridge along with host Nabila Lovelace. Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7 p.m., free.
Louisa Ermelino discusses her story collection Malafemmena with Delia Ephron. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Mitchell Jackson, Daniel José Older, Garnette Cadogan, and Emily Raboteau discuss race and The Fire This Time. The Strand, 7 p.m., $15.
Tuesday 8/9: Teju Cole launches Strange and Known Things with Amitava Kumar. St. Joseph’s College, 7:30 p.m., $20.
Anne Korkeakivi reads Shining Sea. BookCulture Columbus Ave, 7 p.m., free.
Leopoldine Core discusses When Watched, her debut story collection, with Mark Gonzales. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
Jacqueline Woodson reads Another Brooklyn, her first adult novel. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 8/10: Justin Taylor returns from the West Coast with Renée Ashley, Tina Cane, Craig Morgan Teicher, and Rachel Sherman to celebrate The Literary Review‘s latest issue. Housing Works, 7 p.m., free.
Rae Meadows presents her novel I Will Send Rain. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Teju Cole and Siddhartha Mitter will discuss Strange and Known Things, Cole’s essay collection. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
Laura-Marie Marciano, Oki Sogumi, and Soraya Shalfaroosh read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Nicole Dennis-Benn, Daniel José Older, Rebecca Schiff, and Tony Tulathimutte celebrate #YeahYouWrite and the Catapult Writing Program. Bo’s Kitchen, 6:30 p.m., RSVP Required.
Thursday 8/11: Natasha Stagg, Ruth Curry, Chloe Caldwell, Niina Pollari, Jade Sharma, Melissa Gira Grant, and Charlotte Shane offer bad advice. WORD Brooklyn, 7 p.m., free.
Adam O’Fallon Price presents The Grand Tour, a novel, and discusses it with J. Robert Lennon. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Monique Ferrell, James Shea, and others read their work. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
Tony Tulathimutte reads Private Citizens and talks with Vulture Books Editor Boris Kachka. The Strand, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 8/12: Matthew Daddona curates the next H.I.P Lit Salon with Liz Arnold, Rio Cortez, Benjamin Hale, and Caitlin Mahoney. Be Electric, 9 p.m., free.
Annie DeWitt discusses her novel White Nights in Split Town City, with Sam Lipsyte. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.
Claire Donato reads a not-novel novel, along with Vi Khi Nao, Ian Hatcher, and Valerie Hsiung. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.
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