The best local book events this week

All author appearances are in person and free unless otherwise noted.

SUNDAY

• Kallie Emblidge (“Two Left Feet”) and Anna McCallie (“Abby Offsides”) celebrate their debut novels at 6 p.m. at Lovestruck Books (Tickets start at $6.24).

MONDAY

• Lorna Gibson (“Birds Up Close”) discusses her book at 6 p.m. at Boston Athenaeum (Tickets are $20 for non-members).
• Radhika Singh (“Earthly Playing Field”) is in conversation with Aba Taylor at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith (Reservation is suggested).
• Isaac Butler (“The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America’s Culture Wars”) is in conversation with Maggie Doherty (“The Equivalents”) at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.

TUESDAY

• Dr. Beronda Montgomery (“When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical History”) is in conversation with Tracy K. Smith (“Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times”) at 6 p.m. at Cambridge Public Library (Reservation required).
• Hannah McKinnon (“The Wash-Ashores”) is in conversation with Julie Gerstenblatt at 6:30 p.m. at An Unlikely Story (Tickets start at $6.24).
• Kate Woodworth (“Racing Into the Dark”), Lisa Genova (“More or Less Maddy”), and Jenna Blum (“Stormchasers”) host a discussion on bipolar disorder at 7 p.m. at Belmont Books.
• Paul Tremblay (“Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep”) is in conversation with Elizabeth Gonzalez James (“The Bullet Swallower and Mona at Sea”) at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith (Reservation is suggested).
• Loubna Mrie (“Defiance”) discusses her book at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.
• Alexus King (“Every Summer After You”) celebrates the release of her book at 7 p.m. at Hummingbird Books (Tickets are $21 and include a copy of the book).
• Lauren Hough (“Monster of a Land”) is in conversation with Laura McKowen (“Push Off From Here”) at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books’ Cambridge location (Reservation is required).

WEDNESDAY

• Rachel TonThat and Tobias Bärtsch (“Die Alp an sich: Tales from the Sarganserland”) are in conversation with Rita Mookerjee (“False Offering”) at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith (Reservation is suggested).
• Elizabeth Margulis (“Transported: The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams”) is in conversation with Psyche Loui at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.
• Jason Prokowiew (“War Boys”) is in conversation with Theresa Okokon (“Who I Always Was”) at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books’ Boston location (Reservation is required).

THURSDAY

• Liz Bucar (“Beyond Wellness”) is in conversation with Emma Jones at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith (Reservation is suggested).
• Mark Peterson (“The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History”) is in conversation with Emilie Connolly (“Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States”) at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.