Opus & Olives >> Friends of the St. Paul Public Library fundraiser with guest readers Kirsten Miller, Michele Norris, Tommy Tomlinson and David Wroblewski. Oct. 13, St. Paul River Centre. $150; thefriends.org.

Mizna Gala >> Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the organization honoring Arab and Southwest Asian/North African creatives. Oct. 25, Paikka, 550 Vandalia St., St. Paul. $150; mizna.org>events.

Graywolf Literary Gala >> Fundraising event features Graywolf authors Edwidge Danticat, Heid E. Erdrich, Donika Kelly, Layli Long Soldier, Manuel Munoz and others. Sept. 19. Machine Shop, 300 Second St. N.E., Mpls. (General admission tickets sold out.)

Club Book >> Emiko Jean (“The Return of Ellie Black”) in person opens this season’s free series Sept. 18 at Merriam Park Library, 1831 Marshall Ave., St. Paul, followed in coming months by Jasmine Guillory, Matt Goldman, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Jayne Ann Phillips, Yangsze Choo, Stephen Graham Jones, and Liza See. Presented by Metropolitan Library Service Agency. Subsequent programs will be held at libraries around the metro area; clubbook.org/authors/.

Talking Volumes >> Begins Sept. 17 with a reading by Edwidge Danticat, followed later by Alice Hoffman, Louise Erdrich, and Kate DiCamillo. Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul. $30; mprevents.org.

Pen Pals >> Friends of the Hennepin County Library celebrates the 28th anniversary of this reading series that begins Oct. 7 with Percival Everett, followed in coming months by Rebecca Makkai, David Grann, Ann Napolitano and Herman Diaz. Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins. $49-$59; supporthclib.org/pen-pals.

UMN Visiting Writer series >> University of Minnesota English department opens the Edelstein-Keller series with Philip Metres, poet and author of 12 books, including “Behind the Lines: War Resistance Poetry on the American Homefront Since 1941,” winner of the International Peace Writing Award, followed by Hernan Diaz, Daniel Philippon, Elif Batuman, Kimberly Blaeser and Gerald Vizenor, Natasha Trethewey, and Jia Tolentino. Free, except for required registration for Diaz, Trethewey and Vizenor. 7 p.m. Sept. 26, Pillsbury Hall, 310 Pillsbury Dr. S.E., Mpls. Go to cla.umn.edu/english/news-events/events.