TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER >> Presents her novel “Long Island Compromise” in conversation with Julie Schumacher. 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, Shir Tikvah, 1360 W. Minnehaha Pkwy., Mpls., presented by Magers & Quinn. Ticketed event. Go to magersandquinn.com/events.

GEORGIA CLOEPFIL >> Writer and former professional soccer player based in Oregon introduces “The Striker and the Clock,” her personal story of playing for six years, on six teams, in six countries, and the pain and joy of serious athletics. In conversation with Minnesotan Brad Zellar. 6 p.m. Thursday, July 18, Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul.

DILL/WYNN >> Jenna Dill (“Sheltered”) and Steve Wynn (“The Last Treasures of WWII”) sign copies of their books. 10-11:30 a.m. Friday, July 19, Lake Country Booksellers, 2766 Washington Square, White Bear Lake.

RAMSEY HILL WALKING TOURS >> Roger Barr, author of “A Murder on the Hill: The Secret Life and Mysterious Death of Ruth Munson,” says there has been so much interest in his nonfiction book that he is leading two identical walking tours of the Ramsey Hill neighborhood where the body of a young working woman was found in a burned old hotel in 1937. The case was never solved. Free. 1 p.m. Friday, July 19; 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20. The free 90-minute tours begin and end at the James. J. Hill House, 240 Summit Ave., and will cover about 1.5 miles during which participants will see how the the neighborhood looked in 1937 and how it changed in the following years. They will be able to stand in exact locations connected to the crime.

MARCIE RENDON >> A member of the White Earth Nation, poet and fiction writer, Rendon celebrates publication of “Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium,” in which she uses dream-songs and poem-songs as well as works of theater, choral music and opera to summon the ancestor’s songs and begin the dream singing for future generations. “The ancestors who walk with us sing us our song. When we get quiet enough, we can hear them sing and make them audible to people today,” she writes. A major influence on Rendon’s writing was Ojibwe author and scholar Gerald Vizenor’s “Summer in the Spring: Anishinaabe Lyric Poems and Stories,” which encouraged her to continue writing short verse in the style of her ancestors. In conversation with Lyz Jakoola, with music from Anishinaabe traditional singer Mark Erickson. 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, Birchbark Books downtown location, Birchbark Bizhiw, 1629 Hennepin Ave., Mpls. Free, registration required at birchbarkbooks.com/pages/events.

SANTIAGO JOSE SANCHEZ >> Grinnell College assistant professor of English, a queer Colombian-American, introduces his novel “Hombrecito,” a queer coming-of-age story about a young immigrant’s complex relationships with his mother and his motherland. In conversation with Minnesota author Patrick Nathan. 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, Moon Palace Books, 3032 Minnehaha Ave., Mpls. (Masks required in the store.)

MELANIE SUMROW >> Introduces her young adult debut novel “Girls Like Her,” about a 15-year-old girl set to stand trial for murder. In conversation with fellow author Brandy Colbert. Sumrow, who lives in Dallas, received an MFA in writing from Hamline University in St. Paul. 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, Red Balloon Bookshop, 891 Grand Ave., St. Paul.

ASHA THANKI >> Graduate of University of Minnesota with an MFA in creative writing discusses her debut novel “A Thousand Times Before,” about three generations of women connected by a tapestry, moving from Partition-era India to modern-day Brooklyn.7 p.m. Thursday, July 18, Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.