SUNDAY Charles C. Mann (“1493’’) speaks at 4 p.m., Paul Pratt Memorial Library, Cohasset (seating limited; for ticket information, call library at 781-383-1348).
MONDAY Joan Didion (“Blue Nights’’) speaks at 7 p.m., First Parish Church, Cambridge; tickets ($5) available from Harvard Book Store . . . Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers discuss “The Truth about Girls and Boys,’’ at 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner . . . Dennis Broe discusses “Film Noir, American Workers, and Postwar Hollywood,’’ at 7 p.m., Harvard Square Coop, Cambridge.
TUESDAY Ha Jin (“Nanjing Requiem’’) and Josh Rolnick (“Pulp and Paper’’) read at 7 p.m., Newtonville Books, Newton . . . Jennifer Jean discusses “The Selected Poems of Anne Sexton,’’ at 10:30 a.m., Peabody Institute Library, 82 Peabody; to register, call 978-531-0100, ext.10, or visit www.peabodylibrary.org.
WEDNESDAY Michael Nielsen discusses “Reinventing Discovery’’ at 7 p.m., First Parish Church Parish House, Cambridge . . . Peter L. Berger (“Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist’’) speaks at 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith . . . Niall Ferguson (“Civilization’’) speaks at 6 p.m., Boston Public Library, Copley Square.
THURSDAY Daniel Kahneman discusses “Thinking, Fast and Slow,’’ at 7:30 p.m., Harvard Book Store . . . Jay Wexler discusses “The Odd Clauses,’’ at 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith . . . Joy Ashe (“Gene Defense’’) speaks at 7 p.m., Langley-Adams Library, Groveland . . . Hisham Matar signs “Anatomy of a Disappearance,’’ at 6:45 p.m., and Barry Levine discusses “Say No to Aging,’’ at 7 p.m., Harvard Square Coop . . . Stephanie Schorow (“The Cocoanut Grove Fire’’) speaks at 7 p.m., Paul Pratt Memorial Library, Cohasset.
FRIDAY Willard Sterne Randall discusses “Ethan Allen,’’ at 3 p.m., and William Kennedy discusses “Chango’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes,’’ at 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store . . . Marissa Guggiana discusses “Off the Menu,’’ at 7 p.m., Harvard Square Coop.
SATURDAY Umberto Eco (“The Prague Cemetery’’) gives a reading and speaks with Cullen Murphy at 4 p.m., First Parish Church, Cambridge; tickets ($5) available from Harvard Book Store.
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