Greater Boston author readings Dec. 31-Jan. 6

WEDNESDAY

Caroline Preston (“The War Bride’s Scrapbook: A Novel in Pictures”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books.

THURSDAY

Jessica Shattuck (“The Women in the Castle”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books. . . . Sam Graham-Felsen (“Green: A Novel”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.

FRIDAY

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Erin Belieu (“Slant Six”) and Hester Kaplan (“Unravished”) read at 5 p.m. at Marran Theater, Lesley University, 34 Mellen St., Cambridge. . . . Katherine Arden (“The Girl in the Tower”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books. . . . Dashka Slater (“The 57 Bus”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith.

SATURDAY

MarcyKate Connolly (“Shadow Weaver”) reads at 3 p.m. at Porter Square Books. . . . Laura van den Berg (“Find Me”), Mark Saba (“Ghost Tracks”), and Meg Smith (“Dear Deepest Ghost”) read at 3 p.m. at Middle East Corner, 480 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge.