Literary listings
April 18, 2013 8:26PM
Updated: April 18, 2013 8:26PM
APRIL 19
• John Boyne will discuss and sign “The House of Special Purpose,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
• John Boyne will discuss and sign “The House of Special Purpose,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Two Doors East, 111 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
• Sarah Dessen will discuss and sign “What Happened to Goodbye,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
• Guy Frakar will discuss and sign “Lincoln’s Ladder to the Presidency,” 7 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.
• Kat Von D will discuss and sign “Go Big or Go Home: Taking Risks in Life, Love and Tattooing,” 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie. Special event rules will apply. Call for details after April 12: (847) 676-2230.
• Kerstin Lieff will discuss and sign “Letters From Berlin,” 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.
APRIL 20
• Liesl Shurtliff will discuss and sign “RUMP: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin,” 1 p.m. at 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St.
• John Boyne will discuss and sign “The House of Special Purpose,” 2 p.m. at Warren Newport Public Library, 224 N. Oplaine Rd., Gurnee.
• Thomas Dyja will discuss and sign “The Third Coast,” 2 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
• Julie Titone will read from “Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War,” co-authored with Grady C. Myers, 2 p.m. at the National Veterans Art Museum, 4041 N. Milwaukee.
• Sappho’s Salon: A Provocative Night of Lesbian Diversions, featuring M. Shelly Conner and a Coming Out Stories Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark. Admission, $7-$10, includes food and wine.
APRIL 21
• Marty Brounstein will discuss and sign “Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust,” 12:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1218 W. Addison.
• J. Michael Major will discuss and sign “One Man’s Castle,” 2 p.m. at the Centuries & Sleuths, 7419 Madison St., Forest Park.
• William Alexander will discuss and sign Goblin Secrets, 2 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
• Meg Wolitzer will discuss and sign “The Interestings,” 4:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.
APRIL 22
• Elinor Lipman will discuss and sign “The View From Penthouse B” and “I Can’t Complain,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Two Doors East, 111 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
• Andy Griffiths will dscuss and sign “The 13-Story Treehouse,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
APRIL 23
• Andy Griffiths will discuss and sign “The 13-Story Treehouse,” 4:30 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.
• Steven Harper will discuss and sign “The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis,” 7 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.
• Stacey Kade will discuss and sign “The Rules,” the first book in her “Project Paper Doll” YA series, 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
APRIL 24
• Jim Wallis will discuss and sign “On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned About Serving the Common Good,” 7 p.m. at the Winnetka Congregational Church, 725 Pine St., Winnetka.
• Tim Grover will discuss and sign “Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Two Doors East, 111 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
• Bob Staake (“Bluebird”), Chris Raschka (“Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle”) and Dan Yaccarion (“Doug Unplugged”) will read from and discuss their picture books, 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
• Aleksandar Hemon will discuss and sign “The Book of My Lives,” 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.
APRIL 25
• Fabio Viviani will discuss and sign “Fabio’s Italian Kitchen,” 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 1441 W. Webster.
• Poetry off the Shelf with Les Murray, 7 p.m. at the Poetry Foundation, 61 W. Superior.
• Nicole Knepper will discuss and sign “Moms Who Drink and Swear: True Tales of Loving My Kids While Losing My Mind,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
• Poetry readings with “Robert McDonald, Richard Fox and Jen Besmer, 7 p.m. at the Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln.
• Tim Grover will discuss and sign “Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable,” 7 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.
APRIL 26
• Fabio Viviani will discuss and sign “Fabio’s Italian Kitchen,” noon at Macy’s, Lower Level, 111 N. State.
• Brian Kimberling will discuss and sign “Snapper,” 7 p.m. at the Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln.
• Jennifer Close will discuss and sign “The Smart One,” 7 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.
• Susanna Calkins will discuss and sign “Murder at Rosamund’s Gate,” 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie.
• An evening of poetry with Carol L. Gloor (“Assisted Living”) adn Susanna Lang (“Tracing the Lines”), 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.
APRIL 27
• Poetry off the Shelf with Campbell McGrath, 2 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center.
APRIL 28
• Eric Jerome Dickey will discuss and sign “Decadence,” 2 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
APRIL 29
• Best-selling science writers Mary Roach and Rebecca Skloot (“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”) will discuss Roach’s new book, “Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal,” 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State.
• Justina Chen will discuss and sign “Return to Me,” 6 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 5112 Main St., Downers Grove.
APRIL 30
• Jeff Korhan will discuss and sign “Built-In Social,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
MAY 1
• Arlynn Presser will discuss and sign “Face to Facebook” at a launch party, 7 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.
• Jill Smokler will discuss and sign “Motherhood Comes Naturally (and other vicious lies),” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
MAY 2
• John F. Hogan and Alex A. Burkholder will discuss and sign “Fire Strikes the Chicago Stock Yards,” 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State.
• Richard Hell will discuss and sign “I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp,” 7 p.m. at the Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln.
• Lauren Oliver (“Requiem”), Lauren Morrill (“Meant to Be”), and Lenore Appelhans (“Level 2”) will discuss and sign their new books, 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
MAY 4
• Michael Black will discuss and sign “Pope’s Last Case & Other Stories” and “To Hell in a Fast Car: On the Road to Death & Destruction,” 2 p.m. at the Centuries & Sleuths, 7419 Madison St., Forest Park.
• Daphne Oz will discuss and sign “Relish,” 2 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.
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