Greater Boston author readings July 8-14

SUNDAY: Eric Kester (“That Book About Harvard: Surviving the World’s Most Famous University, One Embarrassment at a Time”) reads at 3 p.m. at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord … James Tate (“The Eternal Ones of the Dream: Selected Poems 1990 – 2010”) and Dara Wier (“A Civilian’s Journal of the War Years”) read at 4 p.m. at the Longfellow National Historic Site,105 Brattle St., Cambridge

TUESDAY: Elin Hilderbrand (“Summerland”) reads at 6 p.m. at the Boston Public Library, Copley … Joe Olshan (“Cloudland”) and John Katzenbach (“What Comes Next”) read at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Maggie Shipstead (“Seating Arrangements”) and J. Courtney Sullivan (“Maine”) read at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Tina Cassidy (“Jackie After O”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith

WEDNESDAY: Chris Cleave (“Gold”) reads at 3:30 p.m. at Porter Square Books and at
6 p.m. at the Coolidge Corner Theatre ($5 tickets at Brookline Booksmith) … Uzodinma Iweala (“Our Kind of People: A Continent’s Challenge, a Country’s Hope”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store

THURSDAY: John Brandon (“A Million Heavens”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Stephen L. Carter (“The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln: A Novel”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Kurt Andersen (“True Believers”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Timothy Patrick McCarthy (“The Indispensable Zinn: The Essential Writings of the People’s Historian”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Coop

Announcements must arrive at boston.globe.bookings@gmail.com at least two weeks before publication date. Events are subject to change.

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