Check out these free local readings and other events some of our partner organizations and bookstores! Click on the links for more information. Submit your event for this calendar by completing the Out and About event form.
Remember: You'll receive a 10% discount on your purchase at these area independent bookstores. Show your Library Foundation of Hennepin County membership card! Discounts do not apply to sale/discounted items.
February 18: Thomas Goetz at the University of Minnesota Bookstore.
February 18: Kat Reed discusses “Begin Here: Helping Survivors Manage” at Common Good Books.
February 19: Jennifer Salima Holt discusses Sacred "Gateway of Grief and Loss: Freeing the Imprisoned Soul" at Magers and Quinn Booksellers.
February 21: Minnesota native Dr. Paul Linde reads from "Danger to Self: On the Front Line With an ER Psychiatrist" at Magers and Quinn Booksellers.
February 23: The Laurel Poetry Collective (Poets include Margot Fortunato Galt, Suzanne Swanson, Nancy Walden, Joyce Kenney, and Ilze Mueller) at Common Good Books.
February 25: Dr. Robert Fisch at the University of Minnesota Bookstore.
February 26: Kristin Swenson at the University of Minnesota Bookstore.
March 2: Patrick Dougherty reads from “The Wholehearted Embrace: Finding Love at the Center of it All” at Magers and Quinn Booksellers.
March 2: Erin Hart signs “False Mermaid. Reception and signing at Once Upon a Crime.
March 3: Susan Dworkin at the University of Minnesota Bookstore.
March 4: Erin Hart reads from her latest mystery “False Mermaid” at Common Good Books.
March 8: Dan Simmons at the University of Minnesota Bookstore.
March 15: Jana Laiz reads from “Weeping Under This Same Moon” at Magers and Quinn Booksellers.
March 19: A launch party for John Jodzio's short story collection “If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home” at Magers and Quinn Booksellers.
March 22: Randy Wayne White discusses "Deep Shadow" at Once Upon a Crime.
March 29: Erin Hart reads from her latest mystery “False Mermaid” at Magers and Quinn Booksellers.
March 30: Peter May discusses "Virtually Dead," "Freeze Frame," and "The Runner" at Once Upon a Crime.
April 1: Cara Black discusses "Murder in The Palais Royal" at Once Upon a Crime.
April 17: Brian Freeman signs "Burying Place” at Once Upon a Crime.
April 20: C. J. Box discusses "Nowhere to Run" at Once Upon a Crime
April 6: William Reichard at the University of Minnesota Bookstore.
April 14: Mary Sharatt at the University of Minnesota Bookstore.
March 6: Laura Childs signs “Teaberry Strangler.” Signing with refreshments at Once Upon a Crime.