Book It: Book Events October 18–24

It's the week of the Boston Book Festival, which will hit town on Saturday the 24th, bringing in big names like Orhan Pamuk and John Hogdman alongside lesser-known folks. Make sure to attend to get a new perspective on books in the 21st century. Bostonist will have interviews with Book Festival founder Deborah Porter and tech expert Nicholas Negroponte later this week. If you can't make it to the festival, at least check out one of the other literary events going on about town.

Monday, October 19

Book Club, Porter Square Books, 4:00 pm
The Porter Square Books Book Club will be discussing Half a Yellow Sun.

7:00 PM, Harvard Book Store
Irene Khan, The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights

Workshop for Publishing Poets, Porter Square Books, 7:00 pm
With Robin Pelzman, Matthew Sisson, Suellen Wedmore.

Tuesday, October 20

Ivy Pochoda, The Art of Disappearing, Porter Square Books, 7:00 pm

7:00 PM, The Enormous Room (sponsored by Harvard Book Store)
Ariel Sabar, My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Family's Past

7:00 PM, Harvard Book Store
October Winedown with Edwin Frank of New York Review of Books

Wednesday, October 21

4:00 PM, Harvard Book Store
A Celebration of Princeton Authors

6:30 PM, First Parish Church (sponsored by Harvard Book Store)
Cambridge Forum: Paul Muldoon, Plan B, and Elizabeth Swados, The One and Only Human Galaxy

7:00 PM, Harvard Book Store
James Orbinski, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century

7:30 at Brookline Booksmith (sold out)
Howard Dean, Howard Dean’s Prescription for Real Health Care Reform

Thursday, October 22

4:00 PM, First Parish Church Meetinghouse (sponsored by Harvard Book Store)
*Peter Singer and Richard Stearns discuss the fight against global poverty.

6pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre, $5 (sponsored by Brookline Booksmith)
Jonathan Lethem, Chronic City

7:00 PM, Harvard Book Store
Caroline Alexander, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War

Christopher Germer, The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion, Porter Square Books, 7:00 pm

Friday, October 23

3:00 PM, Harvard Book Store
*Friday Forum: Morris Dickstein, Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression

7:00 PM, Harvard Book Store *Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through the Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between

Boston Book Festival
All day, various locations