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BOOKINGS

Author readings around Boston July 31-Aug. 6

Authors Thomas McNeely, Katalina Gamarra and Emi Nietfeld will be reading at events hosted by Harvard Book Store this week.

All author appearances are virtual and free unless otherwise noted.

MONDAY

Thomas McNeely (“Pictures of the Shark: Stories”) is in conversation with Rishi Reddi in person at 7 p.m. at Harvard Bookstore . . . Eric Jay Dolin (“Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution”) reads in person at 7 p.m. at the Olde Colonial Courthouse in an event hosted by Titcomb’s Bookshop (tickets are $10 for members of Tales of Cape Cod and $15 for nonmembers).

TUESDAY

Jack Ahern (“Design with Nature on Cape Cod and the Islands”) reads in person at 6:30 p.m. at Titcomb’s Bookshop . . . Christopher Amenta (“The Cold Hard Light”) reads in person at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith . . . Katalina Gamarra (“Ben and Beatriz”) reads in person at 7 p.m. at Harvard Bookstore . . . E.B. Bartels (“Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter”) is in conversation with Kelly J. Ford in person at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books: Boston Edition . . . Mona Awad (“All’s Well”) is in conversation with Laura Zigman in person at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books: Cambridge Edition.

WEDNESDAY

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Ayana Gray (“Beasts of Ruin”), Kalynn Bayron (“This Wicked Fate”), and Namina Forna (“The Merciless Ones”) read at 6 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith . . . John Taylor Williams (“The Shores of Bohemia: A Cape Cod Story, 1910-1960″) reads in person at 6 p.m. at the Massachusetts Historical Society (tickets are $10 for admission, free for members, EBT cardholders, and virtual attendees) . . . Jack Jung (”Park Bench”), J. Kates (“The Briar Patch”), and Jennifer Markell (“Singing at High Altitude”) read in person at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop . . . Emi Nietfeld (“Acceptance: A Memoir”) is in conversation with Michelle Bowdler in person at 7 p.m. at Harvard Bookstore . . . Sean McAdam (“The Franchise: Boston Red Sox: A Curated History of the Red Sox”) reads in person at 7 p.m. at An Unlikely Story . . . Farah Jasmine Griffin (“Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature”) is in conversation with Dr. Linda Chavers at 7 p.m. at the Boston Athenaeum (tickets are $5 for admission and free for members).

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THURSDAY

Alexandra Lange (“Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall”) is in conversation with Sara Jensen Carr in person at 4 p.m. at Central Library in Copley Square . . . Pat Zietlow Miller (“See You Someday Soon”) is in conversation with Jessica Vitalis at 4 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith . . . Michelle Cusolito (“Diving Deep: Using Machines to Explore the Ocean”) reads in person at 4 p.m. at Sandwich Public Library at an event hosted by Titcomb’s Bookshop . . . Susan Branch (“Distilled Genius — A Collection of Life-Changing Quotations”) reads in person at 5:30 p.m. at An Unlikely Story (tickets are $5 for admission and can count toward purchase of the book) . . . Alice Elliott Dark (“Fellowship Point”) is in conversation with Larry Dark in person at 6:30 p.m. at Titcomb’s Bookshop.

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FRIDAY

Mohsin Hamid (“The Last White Man”) is in conversation with Rupa Shenoy in person at 6 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith . . . Kahren Dowcett (“Sammy Spat and the Big Rescue”) reads in person at 6:30 p.m. at Titcomb’s Bookshop . . . W. Kamau Bell and Kate Schatz (“Do The Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book”) are in conversation with Dr. Yanique Redwood in person at 7 p.m. at Boston University at an event hosted by Porter Square Books (tickets are $22.95 and include a copy of the book).

SATURDAY

Sarah Prager (“Kind Like Marsha: Learning from LGBTQ+ Leaders”) reads in person at 10:30 a.m. at All She Wrote Books . . . Mohsin Hamid (“The Last White Man”) reads at 7 p.m. at An Unlikely Story.