Book It: This Week's Book Events

This is a big week for book events, with more choices than you can shake a novel at. From Roald Dahl's spy involvement to a Kennedy on Catholicism, there's much to learn and much to appreciate this week. Recommended events are starred.

*Monday, September 15th, 6:00pm, Brattle Theatre, $5
Slavoj Zizek, Violence

Monday, September 15, 7:00pm, Porter Square Books
Pagan Kennedy, The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex and Other True Stories

Tuesday Septemer 16th, 7:00pm, Brookline Booksmith
Jennet Conant, The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington

*Tuesday, September 16th, 6:00pm, Brattle Theatre, $5
Brian Greene, Icarus at the Edge of Time

Tuesday, September 16, 7:00pm, Porter Square Books
Contributors to The Best Women's Travel Writing 2008

Wednesday, September 17th, 7:00pm, Harvard Book Store
Kerry Kennedy, Being Catholic Now: Prominent Americans Talk About Change and the Quest for Meaning

Wednesday, September 17th, 7:30pm, Harvard Book Store, Lower Level
The Philosophy Café at Harvard Book Store, "Mental vs. Physical: Does Folk Metaphysics Get It Right?"

Wednesday, September 17th, 7:00pm, Brookline Booksmith
Adam Davies, Mine All Mine
Brock Clarke, The Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England

Wednesday, September 17, 1:30pm, Porter Square Books
Jane Yolen, Sea Queens

*Wednesday, September 17, 7:00pm, Porter Square Books
Leland Kinsey, The Immigrant's Contract

Thursday, September 18th, 7:00pm, Harvard Book Store
Marion Nestle, Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine

*Thursday, September 18th, 7:30pm, First Parish Church Meetinghouse
Lynn Margulis, Luminous Fish: Tales of Science and Love

Thursday, September 18, 7:00pm, Porter Square Books
Neil Miller, Kartchner Caverns

*Thursday, September 18th, 7:00pm, Brookline Booksmith
The Best American Poetry 2008 with Franz Wright, Maxine Kumin, and Dara Weir

Friday, September 19th, 3:00pm, Harvard Book Store
Friday Forum with Robert Coles and Albert LaFarge, Minding the Store: Great Literature About Business

Friday, September 19th, 7:00pm, Harvard Book Store
Annette Gordon-Reed, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

Saturday, September 20th, 7:00pm, First Parish Church Meetinghouse, $5
Neal Stephenson, Anathem