ELIZABETH ACEVEDO: National Book Award-winning bestselling author and poet talks about her new young adult book in verse, “Anger Is Only a Shadow,” a journey to self-understanding and doing the right thing. In conversation with Minnesota author Ari Tison. Free; registrations urged at redballoonbookshop.com. 6 p.m. Monday, Ramsey County Library, 2180 N. Hamline Ave., Roseville.

AUSTIN CHANNING BROWN: Author and speaker providing leadership on racial justice in American discusses “Full of Myself: Black Womanhood and the Journey of Self-Possession,” which traces her efforts to live her full self in a society that wants women — and Black women in particular — to do anything but that. Presented by Next Chapter Booksellers and Hamline Church, 1514 Englewood Ave., St. Paul, site of the program. Free. 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

DON BENTLEY: Discusses “Double Tap,” latest in the Mitch Rapp American Assassin saga. Rapp is a counterterrorism operative created by the late Minnesotan Vince Flynn. In this 25th Rapp thriller, young Rapp must stop a threat before events in the Middle East reach critical mass. Free, no registration required. 6:30 p.m. Monday, Once Upon a Crime, 604 W. 26th St., Mpls.

SERENA CHOPRA: Reads from “A Catalog of Future Mercies,” a humorous memoir-in-poems exploring the complexities of mercy in an immigrant family haunted by generational violence. In conversation with Sarah Ghazal Ali. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls. Reservations required at magersandquinn.com/events.

ALAINA DOTEN: Executive director of the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum in Montgomery, Ala., gives Friends of the St. Paul Public Library’s McDermott lecture titled “The Fitzgeralds in Montgomery,” focusing on time St. Paul native author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, lived in the southern city. Free. 6 p.m. Wednesday, Hamline Midway library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave., St. Paul, and livestreamed online. Presented by the Friends, which facilitates the Fitzgerald in St. Paul programs. Go to thefriends.org.

BRIAN DUREN: Minnesotan discusses “Day Brings Back the Night,” his novel of intergenerational trauma and love. 7 p.m. Thursday, SubText Bookstore, 6 W. Fifth St., St. Paul.

LUCY FOLEY: Bestselling suspense writer behind “The Guest List” and “The Midnight Feast” introduces “Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel,” in which Miss Marple is at a snowbound resort in the Swiss Alps, in the Talking Volumes series presented by Minnesota Public Radio and Minnesota Star Tribune. 7 p.m. Friday, St. Catherine University, 2004 Randolph Ave,.St. Paul. Ticketed event. Go to stkate.edu/oshaughnessy/events.

NORAH LABINER: Presents “Morocco,” her novel about a woman who untangles her enduring bond with an heiress she is still trying to understand. In conversation with Mike Wisti. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls. Reservations required at magersandquinn.com/events.

JENNY LAWSON: Award-winning humorist opens the Club Book season discussing “How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay,” made up of more than 100 humorous/heartfelt tools and tricks she uses to persevere in the face of depression and other chronic conditions. Her previous books include “Let’s Pretend This Never Happened” and “Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things.” Virtual appearance. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Club Book presented by Metro Library Service Agency and Friends of the St. Paul Public Library. Go to clubbook.org.

MIDWEST MYSTERY WORKS/ROSE: Brian Lutterman, John Baird Rogers, Julie Holmes, Chris Norbury and Rob Jung, who call themselves Minnesota Mystery Works, sign copies of “The Killl Code Collective,” a medical thriller they wrote jointly, and Mama Rose signs her debut “Fearless: 27 Affirmations to Change Your Life.” 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Lake Country Booksellers, 4766 Washington Square, White Bear Lake.

MINNESOTA MYSTERY NIGHT: Hosts Dean Hovey and Brian Lutterman, long-standing members of the Minnesota mystery writing community. Hovey is the author of 43 mysteries in three series. He has three books scheduled for 2027 publication: “Blown Away,” a Fletcher mystery; “Whistling Runes,” a Whistling Pines mystery, and “The Book of Dreams,” a paranormal story. Lutterman, a co-founder of Minnesota Mystery Night, writes the popular Pen Wilkinson series featuring a paraplegic lawyer/investigator. He was one of five authors who collaborated on writing the medical thriller “The Kill Code Collective.” 7 p.m. Monday, Lucky’s 13 Pub, 1352 Sibley Memorial Highway, Mendota. Reservations required at mnmysterynight.com.

EDWARD SELLNER: Minnesotan signs copies of “Kindred Spirits: Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac, and Zen,” the first book to compare Zen’s positive effect on the lives of the Trappist monk and the beat poet. 10:30 -12:30 p.m. Saturday, St. Patrick’s Guild, 1554 Randolph Ave., St. Paul.

GEORGE SAUNDERS: Man Booker Prize winner for his novel “Lincoln in the Bardo” reads from his new novel, “Vigil,” for the Esther Freier Lectures in Literature series 25th anniversary presented by University of Minnesota English department and the Loft Literary Center. In conversation with Regents Professor Julie Schumacher. 7:30 Tuesday, Carlson Family Stage, Northrop, 84 Church St. S.E., Mpls. Free. Register at: z.umn.edu/Saunders26.

TALKING ABOUT BORDERS: “Borders are Everywhere: Hope and Resistance at the US-Mexico Border” is the discussion topic for authors Victoria Blanco, Gary Paul Nabhan and Luis Alberto Urrea. Presented by Milkweed Editions. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave. S., Mpls. Free; registration at milkweed.org.

MIKE WOHNOUTKA: One of Minnesota’s most popular author/illustrators hosts a special story time in honor of his funny new picture Book “Bear’s Magic Show,” in which Bear is determined to break his string of showtime disasters. Wohnoutka is the Seuss Geisel award-winning illustrator of “See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog,” written by his sometime collaborator David LaRochelle. 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Red Balloon Bookshop, 891 Grand Ave., St. Paul.

— Mary Ann Grossmann