Tiny Shiny Pants and other Literature Tonight

There are quite a few author readings and events going on tonight around the city and there seems to be a bit of something for everyone. So why not Tivo that episode of "The O.C." (Bostonist knows it's one of your guilty pleasures) and introduce some literature into your night.

If feminism, comedy, and just blatant, hilarious honesty, is your interest, head over to see Jill Soloway (pictured) in her "Tiny Ladies Extravaganza" at 8p.m. With a resume including writing for "Six Feet Under" and starring in "The Real Life Brady Bunch" play, Soloway is in town to promote her new book, "Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants". There is no holding back in this very funny book, which includes her thoughts on the "porno-ization" of today's females, excruciatingly ackward experiences at all ages, and her life as a "Jewess." Her sister, Faith Soloway, who's new stage show "The F Word" about a group of Framingham lesbians is currently at the Milky Way Lounge in J.P., will be reading tonight, as well as SNL'er Rachel Dratch (Bostonist favorite "Zazoo"); the event will also include a book signing. Cambridge Family YMCA, 820 Mass Ave., Cambridge. Free; sposored by The Center for New Words.

Bret Easton Ellis is reading from his newest book, "Lunar Park", in Newton at 7:30p.m.; this author tends to lean toward the dark and disturbing topics, such as college students gone wrong in "The Rules of Attraction", and one of the creepier books, "American Psycho." In his newest novel, Ellis uses his own suburban life as a backdrop for this mystery. Upstairs at Union Street Restaurant, 107R Union Street, Newton. Free; sponsored by Newtonville Books.

For those diehard Sex and the City fans, the author that created Carrie Bradshaw, Candace Bushnell, is in town tonight to promote her newest book, "Lipstick Jungle". Bushnell's books have all involved women and their relationships with men, money, and careers; her latest novel is supposedly focused on wiser, more stable women who don't care as much about relationships with men, but more on money and careers. She'll be reading tonight at the Coolidge Corner Theater at 6p.m.; tickets are $2. Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline.

And for those hopefuls out there who are wishing (like Bostonist) to one day be holding their own reading at a bookstore, the non-profit literary group, Grub Street, which provides classes, workshops, and events for all levels of writers, has moved from its old Somerville location to a new place on Boylston Street. They are having a free party to celebrate, with authors Arthur Golden, writer of "Memoirs of a Geisha", and Bostonist favorite, Steve Almond, in attendance. Party kicks off at 6:30p.m., 160 Boylston Street. Free.