WEDNESDAY: Margot Livesey (“The Flight of Gemma Hardy”), Gail Mazur (“Figures in a Landscape”), and Pablo Medina (“Points of Balance/Puntos de apoyo”) read at 6 p.m. at the Bright Family Screening Room, Paramount Theater, 559 Washington Street … James Hoopes (“Corporate Dreams: Big Business in American Democracy from the Great Depression to the Great Recession”) reads at 6 p.m. at the Boston Public Library, Main Branch, Copley Square… Marian Pierre-Louis (“Discovering Immigrant Voices through House History Research”) reads at 6 p.m. in the Orientation Room, Boston Public Library, Copley Square … Sara J. Benincasa (“Agorafabulous!: Dispatches from My Bedroom”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith (with guests Erin Petti and Maria Ciampa) … Katherine Boo (“Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store
THURSDAY: Kim Harrison (“A Perfect Blood”) reads at 6 p.m. at Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, Copley Square … James Geary (“I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Sydney Nathans (“To Free a Family”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 56 Brattle St. ($10 donation) … Steve Pemberton (“A Chance in the World”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Matthew Pearl (“The Technologists”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books
FRIDAY: Adam Wilson (“Flatscreen: A Novel”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store
Announcements must arrive at boston.globe.bookings@gmail.com at least two weeks before publication date. Events are subject to change. A full listing of events is available online at http://www.boston.com/ae/books/blog/.
