Carole King & E.O. Wilson Get Booked

By Maryann Yin 

Here are some literary events to jump-start your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please announce your event one week prior to its date.

Legendary singer Carole King will talk about her new memoir, A Natural Woman at the Union Square Barnes & Noble. Hear her on Tuesday, April 10th starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)

Scientist and author E.O. Wilson will headline a NYPL Live event called “The Social Conquest of Earth.” See him on Tuesday, April 10th at the NYPL’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)

Rajesh Parameswaran will host a launch party his debut fiction collection, I Am An Executioner: Love Stories at the powerHouse Arena. Join him on Tuesday, April 10th starting 7 p.m. (Brooklyn, NY)

A.J. Jacobs is back with his new nonfiction title Drop Dead Healthy. He will host a reading, signing and Q&A event at the Upper West Side Barnes & Noble. See him on Wednesday, April 11th starting 7 p.m. (New York, NY)

Michael Long will discuss the life of Bayard Rustin on the centennial of his birth. Hear him on Wednesday, April 11th at City Lights Bookstore starting 7 p.m. (San Francisco, CA)

Writers LIVE! 2012: Wine & Words with Jeff Lindsay happen at the Hagen Ranch Road Branch Library. Check it out on Saturday, April 14th starting 5:30 p.m. (Delray Beach, FL)

“No Alternative: A Reading with William Dickerson and Live Music by ORDER44” will celebrate the life of rocker Kurt Cobain. Join them on Saturday, April 14th at Stories – Books & Cafe starting 7:30 p.m. (Los Angeles, CA)