Literary listings

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JAN. 22

• Deborah Niemann will discuss and sign “Homegrown and Handmade: A Practical Guide to More Self-Reliant Living,” 4:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.

JAN. 23

• Marissa Meyer (“Cinder”) and Megan Miranda (“Fracture”) will discuss and sign their books, 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Two Doors East, 111 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.

• Christopher Paul Curtis will discuss and sign “The Mighty Miss Malone, 7 p.m. at Anderson’s, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.

JAN. 24

• Sally Bedell Smith will discuss “Elizabeth the Queen,” 10-11:30 a.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka. Purchase of the book is required for admission. If you already have the book, bring receipt.

• Daniel Handler (“Lemony Snicket”) and illustrator Maira Kalman will sign “Why We Broke Up,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.

• Sherrill Bodine will discuss and sign “All I Want Is You,” 7 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.

JAN. 25

• Beth Aldrich will discuss and sign “Real Moms Love to Eat,” 6:30 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.

• Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman will discuss and sign “Why We Broke Up,” 7:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie.

• Laura Lee Guhrke (“Trouble at the Wedding”) and Julie Ann Long (“How the Marquess Was Won”) will discuss and sign their books, 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.

JAN. 26

• Rebecca Skloot will discuss her best-seller, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” during a One Book One Northwestern event, 4:30 p.m. in Ryan Auditorium at Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd., Evanston.

• Gene Wojciechowski will dicuss and sign “The Last Great Game,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.

JAN. 27

• Poetry reading with Charlotte Hart (“Organic Spirits”) and Susanna Lang (“Two by Two”), 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.

JAN. 29

• Mary Sommers will discuss and sign “More Than a Midwife: Stories of Glory, Grace & Motherhood,” 4:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark.

• Sherill Bodine will discuss and sign “All I Want Is You” at a book launch party, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Hidden Shamrock (back room), 2723 N. Halsted.

FEB. 1

• Ann Hood will discuss and sign the first two books in her “Treasure Chest” series, 4:30 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.

• Lori Andrews will discuss and sign “I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy, 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State.

FEB. 2

• Chicago’s Literati Networking Event aims to bring the people of Chicago’s literary community together, 6-9 p.m. at the Hidden Shamrock, 2723 N. Halsted. Registration is $15; $20 at the door. Register at chicagoliterati.eventbrite.com.

• Robert Crais will discuss and sign “Taken,” 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.

• Ann Hood will discuss and sign the first two books in her “Treasure Chest” series, 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville.

FEB. 3

• Elmore Leonard (“Raylan”) and Peter Leonard (“Voices of the Dead”) will discuss and sign their new books, 8:30 a.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.

• Judy Weitzman will discuss and sign “How to Eat When Life Gets In the Way,” 6:30 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.

FEB. 4

• Debbie Miller will discuss and sign “Flight of the Golden Plover” and “Survival at 40 Below,” 3 p.m. at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka.

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